Fresh Science

Spinal cord injury can leave the sufferer with life-changing disabilities including paralysis, reduced bowel and bladder control, loss of sexual ability, and chronic pain. In a world first, researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that after a spinal cord injury, pressure builds up in the spinal cord, peaking three days after the accident.…

Adelaide’s Daniel Trewartha has worked out how to make atoms massless. The finding is thrilling, as even though protons and neutrons were discovered around 100 years ago, exactly how these particles and their component quarks generate the mass of atoms had remained a mystery. Daniel now believes it’s particles called gluons that play the critical role.

What difference can carbon dioxide make to fish? A huge one as it turns out. New research from the University of Adelaide suggests that rising atmospheric carbon dioxide will reduce the number of baby fish that make it to adulthood.

Since first emerging from Africa 50-100,000 years ago, humans have been driven to explore new lands. Now scientists at the University of Adelaide have pinpointed the Indonesian island of Flores as one of the starting points for pioneers of the Asia Pacific region around 5000 years ago. They tracked the humans using an unusual method:…