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Grant support for crucial health and medical research

Research

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has been awarded $6 million for six research projects to investigate issues including fertility, mastitis and orthopaedic infections.

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Experts call for urgent roo management reforms

High density of eastern kangaroos

Wildlife scientists from research organisations across ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, including from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, have come together to call for urgent reforms to the management of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s kangaroo populations.

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Water tanks: windows to southern sky’s soul

Hawc Observatory

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers are part of an international team that aims to unlock the secrets of the universe above the southern hemisphere. The team is piloting a project that will use sensors installed in water tanks to detect the highest energy gamma rays from the universe. Prototype water tanks have been designed and built in South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and will be installed in Peru.

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Biomedical engineer awarded for revolutionary imaging technology

Dr Jiawen Li

Dr Jiawen Li has been awarded two prestigious fellowships in recognition of her world-class work in the field of biomedical engineering. Dr Li is a Lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, leading the intravascular imaging research program within the Institute of Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS).

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Serving up healthy plant-based food research with new flavour facility

pulses image - chickpeas, lentils, beans

Researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Nottingham and ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide have joined forces to launch a new international food flavour facility to improve the taste of sustainable, healthy, plant-based food and ingredients.

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Flawed climate change targets miss the mark

Thermometer

According to new research from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide the 2050 target to reduce climate change emissions is too little and too late.

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Two new ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide fellows

Helen Marshall

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Academy of Health and Medical Sciences welcomed 19 women and 10 men to its Fellowship recognising the brightest minds in health and medical sciences across a range of fields, including research, industry and more.

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Blasting the zombie out of water-saving tech

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A team of scientists, including experts from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, suggest that reliance on modern irrigation technologies as a water-use efficiency strategy is a ‘zombie idea’ – one that persists no matter how much evidence is thrown against it.

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Top 100 for ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide in 2022 US News Rankings of Best Global Universities

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Among more than 10,000 universities, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is ranked 66 in the world (up by seven places) in the – with  four key disciplines also ranked within the world’s top 50.

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Adelaide Festival 2022 program launched on campus

Dr George Duncan

The Adelaide Festival program for 2022 has been launched on the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s North Terrace campus.

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