Research News & Events

A major study into children's health and development led by University of Adelaide researchers has been announced today by the Minister for Health, the Hon. Tanya Plibersek.

University of Adelaide researchers are studying the reliability of eyewitness identification testimony in criminal cases in the hopes of improving evidence from witnesses and leading to fairer trials.

University of Adelaide researchers are working to prevent the introduction into Australia of a potentially devastating new grapevine virus.

University of Adelaide researchers are hoping to better understand why some sufferers of Parkinson's disease experience a marked reduction in blood pressure after they've eaten a meal.

Road safety and trauma experts at the University of Adelaide are calling on motorists to be extra careful on the roads this Easter.

One of South Australia's premier research units, the Women's and Children's Health Research Institute (WCHRI), has officially joined with the University of Adelaide.

University of Adelaide scientists are making a major impact on the understanding and diagnosis of epilepsy, which will lead to individualised treatments for sufferers.

An international team of scientists has uncovered how some sea snakes have developed 'shrunken heads' - or smaller physical features than their related species.

New research from the University of Adelaide has shown for the first time that the growth of brain tumours can be halted by a drug currently being used to help patients recover from the side effects of chemotherapy.

New research has studied the behaviour of young people lured into internet gambling through so-called 'free-play' or 'practice' modes.

The widespread introduction of a chicken pox vaccine in Australia has prevented thousands of children from being hospitalised and saved lives, according to new research.

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University of Adelaide researchers have found the answer to one of natural history's most intriguing puzzles - the origins of the now extinct Falkland Islands wolf and how it came to be the only land-based mammal on the isolated islands - 460km from t...

An international study conducted by researchers at the University of Adelaide has resulted in the strongest evidence yet that fluoride in drinking water provides dental health benefits to adults.

There's a growing trend in business to gain more insight into customers - but most companies are not using that information to its fullest potential, according to researchers at the University of Adelaide.