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3 days ago | 
phys.org | Johnny von Einem |Gaby Clark |Robert Egan
A team of researchers from the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with cavers, has uncovered a large number of eyeless, cave-adapted invertebrates—including spiders, cockroaches, centipedes, and, remarkably, a wasp.
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1 week ago | 
phys.org | Johnny von Einem |Lisa Lock |Andrew Zinin
A University of Adelaide study has found that the negative effects of energy poverty on mental health are not only related to income stress and therefore differ depending on how energy poverty is defined.
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2 weeks ago | 
phys.org | Johnny von Einem |Lisa Lock |Andrew Zinin
Researchers from the University of Adelaide, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, University of Queensland and Monash University, have discovered that the genetic mechanism that determines sex in monotremes is different from that in all other mammals.
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1 month ago | 
alaska-native-news.com | Johnny von Einem
New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75 per cent. An international team led by researchers from the University of Adelaide and the University of Copenhagen reconstructed an 11,700-year ecological baseline for bowhead whales, which are a threatened Arctic native species.
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1 month ago | 
phys.org | Johnny von Einem |Lisa Lock |Andrew Zinin
New research examining 11,700 years of bowhead whale persistence throughout the Arctic projects that sea ice loss due to climate change will cause their habitat to severely contract by up to 75%.
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1 month ago | 
adelaide.edu.au | Johnny von Einem
The team also found that the few patches of suitable bowhead habitat predicted to remain in the year 2100 will exist outside their current distribution, directly impacting conservation policies. “By identifying the extent and location of bowhead whale habitat that is likely to be lost in coming decades, our projections provide vital information to guide future management efforts of this emblematic species,” said Professor Eline Lorenzen, from the University of Copenhagen’s Globe Institute.
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1 month ago | 
phys.org | Johnny von Einem
A team of Australian researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile (Austrochile), which are unique to Australia and present in every state and territory except Tasmania.
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1 month ago | 
phys.org | Johnny von Einem
Research from the University of Adelaide shows microbial communities in echidna pseudo-pouches undergo dramatic changes while the animal is lactating, which could help in creating an environment for their young, known as puggles, to thrive. Echidnas are monotremes, which are the only mammals that lay eggs.
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1 month ago | 
phys.org | Johnny von Einem
Researchers from the University of Adelaide have discovered how water molecules are organized during plant hydrolytic reactions, knowledge that could have sweeping consequences for the biomedical, pharmaceutical, food and chemical industries.
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1 month ago | 
adelaide.edu.au | Johnny von Einem
The research team, led by Professor Maria Hrmova from the University of Adelaide, identified enzyme components that underlie water molecule networks and function as principal operators to regulate water flux during hydrolytic reactions. “Conceptually, one of the most exciting undertakings in biophysics and biochemistry is to investigate the dynamics of water molecules,” said Professor Hrmova, whose study was published in Communications Biology.
