featured story /newsroom/ en Weight loss alone not enough to boost men’s fertility /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/27/weight-loss-alone-not-enough-to-boost-mens-fertility How men lose weight could affect their chances of having a baby, with ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide research revealing healthy lifestyle behaviours seem more beneficial for improving fertility than weight loss itself. October 28 2025 Jessica Stanley /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/27/weight-loss-alone-not-enough-to-boost-mens-fertility Ingenious students’ project lights the way for powdery mildew treatment /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/27/ingenious-students-project-lights-the-way-for-powdery-mildew-treatment Final year science, engineering and technology students from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide are ready to showcase their future-leading technology at this year’s Ingenuity showcase on Wednesday, 29 October. October 27 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/27/ingenious-students-project-lights-the-way-for-powdery-mildew-treatment Seafloor-foraging sea snakes sometimes wiggle /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/27/seafloor-foraging-sea-snakes-sometimes-wiggle Researchers have for the first time closely tracked the fine-scale diving behaviour of two species of sea snakes that forage along the seafloor and discovered that one species performs a curious wiggle while travelling underwater. October 27 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/27/seafloor-foraging-sea-snakes-sometimes-wiggle Study finds gene responsible for wheat variety with three ovaries /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/24/study-finds-gene-responsible-for-wheat-variety-with-three-ovaries An international research project, involving the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, discovered the gene responsible for a rare form of wheat that grows three ovaries per flower instead of one – which could help wheat farmers increase their grain yield and improve the efficiency of hybrid seed production. October 24 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/24/study-finds-gene-responsible-for-wheat-variety-with-three-ovaries Former PM returns to geopolitics at annual lecture /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/22/former-pm-returns-to-geopolitics-at-annual-lecture Former Prime Minster of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ the Honourable Julia Gillard AC will discuss with a panel of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide experts how the rapidly changing geopolitical environment and rise of disinformation is impacting ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ at her annual public lecture. October 22 2025 Jessica Stanley /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/22/former-pm-returns-to-geopolitics-at-annual-lecture ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n cattle helping to meet Indonesia’s rising dairy demand /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/21/australian-cattle-helping-to-meet-indonesias-rising-dairy-demand ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide researchers are assessing opportunities for ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s live export industry to respond to Indonesia’s plan to substantially increase its dairy cattle imports, under the Indonesian Government’s $45 billion Free Nutritious Meal Program. October 22 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/21/australian-cattle-helping-to-meet-indonesias-rising-dairy-demand Highlighting the youth voice in wellbeing solutions /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/21/highlighting-the-youth-voice-in-wellbeing-solutions Researchers from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide have taken a closer look at what is important to ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s young people in a new report. October 21 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/21/highlighting-the-youth-voice-in-wellbeing-solutions Improving the quality of life for men with breast cancer /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/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 ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥. 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. ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide Medical School PhD candidate Dr Steve Kinsey-Trotman is researching how a breast cancer diagnosis impacts men’s quality of life. October 20 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/improving-the-quality-of-life-for-men-with-breast-cancer New research reveals ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s rapid red fox invasion /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/new-research-reveals-australias-rapid-red-fox-invasion One of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s most devastating invasive predators took just 60 years to colonise the whole continent, according to new research from Curtin ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ and the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide that offers vital clues to preventing future extinctions of native animals from foxes. October 20 2025 Johnny von Einem /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/20/new-research-reveals-australias-rapid-red-fox-invasion New investment targets better treatments for back pain /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-investment-targets-better-treatments-for-back-pain ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n MedTech company Evolution Surgical will invest $2 million over the next decade in partnership with the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 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. October 17 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/10/17/new-investment-targets-better-treatments-for-back-pain