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Arctic reindeer populations could decline by 80 per cent by 2100

Photo of the side profile of a reindeer with forest in the background.

Researchers predict that future climatic change is likely to cause declines in reindeer abundances and their distribution at rates rarely seen over the last 21,000 years.

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Experts available for holiday season 2024-2025

Students at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø's North Terrace campus

Over the summer holiday season, the following University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers are happy to be approached for comment on their areas of expertise. The list has been organised into broad subject areas. Please see individual names to check each expert's availability.

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How sweet is it really? Non-nutritive sweeteners and the control of blood sugar levels

Sugar/non-nutritive sweeteners

Non-nutritive sweeteners are often perceived as healthier than sugar, but new findings have confirmed new ways they may interact with sugar handling in the body.

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University researchers named as nation leading

University building

In the 2025 Research magazine published by The Australian newspaper today, seven University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers have been named as leaders in fields such as chemical kinetics and catalysis, combustion and propulsion, and geometry.

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Understanding nature disconnection and eco-anxiety in young people

Students walk around the North Terrace campus.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has taken a deeper look at the nature disconnection and eco-anxiety experienced by young people.

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Foundation grant boosts breast cancer research

Wayne Tilley

A $300,000 grant from the James and Diana Ramsay Foundation (JDRF) will rapidly move forward a breast cancer research project at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

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Funding to boost early career research discoveries

University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø North Terrace Campus

Researchers from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø will share in more than $4.5 million of funding through the latest round of the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.

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Diabetes SA grants improve future health outcomes

Rebecca Thomson and Stephen Kidd

University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers focusing on improving the health outcomes of people with diabetes have been granted funding by Diabetes SA.

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New research future on Kangaroo Island

University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø staff at the official opening of the new KI Research Facility

The University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has partnered with the state government to build a state-of-the-art research facility on Kangaroo Island.

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Remarkable rehab gains for stroke survivors

RehabSwift in action

An innovative therapy may help stroke survivors regain more movement in their hands, with a University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø study finding patients experienced a reduction in arm and hand impairments following treatment.

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