Good nutrition starts at home, and at uni
National Nutrition Week is rolling in at Flinders with the start of a new initiative to bring healthy eating to the main campus. As part of […]
Paper and iPad best for children’s literacy
Young children are fluent in both new and older technologies such as books, blocks and crayons but school systems still favour traditional print-based literacy practices and […]
Bee-autiful photos put focus on native insects
Dramatic photos by Flinders natural sciences researcher James Dorey put a spotlight on an estimated 2000-3000 species of bees in Australia. A new book entitled Bees of […]
Accolade for leader in clinical pharmacology
A key player in improving drug therapies, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor John Miners, has been made a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical […]
Waste oil adds energy to plant fertiliser
A new type of slow-release fertiliser that results in better plant health and less wasted nutrients has been invented by Flinders University ‘green chemistry’ researchers. Dr […]
Flinders tackles mental health nurse shortage
Flinders University has joined forces with the South Australia’s peak nursing and midwifery body to increase the number of qualified mental health nurses in the state. […]
Climate change gave roos an evolutionary jump
Surprising new findings by Flinders University researchers have changed scientific understanding of how kangaroo evolution was linked to environmental change over the past 12 million years. […]
Award honours Flinders’ international kudos
Flinders University’s strengths in international education have seen international enrolments increase by 70% over the past four years – eclipsing state and national averages – while […]
More reasons for criminals to get caught
Modern DNA forensic science is capable of analysing microscopic genetic traces inadvertently left at crime scenes. In fact, a single tap of a finger on items […]