Variants of viruses such as that causing COVID-19 can now be quickly studied in the laboratory, even before they emerge in nature and become a major public health challenge.
9 June 2021
Scarlet fever is on the rise worldwide, after being almost eradicated by the 1940s.
7 October 2020
Two University of Queensland environmental scientists have been named 2020 Australian Laureate Fellows.
9 July 2020
Healthy mangroves can help fight the consequences of climate change on coral reef fisheries, according to a University of Queensland-led study.
13 November 2019
The fate of coral reefs under climate change could improve if management efforts take evolution and adaptation into account, according to an international study.
2 July 2019
The search for a global Streptococcus A vaccine has narrowed after researchers sequenced the DNA of more than 2000 samples of the bacteria worldwide.
28 May 2019
The thrill of fundamental discovery is a driving force for two University of Queensland professors who have today been named as new fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.
22 May 2017
The welfare of millions of animals in China – which raises and slaughters more livestock than any other nation – is the focus of a project led by the University of Queensland’s School of Veterinary Science.
3 March 2017
Millions of people who depend on fisheries will benefit if targets to protect coastal marine areas in reserves are doubled or trebled.
6 January 2017
As a 12-year-old in Western Australia, Kristy Guerin wanted to become a vulcanologist – despite the absence of volcanoes in Australia.
19 July 2016
Regulating overfishing could protect Pacific coral reefs from strangulation by seaweed, according to new findings by a University of Queensland scientist.
23 June 2016
New science-based fishery regulations are needed if coral reefs are to have a future in the face of climate change.
5 April 2016
Australian scientists have discovered a new virus carried by one of the country’s most common pest mosquitoes.
18 November 2015
Green turtle populations have expanded so much in Indonesia’s east coast islands’ marine protected areas (MPAs) that they are adopting new feeding habits, which are degrading the ecosystem and threatening their own conservation.
9 January 2014The 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 2013
A vaccine against cervical cancer, a global parenting program, new forms of pain relief, better yielding crops and improved medical imaging are some of many high-impact outcomes of University of Queensland research.
19 September 2013
The University of Queensland Body Donor Thanksgiving Service will be held tomorrow (Thursday 31 May) to commemorate 179 donors whose bodies were received into the care of the School of Biomedical Sciences.
29 May 2013
The University of Queensland’s place as a global research leader has been highlighted with today’s announcement that five UQ scientists are among 20 new Australian Academy of Science Fellows for 2013.
27 March 2013
They may be voted cutest on campus, but some of the critters gaining attention at Gatton are having trouble in the real world.
12 September 2012Ocean acidification caused by human development can alter the behaviour of baby corals, a new study shows.
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