Two University of Queensland professors are among 21 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows announced in Canberra this morning.
23 May 2016
In the world’s largest study of its type, scientists from The University of Queensland have helped identify 74 genes that may play a role in how long a person stays at school, or whether they go to university.
12 May 2016
Significant decreases in cannabis use by young Australians have been tempered by a warning about challenges to physical and psychological health.
10 May 2016
An international team involving University of Queensland researchers has used advanced genome sequencing to diagnose 30 patients with unresolved rare diseases.
10 May 2016
Nearly three quarters of Australian 14-year-olds have tried alcohol, but how much of that is being provided by their parents?
9 May 2016
That cute thing your newborn is doing that you’ve been telling everyone about… Chances are they aren’t copying it from you.
6 May 2016
As the nation paused this week to remember the Port Arthur Massacre and ANZAC Day, a former Senior Coronial Counsellor has spoken of the toll involved in identifying and handling the dead.
29 April 2016
Kick-starter funding of $50,000 has helped unite Brisbane-based researchers in the battle against Zika virus.
28 April 2016
Researchers at The University of Queensland and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have identified a protein which plays a key role in brain cancer, opening the door to potential new treatments.
20 April 2016
An international research team has demonstrated that a new plant-derived drug can block the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS).
11 April 2016
The idea that a sperm whale can use its massive head as a battering ram to sink ships has been hotly debated at least since Moby Dick was published in 1851.
5 April 2016
Tuberculosis: Many Australians believe it was eradicated years ago – but the grim reality is that TB is still a major world-wide killer, responsible for 1.5 million deaths a year.
24 March 2016Researchers from The University of Queensland have identified a treatment target for aggressive forms of breast cancer.
23 March 2016
Research into postnatal depression is going high-tech, with scientists from The University of Queensland launching a free mobile phone app aimed at studying the genetics behind the condition.
22 March 2016
A woman’s education level and the number of children she has affects breast feeding, with the “baby of the family” most likely to miss out, University of Queensland research shows.
22 March 2016
A University of Queensland researcher is a major contributor to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the adverse health effects of nonmedical cannabis use.
17 March 2016
Three of Queensland’s leading breast cancer researchers have joined forces to lead a $6.5 million National Health and Medical Research Council-funded program that is set to change the future of breast cancer diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
14 March 2016
A Queensland researcher’s goal of using smartwatches to combat the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) will see her fly to the USA on an MS Research Australia grant.
11 March 2016
Motor neuron connections are refined in the weeks before and just after birth, and they are crucial for normal development later, University of Queensland research suggests.
9 March 2016
Methamphetamine residue found in the wastewater of a Queensland city has multiplied five times since 2009.
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