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History made with 115th Rhodes Scholar-Elect

Madeleine McNeil, 2024 Rhodes Scholar-Elect

A top law student is the University of Adelaide’s 115th Rhodes Scholar-Elect, announced at a ceremony at Government House.

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New healthcare agreement translates into global good

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Global leaders in healthcare, JBI and Wolters Kluwer Health, continued collaboration aims to support more health professionals than ever before.

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University poppies join field of expertise

A group of 11 people stand with certificates after receiving Young Tall Poppy Awards

Two University of Adelaide researchers are recipients of 2024 South Australian Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.

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Deputy Vice Chancellors appointed at Australia’s newest major university

Adelaide University DVCs

Adelaide University has today announced the appointment of its first Deputy Vice Chancellors (DVCs).

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Work on controlling crown gall disease bears fruit

Crown gall on grapevines

A world free of grapevine crown gall disease is a step closer with the first field trial of a new method at Yalumba Nursery in the Barossa Valley.

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A closer look at predicting psychosis in high-risk young people

Photo: Zen Chung

University of Adelaide researchers have taken a closer look at how to predict transition to psychosis in young people who meet a specific set of subthreshold psychotic symptoms and syndromes, also referred to as ultra-high risk (UHR) criteria.

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Acceptance in uncertainty a key for emotional wellbeing

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Acceptance may be the best way to help increase emotional wellbeing in uncertain times, new research has found.

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Removing unwanted smoky notes from wine

Molecularly imprinted polymers have been tested to take smoke taint out of wine.

University of Adelaide researchers have evaluated a new method to remediate smoke tainted wine, incurring less damage to the final product.

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Wave modelling important to predict climate change’s effect on sea ice

Drone image of sea ice being broken up by waves generated by the CCGS Amundsen in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Credit: Élie Dumas-Lefebvre and Dany Dumont.

University of Adelaide researchers have developed a new theoretical model to predict the distances ocean waves can travel to break up sea ice.

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Space fibres touch down for in-depth analysis

ZBLAN fibre

Glass fibre drawn in space has returned back to the University's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing for analysis. The fibre could prove transformative for quantum communication due to its properties.

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