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The numbers don’t lie: Australia is failing at maths and we need to find a new formula to arrest the decline

May 27, 2022

“Many people struggle with mathematics and there is a lot of anxiety around it because it is an abstract topic,” Dr Marmolejo-Ramos says. Dr Marmolejo-Ramos says hand gestures are more...

UniSA blasts off on $180 million space hub mission

May 27, 2022

The University of South Australia will help propel Australia into a new orbit in satellite technology, playing a major role in a $180m national space manufacturing hub announced today. Together...

Meet Clive, UniSA’s first quadruped robot

May 27, 2022

11 May 2022Meet Clive, UniSA’s first off-the-shelf quadruped robot who joins the UniSA STEM academic unit with an exceptional CV: he’s flexible, agile, versatile, energetic, and communicative. His mentor, Dr...

Major discovery provides new hope for blood cancer patients

May 27, 2022

“Each year in Australia, around 900 people are diagnosed with AML, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow characterised by an overproduction of cancerous white blood cells called leukaemic...

Wait times balloon as scarce social housing is 'rationed'

May 27, 2022

The study, the first independent in-depth review of social housing demand management undertaken in Australia, found just under 30,000 applicants were granted a social housing tenancy during 2020-21, Australia-wide. “Australia’s...

Five drug-induced deaths per day among Australians in 2020, report finds

May 27, 2022

Five drug-induced deaths per day among Australians in 2020, report findsThe latest Drug Trends report from UNSW’s National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre shows more than 1800 drug-induced deaths in...

The Pandemic and the Presidential Election: Feeling Certain about the Future Can Predict Poor Information-Seeking and Antisocial Behaviors

May 5, 2022

Its results also show those who were certain about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election were more likely to contend that it was rigged. The research, which appears in...

Memo from U.S. Space Command confirms Harvard scientists’ findings

May 5, 2022

U.S. Space Command released a communication last month that confirmed earlier findings from Siraj ’22, a Harvard astrophysics concentrator, and Avi Loeb, Frank B. Baird Jr. The discovery predates Oumuamua,...

Moving entangled atoms in quantum processor

May 5, 2022

A foundational limitation of quantum mechanics is that information can’t be copied, making error correction difficult. The workaround the researchers implement creates a sort of backup system for the atoms...

Mental illness plays havoc with blood pressure and heart rate

May 5, 2022

A new study published in BioMedical Engineering draws a link between mental illness and widely fluctuating blood pressure, which can lead to cardiovascular disease and organ damage. UniSA researcher Dr...