BRINGING AGRICULTURE INDOORS
Image: Xin He (front) and Yagiz Alagoz (back) in Western’s glasshouse. © Daniel Boud
Australian-led advancements in indoor cropping technologies provide hope for an increasingly strained agriculture sector.
FINDING THE X-FACTOR IN RESILIENCE
Image: Copyright, Unsplash, Matheus Ferrero
Innovative drone technology pushes down date palm costs and increases labourer safety
New drone technology, developed as a collaboration between UAEU and Emirati agtech company Code Three Fourteen, will support the country’s date production and export industry
The English language will maintain global importance – but its role will change
Student Success US 2023
Fostering success for today's learners
This event will convene higher education leaders from across the US to take a 360-degree view of student success by facilitating debates about some of the most pressing issues facing administrators at colleges and universities across the country. Explore how to engage the whole campus in student success initiatives and share examples of successful collaboration.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 9:00am to Thursday, November 9, 2023 - 4:30pm
Los Angeles
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Antibiotics resistance could wipe $280 billion from the Australian economy by 2050
A new partnership to improve the resilience and profitability of Australia’s food and agribusiness industries has been kickstarted with a $34.5 million Federal Government grant announced today.
The Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (CRC SAAFE), involving 70 partners contributing an additional $115 million cash and in-kind support, is led by UniSA environmental scientist Professor Erica Donner.
Down on Vitamin D? Deficiency could cause chronic inflammation
Inflammation is an essential part of the body's healing process. But when it persists, it can contribute to a wide range of complex diseases including type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and autoimmune diseases.
Developing self-driving cars that talk to one another
An idea developed by the University of South Australia’s Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR) is steering us towards self-driving cars that talk to one another.
Rather than using GPS technology, this innovative software notification system – called V2X – lets vehicles constantly communicate with other vehicles around them, along with ‘smart’ city infrastructure. That way, they can position themselves with pinpoint accuracy and cooperate to avoid collisions, cutting road fatalities and reducing congestion.
Virtual Reality is helping children survive fire, flood and war
When you live in the driest State in the driest country in the world, bushfires are an unfortunate, and all-too-regular part of life. Learning how to survive such emergencies is important for all people, but especially for our youngest citizens