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Pain questionnaires adapted for young people with cerebral palsy

A boy with Cerebral Palsy sits in a wheelchair, smiling and playing with a toy with his carer.

Researchers from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø have taken existing questionnaires used to measure chronic pain and made them accessible for children and young people with cerebral palsy.

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Artificially sweetened beverage consumption lifts gestational diabetes risk

A woman holds her pregnant belly

Pregnant women who consume five or more drinks of artificially sweetened beverage (ASB) a week increase their risk of developing gestational diabetes by six per cent, new research from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has found.

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University initiative the state’s best for gender equity

Image of members of the WPDN holding the award at the presentation.

A University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø network which has been helping female staff to achieve their full potential for three decades has been named the state’s best for gender equity.

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AFR awards University’s research commercialisation prowess

AFR Award

As part of its annual Higher Education Awards, the Australian Financial Review has acknowledged the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇøâ€™s industry connections with an award for Research Commercialisation for its work with University spin-off company QuantX Labs.

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Leap for immersive innovation with new AI/VR lab

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One of Australia’s most advanced laboratories for immersive virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and simulation research has launched at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

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Help create a world-first Long COVID diagnostic test

Branka Grubor-Bauk

Researchers are seeking participants for a trial which could help create the world's first Long COVID diagnostic test.

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Antarctica’s changing threat landscape underscores the need for coordinated action

Antarctic ice and icebergs. Credit: Madison Farrant

In the face of growing global pressures, a new report from Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF), including University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers, highlights the opportunity to strengthen and future-proof Antarctic governance by responding to emerging conservation threats with coordinated, proactive measures.

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Critically endangered plains-wanderer found in unfamiliar territory

Plains-wanderer (Pedionomus torquatus) female Deniliquin New South Wales Australia credit JJ Harrison

Researchers from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø have found a critically endangered bird known as the ‘Goldilocks’ of the grasslands in a previously unrecorded habitat niche in South Australia.

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Arctic reindeer populations could decline by 80 per cent by 2100

Photo of the side profile of a reindeer with forest in the background.

Researchers predict that future climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer abundances and their distribution at rates rarely seen over the last 21,000 years.

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Our Poppies the pick of the bunch

Photo of Dr Nina Wootton holding plastics at the beach.

University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø marine ecologist Dr Nina Wootton has been named South Australia’s Young Tall Poppy of the Year

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