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University of the Sunshine Coast
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Australia; International; SA; WA
Flinders University,Curtin University,Western Australian Museum
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Australia; NSW; SA; WA
The University of Newcastle,Adelaide University,King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Australia; NSW
The University of Sydney
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Australia; NSW; VIC; SA
Monash University,Flinders University,Swinburne University of Technology,The University of New South Wales
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Australia; NSW; VIC
Flinders University,Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO),The University of Melbourne
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Australia; New Zealand; SA
Adelaide University,University of Waikato
Learning and Motivation
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Australia; SA
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Ice Age origins of one of humanity’s oldest drug habits
Australia; NSW; QLD
Griffith University,Charles Sturt University,Southern Cross University
Science Advances
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International
North Carolina State University, USA, Montana State University, USA
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University of Turku, Finland
Royal Society Open Science
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Australia; International; WA
Curtin University
Proceedings of the Royal Society A
‘Parachute science’ is failing the world’s tropical insects
Australia; International; VIC; QLD
Monash University,Griffith University
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Australia; SA
Adelaide University
Biological Conservation
How non-REM sleep helps mice deal with stressful social situations
International
Morehouse School of Medicine, USA
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What happens when you flush? How toilet aerosols reach the breathing zone
Australia; SA
Flinders University,Adelaide University
Science of the Total Environment
Low-power lasers create water-repellent polymers and reflective coatings
Australia; NSW; SA
Flinders University,The University of Sydney,Adelaide University
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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Australia; VIC
Swinburne University of Technology
Teaching Mathematics and its Applications
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Australia; SA
Adelaide University,Lund University
Neuroscience
Genes linked to personality traits may influence our health, wealth, work and love lives
Australia; International; VIC; QLD
QIMR Berghofer,The University of Queensland,Queensland University of Technology (QUT),The University of Melbourne,Michigan State University, USA
Nature
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Australia; International; NSW; QLD; SA; WA
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Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; TAS
Flinders University,The University of Melbourne
Nature Communications
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Australia; QLD; TAS
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Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
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Australia; International; NSW; QLD
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