Research

Cutting costs and emissions in beef production

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Cutting costs and emissions in beef production

A research team led by the University of Queensland has developed a tool to help the global beef industry simultaneously reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions while meeting demand for meat.

12 January 2023

Demand booms for experimental mRNA from UQ BASE

Associate Professor Tim Mercer wearing a lab coat and safety goggles holding a bottle containing orange liquid

Demand booms for experimental mRNA from UQ BASE

A University of Queensland team has become the biggest supplier of experimental mRNA vaccines and therapies in Australia, with burgeoning demand from research and industry across the country.

11 January 2023

Project fuels driving test solution for people with dementia

Dr Theresa Scott and dementia advocate John Quinn discuss the online driver safety test.

Project fuels driving test solution for people with dementia

University of Queensland researchers are working with people living with dementia to develop an online driver safety test that can be performed by GPs in their surgeries.

5 January 2023

Scientists tackle rusty plant threat

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Scientists tackle rusty plant threat

University of Queensland scientists have developed an environmentally friendly RNA-based spray to help combat myrtle rust, which has wiped out many Australian plants.

19 December 2022

Trial of ultrasound treatment for Alzheimer’s underway

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Trial of ultrasound treatment for Alzheimer’s underway

A pioneering treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, developed at The University of Queensland, is being tested in a small safety trial underway in Brisbane. 

13 December 2022

Researchers kick goals with soccer findings

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Researchers kick goals with soccer findings

University of Queensland scientists have developed a model that gives soccer players their best chance of kicking a penalty goal.

12 December 2022

Researchers infect a ‘brain in a dish’ in search for Zika antivirals

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Researchers infect a ‘brain in a dish’ in search for Zika antivirals

A University of Queensland-led project has used a ‘brain in a dish’ to study the effects of the Zika virus, taking research a step closer towards developing drugs to combat the infection.

12 December 2022

Life-saving light beam to detect malaria

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Life-saving light beam to detect malaria

A fast, needle-free malaria detection tool developed by a University of Queensland-led team could help save hundreds of thousands of lives annually.

9 December 2022

Masks can put cognitive performance in check

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Masks can put cognitive performance in check

Wearing a face mask can temporarily disrupt decision-making in some situations according to University of Queensland research.

6 December 2022

UQ partners in global vaccine hub in Queensland

Griffith University Vice-Chancellor Professor Carolyn Evans, UQ Vice-Chancellor Deborah Terry, Sanofi's Dr Jean-Francois Toussaint, Premier Annastacia Palasczcuk, Deputy Premier Steven Miles, and Minister for Science Meaghan Scanlon

UQ partners in global vaccine hub in Queensland

Queensland will become a global mRNA vaccine hub with a $280 million Translational Science Hub to be established in Queensland.

5 December 2022

Research finds Queenslanders are bad at estimating their level of intoxication

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Research finds Queenslanders are bad at estimating their level of intoxication

Queenslanders are incapable of assessing their own intoxication levels, especially when their blood alcohol level is high, according to research co-led by The University of Queensland.

1 December 2022

Important discovery could help extinguish disease threat to koalas

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Important discovery could help extinguish disease threat to koalas

University of Queensland virologists are a step closer to understanding a mysterious AIDS-like virus that is impacting koala populations differently across state lines.

30 November 2022

Spinal cord injury research earns a Churchill Fellowship

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Spinal cord injury research earns a Churchill Fellowship

UQ's Associate Professor Marc Ruitenberg is set expand his research into finding new treatments for spinal cord injury after being awarded a 2022 Churchill Fellowship.

29 November 2022

How well do humpback whales hear?

How well do humpback whales hear?

When Associate Professor Rebecca Dunlop left Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2003 for Brisbane, the move was meant to be temporary – and testing the hearing of humpback whales wasn’t part of the plan for the physiology graduate either.

26 November 2022

Clamp2 provides vaccine hope for future pandemics

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Clamp2 provides vaccine hope for future pandemics

The University of Queensland is set to take a second-generation molecular clamp vaccine to a proof-of-concept human trial.

25 November 2022
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