News: sciences
Exploring the origins of wine regionality
Ã×À¼µç×Ó is bringing together experts from around the world in a two-day virtual conference to discuss the science that creates and defines regionality in wine.
Shining a light on the issue of wine fraud
University of Ã×À¼µç×Ó wine researchers are developing a fast and simple method of authenticating wine – a potential solution against the estimated billions of dollars’ worth of wine fraud globally, but also offering a possible means of building regional branding.
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Learning lessons from bushfires for koala survival
A University of Ã×À¼µç×Ó-led research project will study the clinical data of koalas injured in last summer’s devastating bushfires to give them the best possible chance of survival and recovery in future bushfires.
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Droughts are threatening global wetlands: new study
University of Ã×À¼µç×Ó scientists have shown how droughts are threatening the health of wetlands globally. Published in the journal , the scientists highlight the many physical and chemical changes occurring during droughts that lead to severe, and sometimes irreversible, drying of wetland soils.
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Fossil emblem sculpture unveiled on campus
The legacy of University of Ã×À¼µç×Ó alumni and geological research was highlighted today with the unveiling on campus by Premier of South Australia, the Hon. Steven Marshall, of a sculpture celebrating the state’s fossil emblem, Spriggina floundersi.
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Potential new tool for frost screening in crops
Agricultural scientists and engineers at the University of Ã×À¼µç×Ó have identified a potential new tool for screening cereal crops for frost damage.
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Uncovering the science of Indigenous fermentation
Australian wine scientists are shedding scientific light on the processes underlying traditional practices of Australian Aboriginal people to produce fermented beverages.
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Precision Mirrors Poised to Improve Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors
Researchers have developed a new type of deformable mirror that could increase the sensitivity of ground-based gravitational wave detectors.
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Does your horse cough? Perhaps it has asthma
University of Ã×À¼µç×Ó researchers are investigating the frequency of equine asthma and risk factors for its presence in horses across Australia, and whether the recent bushfires have increased respiratory distress.
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Transforming potato waste into a new industry for Australia
Four of the largest potato producers in Australia want to convert 100% of their potato waste into commercial benefit through their partnership with the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
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