/newsroom/ en /newsroom/news/list/2024/02/19/rainy-day-ice-age-in-the-global-south An international study of the mineral deposits in stalactites in South Australia’s Naracoorte Caves, has shed new light on climate conditions in the Southern Hemisphere during ice ages. February 19 2024 Michele Ann Nardelli /newsroom/news/list/2024/02/19/rainy-day-ice-age-in-the-global-south /newsroom/news/list/2022/11/28/leading-photonics-expert-crowned-innovator-of-the-year A ³ÉÈË´óƬ professor who is helping to position South Australia as a hub for photonics and quantum innovation has been named the 2022 South Australian Innovator of the Year. November 28 2022 Lee Gaskin /newsroom/news/list/2022/11/28/leading-photonics-expert-crowned-innovator-of-the-year /newsroom/news/list/2022/04/14/superbasin-project-unearths-geological-history A team of researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ will carry out an extensive geological study of the Centralian Superbasin – rocks that were once part of a vast inland sea – under a grant awarded by the Australian Research Council. April 14 2022 Stan Denham /newsroom/news/list/2022/04/14/superbasin-project-unearths-geological-history /newsroom/news/list/2021/09/23/geological-cold-case-may-reveal-critical-minerals Researchers on the hunt for why cold eclogites mysteriously disappeared from geological records during the early stages of the Earth’s development may have found the answer, and with it clues that could help locate critical minerals today. September 24 2021 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2021/09/23/geological-cold-case-may-reveal-critical-minerals /newsroom/news/list/2021/06/10/flinders-ranges-rocks-reveal-earths-secrets The first virtual plate reconstruction of the Earth’s last billion years of geological history is providing deeper insight into what formed our planet and made it into how it is today. June 10 2021 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2021/06/10/flinders-ranges-rocks-reveal-earths-secrets /newsroom/news/list/2020/10/06/fossil-emblem-sculpture-unveiled-on-campus The legacy of ³ÉÈË´óƬ 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. October 06 2020 Robyn Mills /newsroom/news/list/2020/10/06/fossil-emblem-sculpture-unveiled-on-campus /newsroom/news/list/2020/05/05/critical-minerals-focus-for-top-talent The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has appointed Dr Carl Spandler as Associate Professor of Critical Minerals, as part of its ambitions to elevate further its research performance in multiple fields that have tangible outputs of global significance. May 05 2020 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2020/05/05/critical-minerals-focus-for-top-talent