Community combats dengue fever
Developing community consultation strategies based on local expectations and concerns can overcome misgivings about programs of biological control.
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Culture and identity, matters for reflection
Universities have an obligation to participate in debates over national culture and identity, according to Professor Julian Meyrick.
Video games and sleepless nights
Teenagers should steer clear of prolonged video gaming if they want a good night’s sleep.
Students win design and build competition
Mechanical engineering students from Flinders have outperformed their rivals from Australian and New Zealand universities to win the Weir Minerals Design and Build Competition.
Neighbours’ nuclear weapons pose threat to national security
The proliferation of nuclear weapons by Australia’s near neighbours is a matter of extreme and urgent concern.
Swimming pools don’t help Indigenous children’s hearing
Swimming pools are not the answer to solving the prevalence of middle ear disease afflicting Indigenous children in remote communities.
Mouldy SA buildings now know their limits
The acceptable amount of mould in Adelaide workplaces has been officially set for the first time.
Sea sponges offer hope for new medicines
Dr Jan Bekker is on a mission to chemically fingerprint South Australia’s marine sponges.
At last: a life of Don Dunstan
Dr Ruth Starke has received an Australia Council grant to write a biography of former SA premier Don Dunstan.