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Released: 31-Oct-2006 12:00 AM EST
Strong Legal Case for Role in Global Warming
University of Adelaide

University of Adelaide research has found governments and companies face a likely increase in law suits for their role in global warming and consequent damage to health and communities, and that these claims have a good chance of succeeding.

Released: 5-Oct-2006 6:00 AM EDT
Scientists Make World Breakthrough
University of Adelaide

A team of scientists from the University of Adelaide, Monash University and the United States has made a world breakthrough in understanding how bacterial toxins cause severe gastrointestinal diseases.

Released: 5-Sep-2006 8:50 AM EDT
Multi-Million Dollar Global Survey of Useful Wasps
University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide, together with Ohio State University in the United States, is to lead a multi-million dollar research project to survey, across the world, a major group of tiny parasitic wasps.

Released: 3-Sep-2006 9:55 PM EDT
New Clue to World's Tiniest Particles
University of Adelaide

Particle physicists around the world will be designing their next generation of billion-dollar experiments following new findings from a University of Adelaide-led research team.

Released: 28-Aug-2006 8:45 AM EDT
Video Cameras Learn from Insect Eyes
University of Adelaide

By mimicking how insects see, a University of Adelaide researcher can now produce digital videos in which you can see every detail.

Released: 22-Aug-2006 8:50 AM EDT
Premier to Open World-Leading Research Unit
University of Adelaide

A new, world-leading research unit which traces genetic information from more than 100,000 years ago, will be officially opened by the South Australian Premier, Mike Rann, this Thursday, 24 August at the University of Adelaide.

21-Aug-2006 12:05 AM EDT
Brain Swelling Key to Reducing Stroke Fatalities
University of Adelaide

A research team at the University of Adelaide, Australia has found a way to reduce brain swelling, the most common cause of death after stroke.

Released: 16-Aug-2006 8:50 AM EDT
Three Continents Collide to Create Australia
University of Adelaide

A PhD student in the University of Adelaide's School of Earth and Environmental Sciences has found evidence of a collision between northern and central Australia 1.64 billion years ago.

Released: 26-Jul-2006 9:00 AM EDT
Scientists Discover Ancient Marine Reptiles
University of Adelaide

A team led by University of Adelaide palaeontologist Dr Benjamin Kear has identified two new species of ancient marine reptiles that swam the shallow waters of an inland sea in Australia 115 million years ago.

Released: 6-Jul-2006 9:20 AM EDT
Nuclear Test Study Rules Out Radiation Link
University of Adelaide

A study has found that cancer rates among Australian men involved in the 1950s British nuclear tests are 23% higher than the general population, but has shown no link between the increased cancer rates and exposure to radiation.

Released: 9-Jun-2006 9:00 AM EDT
Repeat Steroids Help Premature Babies
University of Adelaide

Breathing problems in premature babies can be reduced by giving repeat doses of corticosteroids during pregnancy, according to a major international study led by researchers at the University of Adelaide.

Released: 6-Jun-2006 9:15 AM EDT
Gold Strike in Science World
University of Adelaide

A University of Adelaide PhD physiology researcher has discovered a world first: a diving insect that can regulate its buoyancy in water, just like a scuba diver.

Released: 6-Jun-2006 9:15 AM EDT
Australia’s Ugliest Sheep to ‘Outspin’ Synthetics
University of Adelaide

The search is on for Australia's ugliest merino lambs which may hold the key to securing Australia's $2.8 billion wool industry and challenging the dominance of synthetic fibres in world markets.

Released: 6-Oct-2005 8:45 AM EDT
Cerebral Palsy Litigation Threatens the Future of Obstetrics
University of Adelaide

A team of four international cerebral palsy experts, including the University of Adelaide's Professor Alastair MacLennan, have published their concerns about the effect of litigation after diagnosis of cerebral palsy.

Released: 6-Apr-2005 9:10 AM EDT
Uni Student’s Role in Controlling Anthrax Outbreaks
University of Adelaide

A mathematics student may hold the key to controlling an anthrax outbreak in humans. Using "˜survival analysis techniques' Ms Jessica Kasza, who is in her honours year, is developing a model that will help world health authorities rapidly identify and manage an anthrax outbreak.

Released: 4-Apr-2005 9:40 AM EDT
University of Adelaide Awarded $2.37M for Pregnancy Research
University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide's Research Center for Reproductive Health has been awarded $2.37 million over three years from the Premier's Science and Research Fund for a project called SCreening fOr Pregnancy Endpoints, SA SCOPE.

