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Call for Presenters: AU-UTP Joint Research Roundtable 2025

Academic staff, researchers, early career researchers and HDR students are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to present at the 2025 Adelaide University – Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Joint Research Roundtable. 

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Professor Dabing Zhang memorial scholarship

Qiwei Shen first encountered the work of renowned plant scientist Professor Dabing Zhang, who held dual academic appointments at the University of Adelaide and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, as an undergraduate student at Sichuan Agricultural University.

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Falling Walls Lab Adelaide 2025

The Falling Walls Lab Adelaide 2025 event brought South Australian researchers into the international spotlight, with participants pitching their solution to a global challenge and showcasing a breakthrough that creates a positive impact on science and society in just three minutes. 

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UoA’s first successful Maitri funding submission

The University of Adelaide and O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) have been awarded AUD$390,000 in funding as part of the Maitri Grant Scheme from DFAT’s Centre for Australia-India Relations, for a ThincLab/ECIC – IDEATE Lab Business Incubator Collaboration. 

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Aug

Antarctica’s changing threat landscape underscores the need for coordinated action

In the face of growing global pressures, a new report from Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF), including University of Adelaide researchers, highlights the opportunity to strengthen and future-proof Antarctic governance by responding to emerging conservation threats with coordinated, proactive measures.

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Aug

Students gear up for world solar car challenge

Using a fully solar-powered vehicle built from scratch, university students will race across Australia as part of the world’s biggest solar car challenge aimed to foster sustainable transport innovation.

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Jun

Counting the cost of Long COVID and ME/CFS

In just one year, Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) cost the German economy €63.1 billion (AU$111 billion), or about 1.5 per cent GDP, according to a new German-Australian study.

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