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University of Adelaide is home to world-leading researchers

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The University of Adelaide’s ability to attract talent to South Australia 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

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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

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The University 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

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Three University 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?

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University 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

University 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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University of Adelaide and RCC to part ways

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The University of Adelaide and arts event RCC have concluded their arrangement, following two years of the event being held at the University’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 91×ÔÅÄ.

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

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The University 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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Top 100 world rankings for University of Adelaide

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The University of Adelaide has scored top 100 world university rankings in Engineering and Computer Science – two fields critical to South Australia’s economic future.

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