Released: 29-Mar-2005 10:00 AM EST
Healthy Soil for Healthy People
University of Adelaide

Researchers at the University of Adelaide's recently established Centre for Soil-Plant Interactions will be striving to capture community awareness of "the importance of healthy soil for healthy people".

Released: 14-Feb-2005 9:30 AM EST
Adelaide University Lures World-Class Scientists
University of Adelaide

In luring three of the world's brightest young scientists to its Faculty of Sciences, the University of Adelaide's respected research capabilities have been significantly enhanced.

Released: 8-Feb-2005 9:10 AM EST
Water Research Benefits Community, Industry
University of Adelaide

The interests of researchers, industry and the general community alike will be promoted today with the launch of a new research initiative at the University of Adelaide, "˜the Water Research Cluster'.

Released: 25-Oct-2004 9:20 AM EDT
Tiny Glass Plants Reveal Salinity Change in Murray River
University of Adelaide

Scientists at the University of Adelaide and Monash University have developed a new tool for assessing the degree of salinity increases in the Murray River and its wetlands.

Released: 12-Oct-2004 9:10 AM EDT
Online Learning Has Ability to Save Lives, Respond to Crises, Disasters
University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide has created a method to prepare for the unthinkable where a combination of role-play simulation and scenario-based learning can prepare responders to crises such as hurricanes, bushfires, industrial explosions, train crashes and bombings.

Released: 11-Oct-2004 9:10 AM EDT
Study Reinforces Need to Curb Obesity
University of Adelaide

The treatment of obesity has proven that it can reduce the onset of lifestyle diseases such as hypertension, high cholesterol levels, diabetes mellitus, and even erectile dysfunction.

Released: 5-Oct-2004 9:40 AM EDT
UNI Strives to Better Understand Climate Change
University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is working on leading edge radar imaging that could assist in better understanding climate change.

Released: 30-Sep-2004 12:00 AM EDT
Selenium Health Study Targets Male Smokers
University of Adelaide

Men who smoke are being targeted in a new study by the University of Adelaide and CSIRO to investigate a new method of improving selenium intake, and therefore health.

Released: 28-Sep-2004 9:20 AM EDT
Impact of Salinity and Climate Change on the World's Wetlands
University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is to host an International Workshop on approaches to assess the impact of humans on saline lakes.

Released: 22-Sep-2004 9:20 AM EDT
Parents Think Twice About More Children
University of Adelaide

When it comes to having more children, Australian parents need increased personal support as much as they need paid maternity leave and money from the government, according to a study by a PhD researcher at the University of Adelaide.

Released: 17-Sep-2004 9:00 AM EDT
Adelaide Snares International Leadership Role for Wheat, Barley Research
University of Adelaide

South Australia is on track to becoming an international hub for plant biotechnology research with the relocation of the International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (ITMI) headquarters to Adelaide.

Released: 8-Jul-2004 7:20 AM EDT
Survey to Examine Australia's Oral Health
University of Adelaide

Dental researchers at the University of Adelaide are embarking on Australia's second major oral health survey in 17 years.

Released: 6-Jul-2004 6:00 AM EDT
Cross-dressing Cuttlefish to Sex Up Tourism
University of Adelaide

Sex in the water - among cuttlefish - could boost tourism in a coastal region of Australia, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.

Released: 22-Jul-2003 9:00 AM EDT
US$1.2M Grant Awarded for Impact of Stress on Eggs and Embryos
University of Adelaide

New research will investigate how lifestyle and health "stress" on eggs and embryos can impact on the later life of children.

16-Jan-2003 12:00 AM EST
Human Lymph Disease Could Tail Off Thanks to Gecko
University of Adelaide

Many lizards shed their tails, and then regrow them, as a survival mechanism - and now researchers from the University of Adelaide in Australia believe understanding this act could also help them treat a lymphatic condition in humans.

Released: 19-Nov-2002 12:00 AM EST
New Research Approach to Mental Health Issues
University of Adelaide

In March 2003, a major national symposium will address crucial issues in the mental health of Australians.

Released: 17-Sep-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Concern over Multi-Billion Dollar Alternative Medicine Bill
University of Adelaide

An Australian researcher has expressed concern over multi-billion-dollar spending on alternative therapies, and calls for more rigorous testing of alternative medicines.

