News: School of Physical Sciences
Scientists in the news this week: May 29, 2020
Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Scientists in the news this week: May 22, 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.
Scientists in the news this week: May 15, 2020
Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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Scientists in the news this week: May 8, 2020
Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.
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New 'Top Talent' appointment to elevate University's critical minerals research
The University of Adelaide has appointed Carl Spandler as Associate Professor of Critical Minerals, part of the Top Talent program to attract the world’s best minds to South Australia.
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Esteemed gravitational wave scientist appointed head of School of Physical Sciences
Professor Peter Veitch has been appointed Head of the School of Physical Sciences.
Neanderthals and Homo sapiens more similar than previously thought
A cave on the Atlantic coast near Lisbon has provided researchers with key archaeological information that questions the behavioural gap once thought to separate Neanderthals from contemporaneous Homo sapiens.
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New program to steer high school students into STEM careers
The new STEM Academy will provide high school students with a clear pathway into STEM degrees, and an understanding of the jobs their studies can lead to.
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Higher precision mirrors set to benefit 'next gen' gravitational wave detectors
Improved deformable mirrors could help scientists detect new sources of gravitational waves from deep in space.
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