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Ancient lake sediments on Kangaroo Island show that during a period when humans did not inhabit the island, since about 5,000 years ago, a drying climate and lack of management by people led to bushfire intensification. The finding, which Adelaide University researchers made by examining a seven-metre-long sediment core extracted from Lashmars Lagoon, on the Dudley Peninsula, provides context for c...

Adelaide University’s Professor David MacIntyre, Director of the Robinson Research Institute, has received international recognition from the Society for Reproductive Investigation (SRI). Professor MacIntyre was presented the SRI Distinguished Scientist Award at the society’s recent annual scientific meeting, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

From workforce shortages to child safety concerns, Australia’s early childhood education sector is under pressure. Despite these pressures, children should never bear the consequences – particularly those who have already experienced trauma. To better understand how young children experiencing trauma are supported in early learning settings, Adelaide University researchers examined the role of teac...

Professor Anne Pender from Adelaide University will visit Harvard University’s Division of Arts and Humanities as the Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser Chair of Australian Studies in the 2027-2028 academic year. As a leading scholar of modern and contemporary Australian literature and theatre, Professor Pender will contribute to the Theatre, Dance and Media programme of study at Harvard University....

Emergency departments are failing Australians with psychosocial disability, as new research from Adelaide University reveals that the very system designed to help, is instead retraumatising vulnerable patients in crisis. Published in Emergency Medicine Australasia, the national study reports the experiences of people with psychosocial disability presenting to emergency departments, alongside the vi...