Released: 3-Sep-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Milk the Right Stuff for Vines
University of Adelaide

Milk and other dairy products can be as effective as some conventional fungicides in controlling powdery mildew in vineyards, according to new research by the University of Adelaide in Australia.

Released: 2-Jul-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Weight Loss Likely Gain from Exercise Study
University of Adelaide

Exercising at particular times in the menstrual cycle could help women to lose more weight, according to new Australian research.

Released: 27-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
Drug Crash Link Revealed
University of Adelaide

A new Australian study has revealed a worrying trend between tranquillisers and being at fault in road crashes.

Released: 4-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
Ecstasy Linked to Long-Term Brain Damage
University of Adelaide

Disturbing evidence is emerging from research at the University of Adelaide that the increasingly popular drug ecstasy can be linked to users suffering long-term brain damage.

Released: 6-Dec-2001 12:00 AM EST
The Curse of the Carp
University of Adelaide

Carp, a highly valued fish in many parts of the world, have become a huge feral pest in Australia's largest river. University researchers are trying to discover ways of blocking carp, but not native fish, from entering the river's wetlands.

Released: 9-Nov-2001 12:00 AM EST
New Liver Cancer Treatment; The Current Picture
University of Adelaide

In June, 2000, the Adelaidean reported on promising trials of a new technique to treat patients suffering from cancers of the liver. The researchers have now presented the preliminary results of those trials to the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (South Australia).

Released: 8-Nov-2001 12:00 AM EST
Horse Breath Testing to Benefit Racing
University of Adelaide

Two new studies into horses' health could be of major importance to the economic health of the racing industry. The studies, at Adelaide University in Australia, include breath testing of horses and a new technique to help horses recover from serious tendon injury.

Released: 5-Oct-2001 12:00 AM EDT
The Flowering of a New Industry
University of Adelaide

As water quality, pollution and salinity threaten traditional crops along the Murray, Australia's largest river, research scientists are developing Australian native flowers as a sustainable crop for floriculture.

   
Released: 5-Sep-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Hi-Tech Weather Watchers on World Stage
University of Adelaide

An Adelaide University spin-off company, has just signed three contracts worth over 2 million dollars that will place Australian meteorological expertise on the world stage.

Released: 5-Sep-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Straighteneing Out Koala Kinks
University of Adelaide

Koalas, the animals that arguably best represent Australia to overseas tourists. Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine, can afflict the animals, which spend up to 19 hours each day sitting upright in their gum trees.

Released: 5-Sep-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Mysteries of the Stumpy Lizard Revealed
University of Adelaide

Can you imagine giving birth to a child the size of a six-year-old? Or not being able to eat or breathe properly for the last third of pregnancy? Welcome to the unique world of the Australian stumpy-tailed lizard!

Released: 2-Jul-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Family Stress A Factor In Asthma
University of Adelaide

A new study, believed to be the first of its kind, has established an important link between the quality of life of children with asthma and the level of stress in their family environment.

Released: 2-Jul-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Heroin Users' Mystery A Hope For Back Pain Sufferers
University of Adelaide

A world-first study of acute pain in former heroin users could also benefit thousands of people who suffer from chronic back pain.

Released: 2-Jul-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Government's Treatment of Refugees Racist: Expert
University of Adelaide

The Australian Government's treatment of so-called "boat people" verges on racist, according to one of the country's leading independent commentators on refugee and asylum seeker issues.

Released: 2-Jul-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Tiny Trickster Flies Into the Zoological Books
University of Adelaide

The newly formed Centre for Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity at Adelaide University, is part of the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian team who have discovered a new family of parasitic wasps in the windy islands of New Zealand.

Released: 4-Jun-2001 12:00 AM EDT
The Cult - And Culture - Of Anorexia
University of Adelaide

A new study into anorexia has found people with this condition often form secretive "cults" with other anorexics in order to feel as if they are part of a group. The Adelaide University research is believed to be among the first of its type in the world.

Released: 4-Jun-2001 12:00 AM EDT
New Plan To Force Greenhouse Gases Underground
University of Adelaide

A major proportion of the world's greenhouse gases may be pumped underground, according to researchers at Adelaide University, Australia. It is hailed as one of the most practical, environmentally sustainable and economically feasible solutions to the world wide greenhouse gas problem.



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