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New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from extinction.

10 December 2024
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Recent graduate Dr T’kido Titasey almost gave up on his medicine degree, but a strong connection to his hometown encouraged him to give it another try.

9 December 2024
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University of Queensland research has found antimicrobial usage is significantly higher in affluent communities in Australia.

6 December 2024
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Technology that combines infrared lighting, robotics and a retroreflective marker is allowing scientists to follow and film insects as they fly in their natural environment.

5 December 2024
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Women who have a high genetic risk of depression are more likely to develop heart disease, UQ researchers have found.

5 December 2024
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UQ researchers have launched a menstrual health teaching guide for classrooms co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students.

4 December 2024

University of Queensland researchers have secured more than $35 million through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects 2025 scheme to expand research in national priority areas.

29 November 2024

A topical cream to help prevent and treat skin cancers in organ transplant patients is a step closer to development.

29 November 2024
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Coral adaptation to global warming will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions in global greenhouse gasses, according to an international team of scientists.

29 November 2024

The University of Queensland has been recognised as one of Australia’s leading research institutions with the fastest growing influence in The Australian’s 2025 Research Magazine.

27 November 2024

The University of Queensland received the equal highest number of Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) awards in Australia.

22 November 2024
A black and white cow stands in a sorghum field, looking straight at the camera.

UQ researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.

20 November 2024
A young man is being helped from a wheelchair into a swimming pool by two trainers.

A competitive swimming program developed by UQ researchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition.

19 November 2024
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A three-year pilot project led by UQ has shown installing shade structures in largely treeless paddocks could increase calf survival rates.

19 November 2024
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A UQ-led study has revealed how alcohol and gambling companies target people with Facebook advertising for addictive products.

18 November 2024
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Forming a National Food Plan and appointing a food minister are among the key recommendations of a white paper into growing a precision fermentation industry in Australia.

18 November 2024
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UQ researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.

18 November 2024
An AI overlay of traffic direction and movement as cars zoom on a freeway at dusk.

A Brisbane-based software start-up formed by Uniquest and using AI to improve road safety has been acquired by Canadian company Transoft Solutions.

15 November 2024

UQ researchers have received more than $3.8 million from the Australian Research Council to enhance Australia’s research capabilities and facilities in strategic areas.

14 November 2024
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The University of Queensland has topped the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Best Universities Ranking for the second consecutive year.

14 November 2024