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Participants wanted for Cabernet Sauvignon wine tasting

Waite campus winery

Regular wine consumers wanted for sensory trials to help research into berry heterogeneity.

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New research to help wineries manage smoke taint

Viticulture and Oenology students in Waite campus winery

A new industry-research project will develop new methodologies and strategies for the Australian wine industry to manage taint from grapes exposed to bushfire smoke.

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Kangaroo Island bee B&Bs aim to save native pollinators

Green Carpenter Bee / Remko Leijs

Native bees severely impacted by Kangaroo Island bushfires this year are being built new homes in a collaborative project involving the local community and scientists from the University of Adelaide and SA Museum.

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Scientists in the news this week: July 10, 2020

Green carpenter bee (Xylocopa aerata) by Louise Docker from Sydney, Australia [CC BY 2.0]

Here are the stories of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.

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Participants wanted for wine tasting

Wine tasting at Waite campus winery

Regular wine consumers wanted to participate in sensory trials to help research into smoke tainted wines.

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Video: Shape-Shifting Sea Snakes

Shape-Shifting Sea Snakes

Environment Institute researchers are using comparative approaches to understand how phenotypic diversity evolves by the process of natural selection, using a surprising group of animals: sea snakes.

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Scientists in the news this week: July 3, 2020

Professor Martin Cole

Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.

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New DNA test created to locate rare underwater animals

Blind Cave Eel (Ophisternon candidum)

Scientists create new species-specific tests that can detect endangered and hard-to-find aquatic animals through the DNA they shed in the water.

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Scientists in the news this week: June 26, 2020

Blind Cave Eel (Ophisternon candidum)

Your round-up of University of Adelaide scientists and science graduates in the news this week.

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Precision watering for Riverland vineyards

Dr Vinay Pagay, lecturer in viticulture and vineyard engineering from the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at the University’s Waite campus

A new approach to grape growing that takes the science of precision watering to a new level is underway in the Riverland region.

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