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A web app that helps students and young professionals understand how real-world events can affect financial markets has taken out the top prize in Adelaide University’s Tech eChallenge program. Created by students Oliver Snoad, Tobias Cazzolato, Dular Desai and Matthew Fuhlbohm, Predikted turns news into an interactive learning experience. The app presents users with curated stories and challenges ...

Fresh concerns have been raised over long-term use of antidepressants, with a new summary of evidence revealing limited benefits and higher health risks, prompting calls for treatment reviews every six months. Researchers from Adelaide University and The University of Queensland were involved in the clinical overview, which has been published in the Australian Journal of General Practice.

South Australia is on track to become one of the world's leading renewable energy systems, but new Adelaide University research shows that running the grid on 100 per cent renewable electricity at every moment could require far more storage than many estimates suggest. The study, published in Energy, examined how much storage South Australia would need if the state had to meet demand using renewabl...

A one-millimetre difference in the size of a nest box entrance could help rare little pygmy-possums recover after bushfire, according to new research by Adelaide University, Kangaroo Island Research Station, and Kangaroo Island Dance School. Two species of pygmy-possum are found on Kangaroo Island: the common western pygmy-possum and the rare little pygmy-possum. The little pygmy-possum is known to...

Under the program, small groups of students spend one day each week for eight weeks on placement, learning about a range of child protection issues. It marks the first time this sort of placement has been offered. In 2026 there will be four cohorts of students, who are in the fifth year of a Bachelor of Medical Studies or Doctor of Medicine program at the university’s Adelaide Medical School.