by Ishka Bless | Nov 7, 2022 | Home page slider, News, WRI
A new research centre, led by the University of Adelaide, will focus international expertise on finding ways to provide the next generation of space explorers with nutritious foods, and the on-demand supply of materials and medicines. Announced today, Friday 4...
by Ishka Bless | Jul 26, 2022 | Home page slider, News, Research stories, University of Adelaide
Researchers have discovered a new gene in barley and wheat that controls the angle of root growth in soil, opening the door to new cereal varieties with deeper roots that are less susceptible to drought and nutrient stress, thus mitigating the effects of climate...
by Ishka Bless | Jul 4, 2022 | Home page slider, News, WRI
Weeds cost Australian farmers more than $5 billion annually, but researchers from the University of Adelaide and La Trobe University have discovered a way to potentially stop them dead in their tracks. “We have identified herbicidal compounds that work by blocking the...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | May 12, 2022 | Home page slider, News
A team of international researchers has discovered a way to produce higher quality wheat. The scientists from the University of Adelaide and the UK’s John Innes Centre have identified a genetic driver that improves yield traits in wheat, which unexpectedly can also...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Feb 23, 2022 | AWRI, Campus Notices, Grants, Home page slider, Wine Innovation Cluster
First posted in the University of Adelaide Newsroom on February 2017 by Crispin Savage. Read here. Low and no-alcohol wine products could bring more than 500 jobs and add $64 million a year to South Australia’s economy with the Marshall Liberal Government investing...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Feb 8, 2022 | Home page slider, News
Researchers at the University of Adelaide are embarking on a new study to develop more accurate and consumer friendly descriptions for one of the most sustainable and high protein food sources on the planet, edible insects. Edible insect species are rich in protein...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Feb 8, 2022 | Home page slider, News
The race for space is on again, and it’s more ambitious than ever. Multiple grand challenges are locked into space agency plans worldwide: a new space station orbiting the moon in the next five years; an established lunar base by the end of the decade; and, the...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Jan 27, 2022 | Home page slider, News
The ability to analyse multiple images at once, GPS capability to create maps of the spatial variability of canopy size, and Cloud storage, are just some of the new upgrades to VitiCanopy, the University of Adelaide-developed mobile app that helps grapegrowers manage...
by Lieke Van Der Hulst | Nov 4, 2021 | Home page slider, News
University of Adelaide Newsroom, Nov 2 2021 by Kelly Brown Researchers from the University of Nottingham and University of Adelaide have joined forces to launch a new international food flavour facility to improve the taste of sustainable, healthy, plant-based food...