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Prime accolade for chemical engineer

Yao Zheng

Global leader in sustainable hydrogen production Professor Yao Zheng, from the University of Adelaide's School of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year at the Prime Minister's 2025 Prizes for Science event in Canberra.

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Grants to improve cardiovascular outcomes

Barr Smith Library

University of Adelaide leaders in heart health have received extra support for their research from the Heart Foundation through its annual funding round.

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Viertel Fellowship for innovative cancer epigentic leader

A/Professor Zhongyuan Ke, Dr Joanna Achinger-Kawecka and Dr Dustin Flanagan

University of Adelaide cancer epigenetics and 3D genome biology expert Dr Joanna Achinger-Kawecka has been awarded a 2025 Sylvia and Charles Viertel Senior Medical Research Fellowship.

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Provost elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences

Professor John Williams

University of Adelaide Provost and Adelaide University Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, Professor John Williams AM has been elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.

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Weight loss alone not enough to boost men’s fertility

Stock image of man's waist. He is holding a tape measure around his waist.

How men lose weight could affect their chances of having a baby, with University of Adelaide research revealing healthy lifestyle behaviours seem more beneficial for improving fertility than weight loss itself.

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Ingenious students’ project lights the way for powdery mildew treatment

Engineering students in front of their UV-C device.

Final year science, engineering and technology students from the University of Adelaide are ready to showcase their future-leading technology at this year’s Ingenuity showcase on Wednesday, 29 October.

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Seafloor-foraging sea snakes sometimes wiggle

Hyprohis stokesii credit Australian Institute of Marine Science

Researchers have for the first time closely tracked the fine-scale diving behaviour of two species of sea snakes that forage along the seafloor and discovered that one species performs a curious wiggle while travelling underwater.

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Study finds gene responsible for wheat variety with three ovaries

illuminated stigma hairs from the pistil of a wheat floret credit Guilherme Pedro Ventura Yoshicawa Simoes Silva

An international research project, involving the University of Adelaide, discovered the gene responsible for a rare form of wheat that grows three ovaries per flower instead of one – which could help wheat farmers increase their grain yield and improve the efficiency of hybrid seed production.

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Preventing malnutrition in people with blood cancer

Patient's hand with cannula resting on a table

New research from the University of Adelaide has delivered new insights into the way nutrients are provided for people with blood cancer to ensure they maintain adequate nutrition during treatment.

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Former PM returns to geopolitics at annual lecture

Attendees and speakers at the 2025 Julia Gillard Lecture

Former Prime Minster of Australia the Honourable Julia Gillard AC will discuss with a panel of University of Adelaide experts how the rapidly changing geopolitical environment and rise of disinformation is impacting Australia at her annual public lecture.

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