World solar race leader bursts into flames
The car leading the 2019 World Solar Challenger has caught fire on the final approach, having travelled more than 2700km from Darwin — the second race leader to be forced out.
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Fish oil can eliminate meds
Fish oil has long been used as a complementary therapy but new research shows it’s effective enough against a disease that medication is no longer needed for it.
Rising tides could spark need for coastal retreat
Suburbs around Port Adelaide face stark storm surge risks as sea levels rise over the next century. And SA is missing key equipment to measure what’s happening.
Our watery environments that hold more carbon than trees
Hidden in our seagrass, mangroves and saltmarshes is a little-known ability – to capture and store more carbon than the plants on dry land. SA is well set up to protect and expand these ecosystems – and it’ll make money in the process.
How Fraser got hooked on solving a pointy problem
Meet Fraser, the Adelaide Hills lad who was inspired by SA’s STEM Educator of the Year to invent and manufacture an ingenious new type of fish hook.
Have some care for the hooded plover breeding pair
One of Onkaparinga’s greatest love stories is tinged with tragedy as the best-known beach-nesting breeding pair of hooded plovers lose their latest chicks, but there is hope for more.
Get kraken on new seafood industry
UniSA research is helping the seafood industry diversify and establish the first SA octopus fishery, following the ban on fishing snapper.
New pollen count is nothing to sneeze at
Anyone with asthma, hayfever, or both will welcome the arrival today of a new pollen monitoring system, and this time the University of Adelaide is in charge.
‘Emergency’: SA Parliament in climate first
SA has become the first state to declare a climate emergency — despite the Liberals trying to remove any mention of an emergency during debate.
Why this car is hydromatic
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles with real grunt and range will go like greased lightning when they hit the Australian market.
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