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Weight loss alone not enough to boost men’s 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n cattle helping to meet Indonesia’s 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 .
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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.
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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 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.
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New research reveals ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥â€™s 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.
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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.
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