We need new antibiotics to beat superbugs, but why are they so hard to find?

As the threat of superbugs continues to rise, the number of new treatments available has flatlined, placing us close to a return to the pre-antibiotic era.
14 January 2015

UQ merges schools of nursing and social work

The University of Queensland’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, and the School of Social Work and Human Services, have joined to become the School of Nursing, Midwifery a
14 January 2015

Boys are more likely to play up at school, but it’s more social than biological

While research generally agrees that boys are more likely to be disengaged with school than girls, there is far less agreement as to why.
14 January 2015

Queenslanders now have to prove their identity to vote – but why?

In a first for an Australian general election, when Queenslanders head to the polls on January 31 they’ll need more than loose change for the sausage sizzle and cake stal
14 January 2015

Sun damage and cancer: how UV radiation affects our skin

While small amounts of UV radiation are required for the production of vitamin D, skin can burn from just 15 minutes of exposure to the summer sun.
13 January 2015

MRI could predict Alzheimer’s disease, improving treatment

Scientists at the University of Queensland have discovered that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be used to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
13 January 2015

Bonds of trust are terrorists' target in the age of ‘leaderless jihad’

From Ottawa to Sydney, a wave of small-scale assaults has shaken public confidence in governments’ capacity to protect citizens from terrorism.
13 January 2015

'Parents these days' are judged too harshly

UQ’s Triple P- Positive Parenting Program Executive Officer John Pickering discusses the growing and seemingly widespread view that parents these days aren’t doing a good
13 January 2015

Engineering student has designs on Cambodia

Second-year university student Talia Rose is kicking off 2015 at the Engineers Without Borders Design Summit in Cambodia.
12 January 2015

How the unemployed ‘disappear’ and why it matters

With monthly unemployment figures due out this week, the usual attention will be paid to fluctuations up and down.
12 January 2015

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