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Newswise: Extreme Heat Poses Threat to Mental Health
Released: 14-Apr-2025 7:00 AM EDT
Extreme Heat Poses Threat to Mental Health
University of Adelaide

Rising temperatures across Australia could increase the burden of mental and behavioural disorders (MBD) by almost 50 per cent by 2050, according to a new study from the University of Adelaide. The research highlights the urgent need to act now to protect mental health as the climate warms.

Newswise: Gendered Expectations Extend to Science Communication
Released: 3-Apr-2025 8:55 PM EDT
Gendered Expectations Extend to Science Communication
University of Adelaide

Communicating complex science in a way that the public can understand is crucial. A new study from the University of Adelaide reveals that in scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of this work — often voluntarily — due to societal expectations and a sense of duty.

Newswise: Tropical Forests Aren’t Keeping Pace with Climate Change
Released: 2-Apr-2025 9:15 PM EDT
Tropical Forests Aren’t Keeping Pace with Climate Change
University of Adelaide

A major new study has revealed that tropical forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough to climate change, raising concerns about their long-term resilience.

Newswise: New Green Chemistry Extracts Valuable Compounds From Plant Waste
Released: 26-Mar-2025 9:35 PM EDT
New Green Chemistry Extracts Valuable Compounds From Plant Waste
University of Adelaide

Around 98 per cent of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry approach.

Newswise: Unlocking the Potential of Whey to Reduce Food Waste
Released: 25-Mar-2025 10:15 PM EDT
Unlocking the Potential of Whey to Reduce Food Waste
University of Adelaide

Whey is a by-product of cheese manufacturing and one of the largest sources of food loss and waste in the Australian dairy sector, and the country’s food industry more broadly. Jack Hetherington, from the University of Adelaide’s Centre for Global Food and Resources, says while there are multiple high-value reuse options – such as protein powders, alcoholic beverages (beer or vodka), kombucha, and cooking stocks – his new report reveals the sector has not fully capitalised on this valuable by-product.

   
Newswise: A Proposed Legalisation of Polygamy in Australia
Released: 20-Mar-2025 8:45 PM EDT
A Proposed Legalisation of Polygamy in Australia
University of Adelaide

Polygamy — a legally or customarily recognised marriage involving three or more people — is currently illegal in Australia. However, new research suggests a way to legalise the practice without disrupting the foundations of Australian marriage law.

Newswise: Embryo Development Holds Key to Healthy Lifestyles
Released: 18-Mar-2025 5:50 AM EDT
Embryo Development Holds Key to Healthy Lifestyles
University of Adelaide

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable impact on a person’s future health and ageing. Professor Rebecca Robker, Discipline Lead of Reproduction and Development within the University of Adelaide’s School of Biomedicine and Robinson Research Institute, co-led a team which conducted a pre-clinical trial and found that cellular processes within the egg at the time of fertilisation determine the telomere length in the offspring.

Newswise: Quantum-Inspired Cameras Capture the Start of Life
Released: 13-Mar-2025 5:40 AM EDT
Quantum-Inspired Cameras Capture the Start of Life
University of Adelaide

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have performed the first imaging of embryos using cameras designed for quantum measurements. The University’s Centre of Light for Life academics investigated how to best use ultrasensitive camera technology, including the latest generation of cameras that can count individual packets of light energy at each pixel, for life sciences.

Newswise: For Nutritional Gains, Opt for Chickpeas Over Cereal Grains
Released: 11-Mar-2025 9:40 PM EDT
For Nutritional Gains, Opt for Chickpeas Over Cereal Grains
University of Adelaide

Chickpeas and lentils, either whole or in flour form, offer more nutritional value to the human diet than products made from oats and wheat, research from the University of Adelaide has found.

