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Improving the quality of life for men with breast cancer
Each year, 200 men or people assigned male at birth are diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia. With breast cancer often being considered solely a woman’s disease and no screening program in place, many men receive their cancer news while investigating unrelated conditions or after noticing a lump behind their nipple. University of Adelaide Medical School PhD candidate Dr Steve Kinsey-Trotman is researching how a breast cancer diagnosis impacts men’s quality of life.
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New research reveals Australia’s rapid red fox invasion
One of Australia’s most devastating invasive predators took just 60 years to colonise the whole continent, according to new research from Curtin University and the University of Adelaide that offers vital clues to preventing future extinctions of native animals from foxes.
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New investment targets better treatments for back pain
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
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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Research ties fossil fuel projects to warming, climate disasters
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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Men’s health: What we know and where to next?
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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Researcher receives first Australian-German honour
A University of Adelaide biomedical researcher has been named the first Early Career Research Ambassador for the Australia-Germany Research Network (AGRN).
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Climate researcher wins Women in Science Fellowship
A University of Adelaide climate researcher has secured a fellowship to use tree rings to help determine Australia’s future drought risk.
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02 Oct Adelaide University Judo Club's upcoming Dynamic Balance Introductory Course commences in October running through to December. If you want to be safer in the instance of a fall this course is designed to lower your risk and improve your balance. Thursday 2 October to Friday 4 December, 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. 34 Phillips Street, Thebarton. $195. More information. 20 Oct Sports Week and the Vice-Chancellor's Cup returns for 2025 with a variety of sports and activities to get involved in. Compete for bragging rights across a week of different sports, looking to become the winner of the Sports Week shield, culminating in the 17th annual Vice Chancellor's Cup 800m relay and being awarded the VC Cup trophy. Monday 20 to Friday 24 October. North Terrace campus. Register.
Lumen
Sometimes the kindest thing we can do for animals under our care is to leave them alone. This is particularly true for some of the animals in our zoos where the future of wildlife conservation is going hi-tech.
The (environmental) future of the planet
Answering your environmental concerns. Special Lumen feature: Director of the Environment Institute Andy Lowe explores some of the work being done by the University and its communities for our future.
Lumen readers' prize - Exploring the future issue
Win premium bottles by our alumni winemakers.
Three of our special “foreign correspondents” report back to Lumen to share their stories.
Is death still the end? Or does advancing technology provide us, already, with ways to live on?