Abused caregivers have double chance of poor health

Women who become caregivers after experiencing intimate partner violence face a double-whammy hit to their health, University of Queensland research shows.
22 May 2017

Fundamentals drive UQ’s new science Fellows

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 S
22 May 2017

Blind academic calls for Royal Commission into abuse of people with disabilities

A legally blind academic from The University of Queensland has thrown his full support behind a petition demanding Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull launch an immediate Roy
23 May 2017

Remote cave reveals earliest Australians lived around 50,000 years ago

A team of international archaeologists say evidence from a remote cave in Australia’s North West pushes back human occupation of Australia to around 50,000 years ago.
19 May 2017

Researchers find neurological conditions could begin in the womb

Researchers say a protein usually associated with the immune system could play a role in the development of neurological conditions such as epilepsy and schizophrenia.
19 May 2017

Indonesian farm dollars can grow on trees

Indonesian journalists have visited The University of Queensland to hear about a successful cattle fattening project in their nation’s east which is bringing significant
17 May 2017

A step towards understanding Zika

Brisbane researchers have synthetically re-created Zika virus in the laboratory – a breakthrough that will help to understand the virus and the fetal brain defects it cau
18 May 2017

A muffin a day might just keep the doctor away

Baking meets science in a delicious University of Queensland health initiative that really takes the cake.
19 May 2017

UQ parenting program highlighted in UK election campaign

An international parenting program developed at The University of Queensland is featuring in United Kingdom election campaigning.
17 May 2017

Venom becomes more potent as brown snakes age

The “blood nuking” capabilities of adult brown snake venom only come about after an amazing transformation.
16 May 2017

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