Australia is home to many venomous creatures and boasts some of the world’s most deadly, but a particular group of venomous Aussies had been almost entirely ignored.
13 December 2013University of Queensland students are taking advantage of the summer break to focus on innovative research such as using saliva to beat heart disease and simulating hypersonic flights of 8600 km an hour with Scramjets.
29 November 2013University of Queensland researchers hope to devise new measures and approaches to the impact of animal infections on humans, thanks to a US$100,000 grant through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill and Melinda Gates...
26 November 2013Joshua Soderholm loves a good thunder storm. It means he can head into the field and collect data for a University of Queensland research project that could lead to more accurate warnings of South East Queensland’s unpredictable and destructive...
25 November 2013Exciting new research collaborations in areas ranging from the arts to zoology are under way between The University of Queensland and The University of Western Australia.
22 November 2013University of Queensland researchers have discovered a vivid new species of giant clam on reefs in the Solomon Islands and at Ningaloo in Western Australia.
21 November 2013An international team engineers and biologists has developed a new technique that could lead to improved infection diagnosis for cystic fibrosis patients.
19 November 2013Science student Lexus Hughes has followed in his brother’s footsteps, being awarded the University of Queensland Gatton Past Student’s Association Scholarship.
13 November 2013University of Queensland School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management students have a new space to develop their skills using innovative, collaborative technology.
12 November 2013Mount Kinabalu is well known to climbers and adventurers all over the world – now a University of Queensland researcher is putting the Borneo mountain region on the map for trees that contain some of the world's highest concentrations of nickel.
11 November 2013A collaborative research project aimed at discovering a drug to treat a highly resistant form of breast cancer is one of two projects given the green light by the Queensland Emory Development (QED) Alliance.
7 November 2013The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute has secured a $2 million grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation for a new cancer treatment centre in Brisbane.
7 November 2013A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded $1.2 million to unlock the genetic underpinning of thousands of diseases, including schizophrenia, Motor Neuron Disease (MND) and cancer.
5 November 2013The University of Queensland is playing a part in a clinical trial of the only known effective treatment for humans exposed to Hendra virus.
1 November 2013The influence of genes on body mass index scores is substantially lower than previously thought, researchers at The University of Queensland have found.
31 October 2013A team of researchers has pinpointed a handful of genes that could drive the formation of medulloblastoma, the most aggressive and frequent form of brain tumour found in children.
31 October 2013Australia’s first in situ sectioning electron microscope is helping researchers at The University of Queensland gain insights into diabetes and liver disease.
30 October 2013University of Queensland (UQ) scientists have made a fundamental breakthrough into how the brain decodes the visual world.
30 October 2013Scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) have discovered how the honeybee can land anywhere with utmost precision and grace – and the knowledge may soon help build incredible robot aircraft.
29 October 2013Links between the humanities and complex environmental issues such as climate change and species extinction will be explored when the University of Queensland hosts the Australian Academy of the Humanities’ 44th Annual Symposium next month.
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