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Space research centre renamed after ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n astronaut

Andy Thomas

The Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources is the new title for the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide centre spearheading how to optimise the sustainable use of off-Earth resources.

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ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is home to world-leading researchers

Florey Lecture Eventbrite

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s ability to attract talent to South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and nurture world-leading researchers has been further confirmed by the latest list of the world’s most influential researchers.

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Earthquake testing aims to protect Adelaide’s heritage

Professor Michael Griffith examining the test wall

Researchers are simulating the effects of an earthquake on historic buildings in a bid to protect Adelaide’s heritage.

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Exploring the origins of wine regionality

Wine glass in front of vineyards

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is bringing together experts from around the world in a two-day virtual conference to discuss the science that creates and defines regionality in wine.

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Three Fellows elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences

Goodman cres

Three ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers have been elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences.

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Are our soils healthy enough to grow our own food?

Fern Avenue Community Garden

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers at the Waite campus have surveyed soil health across the Adelaide region to uncover the potential for food crops to be grown in an urban environment.

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Shining a light on the issue of wine fraud

Ruchira Ranaweera in lab with Associate Professor David Jeffery

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide wine researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating wine – a potential solution against the estimated billions of dollars’ worth of wine fraud globally, but also offering a possible means of building regional branding.

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ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide and RCC to part ways

RCC

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide and arts event RCC have concluded their arrangement, following two years of the event being held at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s North Terrace campus.

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Uni Adelaide appoints leading engineering scientist as Head of School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor Nelson Tansu

Professor Nelson Tansu, a US-based engineering scientist and inventor with an 18-year career of research excellence, has been appointed as the new Head of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) and Professor in Quantum Electronics at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide.

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80th birthday celebration to honour Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide will proudly honour the life and work of distinguished author J.M. Coetzee in a ceremony to celebrate his 80th birthday.

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