Antibiotics resistance could wipe $280 billion from the Australian economy by 2050

A new partnership to improve the resilience and profitability of Australia’s food and agribusiness industries has been kickstarted with a $34.5 million Federal Government grant announced today.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (CRC SAAFE), involving 70 partners contributing an additional $115 million cash and in-kind support, is led by UniSA environmental scientist Professor Erica Donner.

Developing self-driving cars that talk to one another

An idea developed by the University of South Australia’s Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR) is steering us towards self-driving cars that talk to one another.

Rather than using GPS technology, this innovative software notification system – called V2X – lets vehicles constantly communicate with other vehicles around them, along with ‘smart’ city infrastructure. That way, they can position themselves with pinpoint accuracy and cooperate to avoid collisions, cutting road fatalities and reducing congestion.