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Limits to access emergency pill

Posted on Jun 11 2024 by Rhiannon Koch

The accessibility of first-line oral emergency contraceptives in �Ӱ�ֱ��n community pharmacies is problematic – with a national survey finding almost one-third reporting they do not stock the ulipristal acetate pill that has been recommended by medical authorities.

DECRA funding supports Uni of Adelaide research

Posted on Sep 20 2022 by Lee Gaskin

Ten �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide research projects have received a combined $4.1 million from the �Ӱ�ֱ��n Research Council’s Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) scheme.

Superbasin project unearths geological history

Posted on Apr 14 2022 by Stan Denham

A team of researchers from the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide will carry out an extensive geological study of the Centralian Superbasin – rocks that were once part of a vast inland sea – under a grant awarded by the �Ӱ�ֱ��n Research Council.

Keys to unlocking mysteries of cancer

Posted on Apr 11 2022 by Stan Denham

A crack new team is decoding cancer’s genetic and immunological mysteries right here in South �Ӱ�ֱ��.

Alumna's star continues to rise

�Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide alumna Professor Lisa Kewley

Posted on Mar 18 2022 by Stan Denham

Adelaide science alumna Professor Lisa Kewley – who is internationally recognised for her outstanding contribution to our understanding of the universe - continues her stellar academic career with the announcement this week of a prestigious appointment in the United States as Director of the Center for Astrophysics: Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA).

Funding support to discover ways to block the migration of T-cells responsible for MS

Posted on Feb 15 2022 by Michele Ann Nardelli

�Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide Research Fellow, Dr Iain Comerford has secured funding from Multiple Sclerosis �Ӱ�ֱ�� to further his research into the factors that influence specific immune cell (T cell) migration into the bloodstream and the brain in people who have MS.

Congratulations to our research superstars

Posted on Nov 16 2021 by Elisa Black

�Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide researchers have been recognised in the latest list of the top researchers nationwide, as featured in The �Ӱ�ֱ��n newspaper’s Research magazine 2021.

Premier recognition for mining and energy expertise

Posted on Nov 12 2021 by Crispin Savage

The �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide’s mining and energy expertise has been acknowledged at South �Ӱ�ֱ��’s 2021 Premier’s Awards in Energy and Mining.

Two new �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide fellows

Posted on Oct 28 2021 by Elisa Black

The �Ӱ�ֱ��n Academy of Health and Medical Sciences welcomed 19 women and 10 men to its Fellowship recognising the brightest minds in health and medical sciences across a range of fields, including research, industry and more.

The history of one of the most influential schools of Western Desert painting

Posted on Oct 15 2021 by Kelly Brown

The history of the Balgo art movement, one of the most vibrant and influential schools of Western Desert painting, has now been told in a new book, Balgo: Creating Country, by Professor John Carty, Head of Humanities at the South �Ӱ�ֱ��n Museum and Director of the �Ӱ�ֱ�� of Adelaide’s National Centre for Aboriginal Language and Music Studies (NCALMS).