Researchers from The University of Queensland have received more than $43 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to address health research challenges from Alzheimer’s disease to youth vaping.

18 December 2023
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Associate Professor Carissa Klein, who is working to improve sustainability in the fishing and seafood industries, has been named the 2023 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Scientist of the Year.

19 October 2023

A University of Queensland study highlights a direct link between young people’s exposure to alcohol-related social media content and problem drinking.

27 September 2023
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University of Queensland researchers are developing a plastic that breaks down in seawater to help turn the tide on marine waste.

14 September 2023

Emerging researchers from The University of Queensland have secured more than $10 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award scheme.

29 August 2023
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Rideshare e-scooters have had a positive effect on Brisbane tourism with many visitors finding them more convenient than public transport and cars, according to a report by UQ researchers.

24 August 2023

University of Queensland researchers have secured almost $31 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to tackle health and medical challenges in Australia and around the world.

21 March 2023
Minister Stirling Hinchliffe with UQ recipients of the Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships.

Eleven researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) have been awarded more than $3.1 million through the 2022 Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships.

16 March 2023
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University of Queensland medical students who completed a 12-week training program in a rural or remote area were more likely to work as doctors in similar communities, a study has shown.

24 February 2023
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University of Queensland research has revealed Australians undergoing a knee replacement operation are at a higher risk of needing further surgery if they’re obese.

15 November 2022
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Dozens of mid and early-career University of Queensland researchers have been awarded funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

21 September 2022
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Women with a history of miscarriage and stillbirth have a higher risk of stroke in later life, according to University of Queensland research.

23 June 2022
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More than half of Australians who underwent knee replacement for osteoarthritis were obese, increasing their risk of having the operation at a younger age, especially among women.

8 June 2022
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Researchers may have found a solution to improving fertility in women with obesity following a successful trial in mice using diabetes medication to reduce blood glucose levels.

26 May 2022
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For the first time, researchers have revealed how a person’s genes can play a part in their enjoyment of nature, potentially changing the way we look at our affinity with the natural world.

4 February 2022
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Methamphetamine ‘cooks’ in domestic labs are most likely to be male, Caucasian and about 30 years’ old, according to University of Queensland researchers.

11 November 2020

Australia’s renewable energy research capacity has been boosted with the completion of The University of Queensland’s 64 megawatt solar farm at Warwick in the state’s south east.

17 July 2020

Speech pathologists lack a consistent approach to communicating post-stroke recovery information to patients, a University of Queensland study has found.

1 May 2020
(L-R) Professor Peter Halley, Javan McGuckin, Lilly Van Gilst, Flynn Pearman, Victoria Barnes, James Orman, Professor Vicki Chen.

Five future engineering leaders and problem-solvers have become the first to receive scholarships created by the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership.

14 November 2019

Developing honeybee-friendly bio-insecticides from spider venom, responding to climate change using methane-utilising microorganisms, and measuring how animals with colour vision systems more complex than humans perceive colour are some of the...

17 October 2019