An international study led by a UQ researcher has found frailty increases a person’s risk of dementia, but early intervention may be the key to prevention.
12 November 2024
Here's what to expect as the next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, gets underway.
11 November 2024
For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies.
28 October 2024-Megan-Pope-UQ_620.jpg?itok=uTpSZiOn "Professor David Jordan, Dr Geetika Geetika and Professor Andrew Borrell investigate a sorghum crop.")
A research team led by UQ is on track to solve a major problem for Australian farmers using targeted breeding to improve yields for sorghum crops.
28 October 2024
UQ research has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices.
15 October 2024
UQ researchers have created new tools that could change how conservation experts monitor and protect some of Australia’s most endangered species.
15 October 2024
A UQ-led study has failed to find any strong links between drinking coffee during pregnancy and neurodevelopmental difficulties in children.
10 October 2024
More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by UQ's Associate Professor Kirsty Short.
4 October 2024
A high-tech building with rooms to mimic environments from rainforests to deserts will help Australian plant scientists and industry improve crop productivity and secure future food supplies.
4 October 2024
A PhD candidate whose research aims to address the challenges faced by families of children with temporary feeding tubes has won the UQ 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final.
3 October 2024
For the first time UQ scientists have been able to make a prediction about the severity of upcoming tick seasons to help vet surgeries and pet owners prepare.
26 September 2024
UQ research has confirmed antioxidant properties in an Australian bushfood used by Indigenous people for generations.
18 September 2024
UQ research has found use of the opioid oxycodone in Australia almost halved after changes to packaging and prescribing practices in 2019.
12 September 2024
Young people exposed to social media posts by celebrities and influencers who endorse nicotine products are more susceptible to smoking or vaping, UQ research has found.
9 September 2024Researchers from The University of Queensland have secured more than $7.2 million through the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) program to strengthen national research and innovation capacity.
28 August 2024Fifteen University of Queensland researchers have been awarded $15.3 million through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships 2024 scheme to drive research and innovation.
28 August 2024
University of Queensland research is supporting elite athletes to adjust to life after retiring from sport.
27 August 2024
Australia’s environmental laws are failing to stop high rates of tree clearing to make way for agriculture, development and mining, according to University of Queensland research.
21 August 2024
A UQ library – full of hailstones instead of books – is helping researchers to better understand and predict damaging storms.
16 August 2024
Scientists have unearthed the deepest column of marine rock ever extracted from Earth’s mantle – the enormous layer below its crust – which could help reveal conditions at the dawn of life.
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