University of Queensland medical PhD student Cody Frear has won the 2020 national FameLab® championships with a research presentation on treating children’s burns.

4 May 2020

A study of deforestation in Colombia by researchers from The University of Queensland has revealed some valuable insights which could be used to help slow deforestation in areas around the globe.

1 May 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world, impacting the way we work, socialise, study and more. But what does the future look like? Our experts share their thoughts.

29 April 2020

The University of Queensland’s COVID-19 vaccine has passed another important milestone, showing the ability to raise high levels of antibodies that can neutralise the virus in early pre-clinical testing.

29 April 2020

Australians are keen to travel close to home when COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, with new national data revealing positive signs for the domestic tourism industry.

24 April 2020
An Australian sea lion raises its head to the sky

Populations of Australia’s threatened mammals have declined by 38 per cent on average in 20 years, yet research shows conservation efforts have led to significant recoveries.

23 April 2020

Conservation researchers have debated two different approaches to protecting biodiversity for years, but an international team of scientists has found a combination could achieve the best results.

22 April 2020

Australian researchers have achieved the first step in developing an early warning surveillance system to track COVID-19 prevalence in the community through tracing the presence of the novel coronavirus gene in raw sewage.

16 April 2020

Emotional, social and psychiatric problems in children and adolescents have been linked to higher levels of genetic vulnerability for adult depression.

16 April 2020
Two female researchers work at the lab bench as part of the vaccine project at UQ

The University of Queensland’s potential COVID-19 vaccine is entering an important new phase of testing with the live coronavirus to determine how effectively it induces protection against coronavirus infection.

9 April 2020

An online driver training course developed by researchers at The University of Queensland has been shown to reduce speeding and improve driving ability.

8 April 2020
Grace Fulton sits with a stuffed toy in a field of colourful flowers

At just six, Grace Fulton is possibly Australia’s youngest scientist, participating in field research to help protect precious owl species.

31 March 2020

A University of Queensland study has revealed that carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be a real option for Queensland.

24 March 2020
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Can coronavirus spread through food? Can anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen make it worse?

18 March 2020

Queensland researchers are set to begin clinical trials of a potential treatment for COVID-19 – using two existing drugs.

18 March 2020
Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj, Professor Bronwyn Fredericks and Jack Manning Bancroft at the event welcoming AIME to UQ.

The Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) will be available to University of Queensland students from this year, with the generous support of Simon Fenwick and the Fenwick Foundation.

10 March 2020
Levallois Point stone implement discovered in dig

The recent discovery of stone tools in India reveal that humans survived and coped with one of the largest volcanic events in human history.

26 February 2020
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Century-old theories that having girls or boys ‘runs in families’ have been upended by a University of Queensland study, proving parents’ genes do not determine their child’s gender.

19 February 2020
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Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are being discouraged from seeking medical help due to public assumptions that sexually transmissible infections (STIs) are the result of sexual abuse.

19 February 2020
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Adolescent boys from lower socio-economic backgrounds are most likely to be the victims of bullying, according to the first comprehensive study of school bullying around the world.

18 February 2020