A Biotechnology has announced Australia's first cloned pig, now five weeks old. New cloning technology should lead to improved breeding of livestock, protection against outbreaks of animal disease and advances in the area of xenotransplantation.
A scheme to drain agricultural land in south-east Austrralia threatens one of the nation's prime wetlands under the international RAMSAR agreement.
Australia's largest river, the Murray, is suffering from reduced water flows, salinity. pollution and introduced feral pests, but even so, a new species of fish has emerged from its most degraded end.
Extinction is forever, but local extinctions offer a second chance, since a species that vanishes from one area may persist in another. Still, they sound a pretty clear warning of environmental distress.
Adelaide University has been awarded the Australian arm of a major international study to examine the long-term effects of hormone replacement therapy. The study is arguably the world's biggest and longest randomised clinical trial, stretching over 22 years and involving 36,000 women internationally.
An Adelaide University study has revealed that a large number of adolescents in Australia perceive themselves to be depressed, but their parents seem unaware of their problems and may not seek help for them.
Stroke is a major cause of death and disability, but a novel approach to identifying potential stroke victims through their genes has begun at Adelaide University.
Common vetch is a useful crop feed for some animals but toxic to others, and can cause health problems for humans. A team of Adelaide University scientists has successfully developed a new strain of low-toxicity vetch which may seed a new industry worth millions of dollars.
Australian winemakers are known worldwide for the high quality of their wines and the lack of contaminants in them. Adelaide University researchers are ensuring that the reputation of Australian wines remains high with a project to develop techniques of vineyard weeding that dispense with herbicides and pesticides.
In the first comprehensive study of its kind, Adelaide University researchers have found pelvic floor disorders to be much more common than supposed. They have also discredited the widely held belief that giving birth by Caesarean section will protect mothers from the condition. (British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 11-00)
An ambitious project to restore a large section of central Australia to pre-European condition has begun. One of Australia's rarest but most attractive marsupials, the bilby, has been re-introduced, and research programs are revealing new information about its breeding and behaviour.
New research at Adelaide University in Australia has found that the cost of marijuana -- not the legal punishment for marijuana offences -- is the real key to reducing the amount of the drug used.
Adelaide University scientists have developed a novel technique of Partial Rootzone Drying which fools agricultural crops into maintaining food production on half the irrigation. The technique has profound implications for countries where water scarcity and salinity are agricultural problems.
Movies and TV programs usually show long-necked dinosaurs browsing from the tree-tops, but an Adelaide University researcher has just published data that challenge the theory; the animals would not have had the heart for it. (Proceedings of the Royal Society in London)
Homosexual men with long-term, low-grade depression are almost twice as likely to have had unsafe casual sex in the last six months, according to researchers at Adelaide University.
A biotechnology company in Australia is importing human embryonic stem cells for a patented technique that holds promise for the treatment of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, stroke, diabetes, spinal injury and a range of other ailments associated with cell dysfunction or damage.
A medical research team for Adelaide University has begun final trials on a new and promising treatment for liver cancers. The surgeons are tackling the liver tumours with electrolysis, with positive results.
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