Mind-bending ideas for festival
How does our brain deal with technology and modern global challenges? Is it keeping pace with the speed of contemporary living and the ever-increasing influx of […]
Research
Tropical disease target of national alert
A life-threatening parasitic worm could be quietly infecting up to 60 percent of vulnerable Australians in remote northern communities. Flinders University researchers are warning it should […]
Top award for world-leading glaucoma research
Flinders is at the forefront of finding solutions for glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. By 2020, glaucoma will affect 80 million people worldwide, […]
When is a croc not a croc? When it’s a thoracosaur
The fearsome Thoracosaurus, a dinosaur-era reptile from North America with jaws like giant pincers, bears an uncanny resemblance to a modern fish-eating croc called a gharial. […]
Flinders helps take the ocean’s pulse
Water samples taken off Semaphore Jetty are en route to Greece after Flinders University marine biologists took part in the global Ocean Sampling Day. Ocean Sampling […]
Antibiotic promise in superbug war
An entirely new class of antibiotics has been shown to be effective against 100 different samples of Clostridium difficile, often the cause of drug-resistant infections picked […]
Women in STEM leader joins physics hall of fame
The pioneering teaching methods of Flinders physics educator, Dr Maria Parappilly, have seen her elected as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics. The Fellowship, […]
Bizarre ‘platypus fish’ found on Australia’s original reef
Scientists in Australia have discovered a remarkable ancient fish fossil with a long snout, reminiscent of a platypus bill. The fossil, named Brindabellaspis after the nearby […]
FLEX takes to the streets
A driverless public electric shuttle will start operating around the Tonsley Innovation District this week as part of a five-year trial of autonomous vehicle technology set […]