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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Media Release: New models predicting where to find fossils
An international team of scientists have developed a way to help locate fossils of long-extinct animals. Using the estimated ages and spatial distribution of Australian megafauna fossils, the team from University of Adelaide in Australia and Kiel University in Germany built a series of mathematical models to determine the areas in the country most likely […]
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Podcast: The man with the gold bug.
The Man with the gold bug, aka Dr Frank Reith has been making some fascinating discoveries about the bugs that live on gold and platinum. His research, recently published in Nature Geoscience could provide a host of applications in the mineral exploration and bioremediation fields. The biomineralisation of metals is not a new phenomenon, however it was previously […]
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Podcast: Species diversity a key to infectious disease resistance
Professor Corey Bradshaw has had a unique opportunity to look at species diversity in a natural environment, high on the Tibetan plateau. Corey and his team investigated the connection between biodiversity and infectious diseases, uncovering important data not only to support biodiversity for better agricultural outcomes, but also in relation to human health. He spoke to Radio […]
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Podcast: The flowers of the field
How do plant pathogens spread? Is species diversity a help or hindrance? Professor Corey Bradshaw has been on the Tibetan plateau engaged in some remarkable theory testing activities. Why did he go to Tibet? He was recently interviewed by Ewart Shaw from Radio Adelaide. Listen to the podcast
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Media Release: Ancient DNA shows European wipe-out of early Americans
The first largescale study of ancient DNA from early American people has confirmed the devastating impact of European colonisation on the Indigenous American populations of the time. Led by the University of Adelaide’s Australian Centre for Ancient DNA (ACAD), the researchers have reconstructed a genetic history of Indigenous American populations by looking directly into the DNA of […]
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