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Ocean acidification and warming disrupts fish shoals
![Caesio teres in Fiji by Nick Hobgood. Creative Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-01/fish-shoal-caesio_teres_in_fiji_by_nick_hobgood.jpeg?h=6eb229a4&itok=r7lDedYy)
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that the way fish interact in groups is being upset by ocean acidification and global warming.
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Improving plant process in a key Jurlique ingredient
![Honours in Plant science](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2019-04/honours-plant-science.jpg?h=2f83cd36&itok=SUzbj1Ih)
Honours project: Work with international cosmetic company Jurlique to investigate one of their key root crop lines, by undertaking a complete extraction and analysis of the root.
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How do insectivorous echolocating bats use arid rangeland conservation reserves in SA?
![chokkybat](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-01/chokkybat.jpg?h=1460888c&itok=VgUY9n1v)
Honours project: Help with real-world conservation work in South Australia, do fieldwork and learn new analytical skills relevant to a job in ecology.
How have coexisting bat species evolved separate niches?
![Bat by Kyle Armstrong](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-01/tapho-bat.jpg?h=f7c3c15a&itok=p62wl_QX)
Honours project: Help understand how Australian native mammals have evolved and diversified.
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Investigation of doppler perturbations in ground based satellite observations
![Stratospheric-Tropospheric (ST) Very High Frequency (VHF) radar at the Buckland Park field site](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2022-01/buckland-park-stratospheric-tropospheric-array.jpg?h=6eb229a4&itok=I_xpeoRD)
Honours projects: Investigate unknown ionospheric phenomena which affect the accuracy of ground-based satellite observations.
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Science awards celebrate 2021 academic, student and staff success
![Three staff members were recognised for exceptional performance in 2021. Kiralee Vincent – the faculty's Senior Academic Support Officer based at Roseworthy campus. Dr Maïlys Stirling, the faculty’s Research Technical Services Manager. Lisa Laws, the Business Manager of the School of Physical Sciences and School of Biological Sciences.](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-12/awards-2021-profstaff-43-2027.jpg?h=a1123756&itok=W-CuEHrp)
The recent Faculty of Sciences’ awards showcase celebrated research, teaching, leadership, professional staff and student success.
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2021 Teaching Commendations
![Dr Carlos Bartesaghi Koc](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2021-11/Carlos-for-web.jpg?h=0f035c5e&itok=ZsGtInB3)
These awards recognise the diverse range of activities, services and programs that contribute to student learning and engagement at the University of Adelaide. They serve to highlight the important role that staff from all areas of the University have in supporting us to achieve our strategic goals.
Australian Maths Society Awards add up
![Dr Luke Bennetts](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/luke-bennetts.jpg?h=fbf4b26c&itok=5P9v-osG)
The President of the Australian Maths Society recently announced Luke and his co-authors as co-winners of the Gavin Brown Prize for their 2018 paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans.
Professor Maier wins the Biennial Medal
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In every odd-numbered year, to coincide with the Biennial Congress, the Society awards a limited number of Biennial Medals for 'exceptional research contributions to modelling and simulation, and for promoting the aims of the Society'.
Marathon experiment reveals quirks of quarks
![Professor Anthony Thomas](/sites/default/files/styles/ua_landscape/public/media/images/2020-01/tony-thomas-27-wide.jpg?h=2084ef8f&itok=fw4ZpVs7)
University of Adelaide experts, who are part of the international community of researchers investigating the fundamental physical properties of atoms, may have come across a new paradigm for the way atomic nuclei are built.
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