Researchers are workng in UQ labs to vcreate the first ever vaccine for the Bolivian Chapare Virus.

UQ researchers are attempting to create a vaccine in just 150 days to prove how far their response capabilities to a viral pandemic have come since COVID-19.

16 April 2025
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A high-antioxidant fruit created in Queensland could have the potential to boost human brain activity and scientists at UQ are keen to carry out further research.

14 April 2025
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The Trump administration has introduced “reciprocal” tariffs aimed at countering what it sees as unfair trade practices inflicted on the United States by other countries. What does this mean for Australia?

4 April 2025
Parliament House

Australians will head to the polls on May 3 - with tax cuts, cost-of-living and energy likely to be major points of discussion during a five-week federal election campaign.

4 April 2025
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UQ scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

4 April 2025
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The types of play equipment found in Australian households is associated with the sex of the children living there, a UQ study has found.

4 April 2025
Flowers on top of a coffin at a funeral

When Lisa’s husband passed away unexpectedly, she assumed accessing his superannuation death benefit would be straightforward. Instead, she spent months navigating a bureaucratic maze.

1 April 2025
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UQ has a range of experts available to comment on the Federal Government's budget.

26 March 2025
Researcher in a lab examining a container of sample nanoparticles used in breast cancer research.

UQ researchers are designing nanotechnology they believe could improve how we treat the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

24 March 2025
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UQ is collaborating with the International Olympic Committee on a project to combat interpersonal violence in sport in the Pacific Islands.

20 March 2025
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A UQ researcher has confirmed a boulder at a regional school contains one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints per square metre ever documented in Australia.

12 March 2025
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Child maltreatment has been the focus of two separate studies led by UQ researchers, who examined the main parental risk factors that lead to child abuse, as well as the behavioural impacts later in life.

3 March 2025
UQ researchers with a component of a newly developed rapid sensor.

UQ researchers have developed a new rapid sensor that can detect pregnancy complications as early as 11 weeks – with a simple blood test.

27 February 2025
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UQ studies have used a natural tree sap gum and light to extend the shelf life of fresh fruit and vegetables to combat food waste.

26 February 2025
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ASIO's latest Annual Threat Assessment warns of an unprecedented number of challenges ahead - are Australia's criminal laws up to the task?

20 February 2025
UQ researchers Associate Professor Joe Gattas (left) and PHD student Mahmoud Abu-Saleem with one of their timber-cardboard web-core sandwich (TCWS).

Temporary housing for people displaced by natural disasters could become cheaper, lighter and more sustainable with innovative new timber-cardboard construction panels developed by UQ researchers.

19 February 2025
Healthcare worker preparing to take blood from middle aged woman

Clinical trials of a simple and accurate blood test to detect early-stage ovarian cancer – key to boosting survival rates – will begin at UQ this year.

19 February 2025
a crocodile moves away on a sandy bank

Crocodiles in northern Australia are heating up as the climate warms, with higher body temperatures changing their behaviour.

13 February 2025
Sick child in a hospital bed with a drip

UQ research using 'natural killer' cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood cancer in 40 years.

12 February 2025