New research involving more than one million Australian feedlot cattle has found that the strongest predictors of death from bovine respiratory disease (BRD) are established before animals even enter the feedlot, highlighting the importance of preventive measures on source properties.
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Honey bees have long been the model species for studying insect vision. However, new research shows that several smaller bee species might actually have sharper eyesight.
A new program from the Adelaide University’s Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Group will upskill teachers in the ways of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
A desire to drive change in Australia’s response to children experiencing violence, abuse and neglect led Natasha Stott Despoja AO to accept the role of chair of the Advisory Board for the Australian Centre for Child Protection (ACCP) at Adelaide University.
Around one in four heart surgery patients develop serious lung complications – but a new Adelaide-led study is testing a simple bedside scan that could predict who is most at risk before symptoms appear.
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For its review of the Bail Act 1985 (SA), the South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) is now commencing its community engagement, including visits to towns in regional South Australia, to seek input from interested parties and individuals.
Recently, the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made progress in research on multifunctional electromagnetic wave absorbing superstructures. The team proposed a machine learning-assisted "material-structure-function" collaborative design strategy, using fused deposition modeling 3D printing technology to integrate the polyamide 6/carbon fiber composite (PACF) absorbing unit, low-loss pure polyamide 6 (N-PA) spacer layer and laser-induced PACF (LI-PACF) functional backplane to build a superstructure with multi-level resonant gradient impedance, achieving broadband and wide-angle microwave absorption from 2 to 40 GHz, with both structural load-bearing and electrothermal de-icing capabilities.
Despite tightening immigration policies, CEGEPs continued to recruit more international students between 2019 and 2024. But the rules are changing quickly.
The University of Michigan's Ross School of Business has announced the opening of the Michigan Ross Los Angeles campus, expanding its West Coast presence and creating greater opportunities for business education, collaboration and innovation in one of the world's most influential economies.
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The review will comprise two parts: Part One, to be led by Nazir Afzal OBE, will examine the University’s support of Professor Arday; Part Two will comprise a broader review of institutional processes and practice related to his appointment and time at Cambridge. The reviews will not seek to investigate areas which are the subject of the inquest process.
Being able to speak a mother tongue when living in Diaspora allows the strengthening of social bonds among immigrant communities as well as the maintenance of strong cultural identities. But what happens to the language when the younger generations do not speak it? How do they connect with their parents and communities? A new article by SIS Professor Claudine Kuradusenge-McLeod explores the impact
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Natural products are an important source of modern therapeutic drugs. Their unique skeleton structure, abundant functional groups and multiple chiral centers form the chemical basis for a wide range of biological activities. In the later biosynthesis of such active natural products, iron(II)/2-oxoglutarate-dependent (Fe/2OG) enzymes can precisely introduce pharmacophore groups through a variety of reactions. Among them, the carbon-carbon bonding reaction catalyzed by this enzyme family can build a molecular skeleton with complex structure and significant biological activity. However, the related reaction process is complicated, and its mechanism of action is still unclear so far. In-depth analysis of the catalytic mechanism of this type of enzyme is of great significance for natural product biosynthesis research, new drug development and rational transformation of biocatalysts.
Asteroid impact is a natural disaster with low probability but complex disaster chain. The impact is accompanied by extreme dynamic effects such as ultra-high temperature, ultra-high pressure, ultra-high speed, etc., which will produce a large amount of sputtering dust. Sputtered dust is ejected into the atmosphere at high speed, and some dust enters the stratosphere and spreads, which may cause global environmental effects. Conducting research on the entire process from impact cratering to sputtering dust is of great significance to the study of near-Earth asteroid defense and Earth evolution. At present, due to technical and cost constraints, it is difficult to simulate real working conditions in indoor ultra-high-speed impact tests, and numerical simulation has become the main research method. However, most existing research focuses on a single process and lacks a systematic analysis method covering the complete chain of sputter dust formation - dust tropospheric movement - dust stratospheric diffusion.
The Center for Immunology is proud to congratulate Cara-lin Lonetree and Grant Hickok, both MICaB graduate students in the laboratory of Dr. Ingunn Stromnes, on receiving prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
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The Academy’s Fellowship is made up of distinguished individuals from academia, the public, private and third sectors. Fellows are selected following a robust and independent peer-review process in recognition of the significant impact of their work in helping address some of the toughest challenges facing society. Professor Lucy Griffiths is Professor of Epidemiology at Swansea University Medical
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More than 70 students were inducted into the pharmacy profession at UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences’ 2026 White Coat ceremony.
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Growing up in Carlsbad, Elise Nishimura developed an early appreciation for the environment. Now a junior Environmental Systems major and UC San Diego softball player, she combines her academic and athletic passions through EcoAthletes, using her voice to inspire climate action.
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The University of California San Diego has remained at No. 4 among U.S. public universities in the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities. The highly regarded annual assessment released by the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy also places UC San Diego 14th among all U.S. universities and 20th in the
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