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ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ researchers named as nation leading

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ building

In the 2025 Research magazine published by The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n newspaper today, seven ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers have been named as leaders in fields such as chemical kinetics and catalysis, combustion and propulsion, and geometry.

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Understanding nature disconnection and eco-anxiety in young people

Students walk around the North Terrace campus.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has taken a deeper look at the nature disconnection and eco-anxiety experienced by young people.

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Foundation grant boosts breast cancer research

Wayne Tilley

A $300,000 grant from the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation (JDRF) will rapidly move forward a breast cancer research project at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide.

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Funding to boost early career research discoveries

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide North Terrace Campus

Researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide will share in more than $4.5 million of funding through the latest round of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.

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Diabetes SA grants improve future health outcomes

Rebecca Thomson and Stephen Kidd

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers focusing on improving the health outcomes of people with diabetes have been granted funding by Diabetes SA.

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New research future on Kangaroo Island

ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide staff at the official opening of the new KI Research Facility

The ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide has partnered with the state government to build a state-of-the-art research facility on Kangaroo Island.

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Remarkable rehab gains for stroke survivors

RehabSwift in action

An innovative therapy may help stroke survivors regain more movement in their hands, with a ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide study finding patients experienced a reduction in arm and hand impairments following treatment.

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Ancient DNA uncovers dingo’s hidden heritage

Dingo jaw. Credit: Sally Wasef

A landmark collaborative study co-led by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide and QUT has revealed the distribution of modern dingoes across ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ pre-dates European colonisation and interventions like the dingo-proof fence.

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Protecting tradies at high risk of deadly lung disease

Microscopic image of an engineered stone dust particle

New research will investigate ways to protect hundreds of thousands of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n workers who work with engineered and traditional stone materials from silicosis. The projects build on nearly 100 years of research by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide into the deadly lung disease.

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New guidelines set to change the way we diagnose type 1 diabetes

Stock image of doctor administering insulin to a child with diabetes

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnoses could soon be transformed with newly released guidance developed with input from a ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide expert, outlining how to detect and monitor early-stage T1D before the point of symptom onset.

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