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Make it fun, the learning will follow

Children’s ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Australasia (CUA) is producing weekly challenges for kids as part of a Living in Lockdown educational series for families working and schooling from home.
South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n scientists band together to fight COVID-19
A team of South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n scientists are joining forces in the fight against COVID-19 to greater inform the local, national and global response efforts, including the creation of a vaccine.
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First study on the health conditions of adults one month into COVID-19 lockdown
A new study provides one of the earliest pieces of evidence that the COVID-19 outbreak affected people not only physically but also mentally.Ìý
The preliminary results reveal adults in locations more affected by COVID-19 had lower physical health, mental health and life satisfaction.Ìý
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Music Theatre performance must go on
Music Theatre students at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide are adapting to online learning, performing together in class exercises from the ‘socially distant’ safety of their own homes.
Uni of Adelaide scoops two national awards
ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide academics have been awarded two of the three 2020 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Council of Graduate Research awards for Excellence in Graduate Research Education.
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Face masks won’t help the healthy, but are useful in high risk settings

New recommendations relating to the wearing of face masks and respirators have been released by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s JBI, an international research organisation in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, to help stop the spread of COVID-19 and other infections. The recommendations build on JBI’s COVID-19 Special Collection released last week. Ìý
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Joy of live music to be streamed for all
The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s Elder Conservatorium will this Friday live stream pianists Konstantin Shamray and Michael Ierace performing in Elder Hall, as part of a revised concert series adjusted due to new Coronavirus restrictions.
New species of sea snake discovered in WA

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers have discovered a new species of turtle-headed sea snake in Western ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥. Ìý
The new species, Emydocephalus orarius, or the Western Turtle-headed Sea Snake, is found from Shark Bay to Broome on soft sandy habitats at depths ranging from 15 to 70 metres.Ìý
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New world’s best practice for COVID-19 prevention and control

New recommendations for best practice for infection prevention and control in healthcare settings, to help stop the spread of COVID-19, have been developed by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s JBI, an international research organisation in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
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Neanderthals and modern humans more similar than thought

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers are questioning the behavioural gap once thought to separate Neanderthals from contemporaneous Homo sapiens groups after uncovering new evidence about Neanderthal subsistence strategies, in a paper published in today.
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