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StudyAdelaide's 2019 International Student Awards

The International Student Awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of international students. Applications are now open for 2019!

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Kelly Scientific Resources Services Future Scientist Award

Kell Services are giving recent engineering graduates the opportunity to showcase themselves to a panel of leading scientific employers, receive important job search advice from our recruitment specialists, plus the chance to win $1000! Applications close 6 September.

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Mediterranean drought-tolerant vines set for Australian experiment

Alex Copper and xynisteri vines

Wine researchers are investigating drought-tolerant grape varieties from Cyprus for their suitability for Australian conditions.

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$35.6 million boost for sciences' research infrastructure

Plant Accelerator, Waite campus

Research for a range of industrial sectors including scientific, advanced manufacturing, defence, resources, biomedical and agriculture has received a major boost.

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Exciting PhD opportunities in France through #DigitAg

Several PhD positions, from blue skies to applied research, are available in France through #DigitAg for Australian graduates. Working for farmers and all types of agriculture, #DigitAg brings actors together in several interdisciplinary programmes to develop new digital methods and technologies: the innovations of the future.

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Adelaide Summer Research Scholarships - applications now open

ECMS are offering a large number of possible projects spanning all of our schools, institutes and research centres. Applications open Monday 8 July and close 5pm Friday 20 September 2019.

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Exhibition: Fusion of Horizons - Australian Architects in Asia (1950s-80s) | July 13 - Sept 7

Co-curated by Amit Srivastava (SABE) and opening July 13 at Tin Sheds Gallery (University of Sydney), Fusion of Horizons tells the story of five pioneering architects from Australia who travelled throughout Asia in the post-war years and fundamentally contributed to the architecture and design of the continent. 

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Moo-ve over methane... Scientists show we can breed cattle that produce less gassy emissions

Professor John Williams

Animal scientists have found the genetics of a cow strongly influence the composition of their gut and how much methane they produce.

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Disease-free locals 'koalafy' as population protectors

Koala, Cleland

Chlamydia-free koalas from Kangaroo Island may be needed to help save declining populations in other parts of Australia.

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New model suggests lost continents for early Earth

Models for the distribution of crustal thickness in early Earth. The crust in the prevailing paradigm is mostly oceanic, with some thin continental crust.  The new model predicts a thicker and greater continental portion that was not preserved.

Earth scientists suggest that continents may have risen out of the sea much earlier than previously thought but were destroyed, leaving little trace.

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