News: Geology and Earth Sciences
New research centre with a critical mass of talent and expertise
The new Australian Critical Minerals Research Centre will conduct comprehensive critical minerals research, from exploration to resource definition and mineral processing.
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Scientists use koala teeth to map Adelaide's history
Scientists are using koala teeth to learn how Adelaide was settled by Europeans.
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Tectonic time-lapse: One billion years of Earth’s history in 40 seconds
Adelaide scientists are part of an international research team that has published the first full tectonic plate reconstruction of the last billion years.
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$7m boost for sciences research
ARC Discovery projects showcase the dynamic breadth of sciences research at the University of Adelaide.
Plant science and geology experts feature in list of world’s most influential researchers
Plant scientists and a geologist from the University of Adelaide are among the world’s most highly cited researchers.
Scientists in the news this week: October 2020
‘What even is the economy?’ Citymag has published a three-part series on ‘how SA makes money and stuff’ featuring several University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates.
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Sculpture of iconic Ediacaran fossil unveiled
The legacy of science alumni and geological research highlighted with new sculpture celebrating our state’s fossil emblem, Spriggina floundersi.
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Future Fellows to advance key marine ecology and palaeontology research
University of Adelaide scientists have been awarded more than $1.5 million to study environmental and climate change, but in vastly different contexts.
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Scientists in the news this week: July 3, 2020
Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Humans coexisted with three-tonne marsupials and lizards as long as cars in ancient Australia
Palaeontologists have found fossils of a huge extinct animals that answer, but also pose new questions in the megafauna extinction debate.
