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Arthritis drug used to limit antibiotics in blood cancer patients
Researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide and the Radboud ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Medical Centre in the Netherlands have repurposed an arthritis drug to restrict the use of antibiotics in the treatment of side effects caused by blood cancer, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.
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Alumni shine as brightest young achievers
Five ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide alumni have taken home accolades in this year’s South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n 7 News Young Achiever Awards.
New electrocatalysts herald carbon neutrality
A team of researchers at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is undertaking fundamental research into new types of high-performance low-cost metal-based electrocatalysts that are the key to the development of sustainable energy solutions and help to achieve carbon neutrality. They are developing catalysts which can be ‘tailored’ to different uses.
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What will astronauts eat on Mars?
Forget rocket science: figuring out how crews of space explorers will access fresh healthy food is the real challenge.
Academic and personal achievements celebrated
Starting today, the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide will hold 16 ceremonies in historic Bonython Hall across May to celebrate the achievements of more than 5100 students who are graduating. Four leaders will also be awarded honorary doctorates in recognition of outstanding contributions in their field.
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Digging deep to unlock soil secrets
Researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide and the South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Research and Development Institute (SARDI), the research division of the Department of Primary Industries and Regions (PIRSA), will examine soil DNA samples collected over the past 20 years to improve productivity, profitability and resilience for ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s agricultural sector.
Top scholars recognised for strategically important studies
Some of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide’s top students have been honoured with prestigious Playford Scholarships.
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Universities blaze a trail to commercialise defence research
Today, Wednesday 20 April, the Defence Trailblazer: Concept to Sovereign Capability (CSC) bid, led by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide in partnership with the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of New South Wales, has been endorsed to assist the country’s economic recovery under the Trailblazer Universities Program.
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Top students aim to strengthen ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s place in Asia Pacific
Three ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide students are heading to Asia as this year’s Westpac Asian Exchange Scholars.
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Superbasin project unearths geological history
A team of researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide will carry out an extensive geological study of the Centralian Superbasin – rocks that were once part of a vast inland sea – under a grant awarded by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Research Council.
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