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New funding to help understand early pregnancy loss

Sarah Robertson

The University of Adelaide’s Professor Sarah Robertson has secured funding to take a closer look at how immune dysfunction can contribute to early pregnancy loss in Australian women.

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New investment targets better treatments for back pain

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Australian MedTech company Evolution Surgical will invest $2 million over the next decade in partnership with the University of Adelaide to advance research into spinal conditions such as lower back pain, scoliosis, and degenerative cervical myelopathy – the most common non-traumatic spinal cord injury in older adults.

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Seafood unfairly singled out in microplastics debate

Plastic washed ashore on a beach credit Nina Wootton

Seafood has received disproportionate attention in media coverage about microplastics, despite evidence that fish and shellfish are not the main source of human exposure, according to a new scientific review.

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Men’s health: What we know and where to next?

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A public symposium will explore the important and sometimes surprising findings from two of Australia's most comprehensive male cohort studies.

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Research ties fossil fuel projects to warming, climate disasters

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An emissions-impact calculation method used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been employed to assess the amount of warming a single Australian fossil fuel project will cause based on its projected CO2 emissions, and the follow-on impacts to human health and the environment.

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Genetic study advances understanding of healthy ageing

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New research from the University of Adelaide has explored the genomic links within the index used to measure healthy ageing — Intrinsic capacity (IC), paving the way for potential targeted interventions.

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Australia on board global analogue space mission

An analogue astronaut walks out of the habitat at the University of Adelaide's CRATER facility, Roseworthy.

A two-week simulated space mission – the only one of its kind in Australia to join concurrent missions around the world – will put a crew through their paces while performing space experiments at the University of Adelaide.

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Meningococcal leaves long term impact on adolescent survivors

Only one third of parents are aware of the recommendation that children should be vaccinated for influenza.

New research from the University of Adelaide has found almost 60 per cent of adolescent invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) survivors have long term psychological conditions in subsequent years.

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Zoo animals go wild for artificial intelligence

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Artificial intelligence and robotics are giving zookeepers and researchers new insights into animal welfare.

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Moisturisers tested to find best for scar management

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Not all moisturisers are equal when it comes to scar management, according to new research by University of Adelaide experts and researchers at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

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