Newswise: Extremists Align in Targeting LGBTQ+ Communities
Released: 11-Mar-2025 5:25 AM EDT
Extremists Align in Targeting LGBTQ+ Communities
University of Adelaide

Research has found that many terrorist groups with differing ideological motivations share common ground in targeting LGBTQ+ communities.

Newswise: Secret Lives of Ancient Antarctic Penguins and Seals Uncovered
Released: 5-Mar-2025 5:00 AM EST
Secret Lives of Ancient Antarctic Penguins and Seals Uncovered
University of Adelaide

Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica’s Ross Sea coast, showing how animals in the region responded to climate and environmental change events over millennia.

Newswise: Illuminating the Proton’s Inner Workings
Released: 20-Feb-2025 9:50 PM EST
Illuminating the Proton’s Inner Workings
University of Adelaide

Scientists have now mapped the forces acting inside a proton, showing in unprecedented detail how quarks—the tiny particles within—respond when hit by high-energy photons. The international team includes experts from the University of Adelaide who are exploring the structure of sub-atomic matter to try and provide further insight into the forces that underpin the natural world.

Newswise: Lack of Global Diversity in Criminology Education
Released: 20-Feb-2025 6:55 PM EST
Lack of Global Diversity in Criminology Education
University of Adelaide

Criminology and criminal justice courses need greater global reflection, inclusion from diverse stakeholders, and deviation from a US-centric approach, according to new research from the University of Adelaide.

Newswise: Authentic Communication Reduces Risky Teen Drinking
Released: 17-Feb-2025 9:40 PM EST
Authentic Communication Reduces Risky Teen Drinking
University of Adelaide

While fear-based messaging around alcohol aimed towards teens is common practice, new research suggests a key to curbing adolescents’ risky drinking behaviour is through authentic and open communication that acknowledges some of the positive aspects while warning of the negative consequences of drinking.

Newswise: Australian Plantago Could Replace Psyllium Husk in Gluten-Free Breads
Released: 20-Jan-2025 6:50 PM EST
Australian Plantago Could Replace Psyllium Husk in Gluten-Free Breads
University of Adelaide

Seeds of two native species of Plantago have been identified as producing mucilage that can be used as a natural additive to make gluten-free bread dough more elastic, resulting in fluffier loaves.

Newswise: World’s Oldest 3D Map Discovered
Released: 13-Jan-2025 8:00 PM EST
World’s Oldest 3D Map Discovered
University of Adelaide

Researchers have discovered what may be the world’s oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin.

Newswise: Nearly 30,000 Wild Species Identified in US Trade Data
Released: 8-Jan-2025 7:55 PM EST
Nearly 30,000 Wild Species Identified in US Trade Data
University of Adelaide

International research involving the University of Adelaide has found almost 30,000 wild species have been traded in the United States, according to data captured by US wildlife trade monitoring organisation Law Enforcement Manage Information System.

Newswise: DNA Adds New Chapter to Indonesia’s Layered Human History
Released: 7-Jan-2025 6:50 PM EST
DNA Adds New Chapter to Indonesia’s Layered Human History
University of Adelaide

A new study from the University of Adelaide and The Australian National University (ANU) has outlined the first genomic evidence of early migration from New Guinea into the Wallacea, an archipelago containing Timor-Leste and hundreds of inhabited eastern Indonesian islands.

   
Newswise: Some Evolutionary Losses May Not Be Lost Forever
Released: 19-Dec-2024 9:45 PM EST
Some Evolutionary Losses May Not Be Lost Forever
University of Adelaide

Nine species of sea snakes have now been identified as having regained the genetic requirements for advanced colour vision, demonstrating that once a complex trait has been lost to evolutionary time, it may be regained in some way.

Newswise: Large Hadron Collider Regularly Makes Magic
Released: 19-Dec-2024 9:20 PM EST
Large Hadron Collider Regularly Makes Magic
University of Adelaide

A brotherly research duo has discovered that when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) produces top quarks – the heaviest known fundamental particles – it regularly creates a property known as magic.



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