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‘Animal-stress’ signal improves plant drought resilience

A plant shoot growing through dry earth
Posted on Mar 30 2021 by Kelly Brown

A team of Australian and German researchers has discovered a novel pathway that plants can use to save water and improve their drought tolerance.

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Heart attack research receives $3.5million boost

This funding announcement allows our researchers to deliver on our health priority and to change the outlook of those who suffer heart attacks
Posted on Mar 29 2021 by Elisa Black

Heart attack treatment will be revolutionised thanks to Federal Government funding of more than $1.4 million to the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ’s Professor John Beltrame.

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School students discover four new species of wasp

One of the four new wasp species discovered and named, Choeras ramcomamorata
Posted on Mar 26 2021 by Kelly Brown

Four primary schools in regional South Australia have been involved in the discovery and naming of new species of wasp as part of a trial of a new citizen science project led by the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ.

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Students’ lunar rovers go head-to-head

NASA Rover
Posted on Mar 26 2021 by Crispin Savage

This weekend teams of students from around the country will compete in the inaugural held at the University of ÐÂÀ˲ÊƱ. Students will put their lunar rovers which they have designed and built themselves, to the test in a series of missions performed on a recreation of the surface of the Moon.

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