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The University of Queensland has co-led a project to design a cost effective yet robust pen to expand fish farming into deeper ocean areas to help feed the growing global population.

29 February 2024

University of Queensland researchers have found improving timber production efficiencies by just 5% could unlock supply for an extra 8,000 homes to be built in Australia each year.

31 January 2024

Researchers from The University of Queensland have received more than $3.7 million through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects scheme.

15 November 2023
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Researchers from The University of Queensland have determined how Botox – a drug made from a deadly biological substance – enters brain cells.

26 May 2023
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University of Queensland research has revealed features of early human brain development are mimicked in the brains of marsupials.

23 May 2023
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The University of Queensland is working with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) to develop guidelines to help Australian grain growers decide when and how to treat fall armyworm (FAW) to save their crops and finances.

18 April 2023
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Mortality rates of orphaned koala joeys could be greatly reduced by a non-invasive stress test kit being trialled by University of Queensland researchers.

20 March 2023
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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
Wheelchair rugby player Conor Tweedy poses with his father and brother on court after a win

Three generations of one family have now played in premiership-winning rugby sides for the University of Queensland, after the club won the inaugural Wheelchair Rugby National League.

3 June 2022
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A new generation of cheap, sustainable and efficient solar cells is a step closer, thanks to scientists at The University of Queensland.

6 October 2021
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A deadly koala virus that can cause immune depletion and cancer, known as koala retrovirus, is being transferred to joeys from their mothers, according to University of Queensland scientists.

7 September 2021
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A University of Queensland researcher is helping train 'animal-disease detectives' to protect animals and humans from the threat of future pandemics.

14 May 2021
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Optics researchers from The University of Queensland and Nokia Bell Labs in the US have developed a new technique to demonstrate the time reversal of optical waves, which could transform the fields of advanced biomedical imaging and...

14 December 2020
UQ researcher Kusinara Wijayabandara seeks community help in tackling the invasive fireweed

Fireweed is one of eastern Australia’s worst invasive species, and scientists are asking landholders for on-the-ground information about where it is growing and how they deal with it.

17 January 2020
Dr Mickael Mounaix and Dr Joel Carpenter

Research from The University of Queensland aimed at controlling light in scattering materials, such as fog or biological tissues, will benefit future biomedical imaging and telecommunications.

7 January 2020
 Trauma and infectious disease were the most common single diagnoses in koalas

It’s well known that South East Queensland koalas are doing it tough, and a University of Queensland study sheds new light on the multiple issues afflicting them.

29 November 2019
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A research team has developed a light beam device that could lead to faster internet, clearer images of space and more detailed medical imaging.

21 May 2019
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Two rescued koalas treated for a life-threatening disease will be released back into the wild by Queensland researchers as part of a project to help protect the threatened species and improve genetic diversity.

2 May 2019

A new collaboration will help feed the world’s growing demand for poultry and eggs, while minimising the risk to international public health from animal-to-human-diseases.

24 January 2019

Native Australian ‘bush tucker’ was the feature of a Masterchef-style showdown that pitted six groups of university students against each other.

24 October 2018