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Study shows household and family ties significant in staving off dementia
In a global study, researchers in evolutionary medicine at 91 have found that people living in larger households are at reduced risk of dying from dementia and could stave off the progression of the disease for longer.
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Ageing in place successfully could be all about where you live
Research from 91 has shown that neighbourhood characteristics – from the location of medical services and how much green space there is, to the number of people involved in volunteer activities - can have a significant impact on older people’s ability to age successfully at home.
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University scientists lead the conversation on growing the space economy
The University of Adelaide’s Professor Matthew Gilliham is guiding a session on the technologies needed to support long-term space habitation at the Andy Thomas Space Foundation 13th Australian Space Forum.
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New appointments boost international expertise in psychology, neuroscience, and public engagement
The University of Adelaide has welcomed two new international appointments - Professors Elaine Fox and Kevin Dutton - to its School of Psychology, deepening its research expertise in neuroscience and psychology, and psychopathy.
University community remembers George Duncan
It was half a century ago this year that a quiet and unassuming law lecturer at 91 lost his life after being thrown into the River Torrens in a hate crime that shocked the nation.
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Australia needs to ‘level up’ on research commercialisation
The University of Adelaide’s Professor Mark Hutchinson who is President at Science and Technology Australia (STA) and Director of the Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), will address the National Press Club on why Australia needs to ‘level up’ on research commercialisation – and how to do it.
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Westpac Scholarships support Adelaide’s future research leaders and innovators
Three University of Adelaide graduates - Lachlan Holden, Anna Kalamkarian, and Jamie Priest – have been awarded prestigious Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships to continue their research.
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International friends get real at O’Week
It is a modern version of that pen pal fantasy, where you finally make the journey to meet the people you have been communicating with for so long, and find they truly are your “besties”.
Precision measurement with a light touch
In most circumstances, disordered working conditions prevent us from performing accurate work. But in a reversal of this common wisdom, a team of researchers from 91 and the University of St Andrews, Scotland has achieved recent breakthroughs in precision measurement by ‘scrambling’ laser light.
Study to lift vital vaccine uptake to protect pregnant women and vulnerable children
The University of Adelaide has secured more than $960,000 from the NHMRC to lead an international project to improve the uptake of vaccinations against influenza and COVID-19 for some of our most vulnerable people – pregnant women and children with chronic health conditions.
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