Giving doctors an AI-powered head start on skin cancer
Detection of melanoma and a range of other skin diseases will be faster and more accurate with a new artificial intelligence (AI) powered tool that analyses multiple imaging types simultaneously.
7 June 2025
Quit smoking study expanded to North Queensland
Cairns and Townsville residents who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a research study.
30 May 2025
Breakthrough could boost quality of life for people with Parkinson’s disease
Considered the natural “hunger hormone”, Ghrelin could be the key to preventing debilitating chronic constipation experienced by people living with Parkinson’s disease, UQ researchers have found.
29 May 2025
Artificial watering points in rangelands are posing an increasing threat to surrounding biodiversity long after the removal of livestock, according to University of Queensland research.
7 July 2020
Sterile water injections provide effective pain relief for women with labour back pain, according to University of Queensland-led research.
6 July 2020
A team of scientists has warned that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), designed to bring together environmental protection and socioeconomic development, are failing to protect biodiversity.
6 July 2020
A portable MRI device which could offer safe diagnostic imaging to patients who are unable to be moved, travel or have medical implants is a step closer following a $1 million federal government grant.
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New research from The University of Queensland has found that women who have hot flushes and night sweats after menopause are 70 per cent more likely to have heart attacks, angina and strokes.
2 July 2020
It only takes a moment to fall off a ladder, but the psychological impacts are long-lasting, particularly for older males.
29 June 2020
The humble marine sandworm may help in the hunt for a new class of antibiotics after UQ researchers improved a molecule in the sand-dwelling animal which kills superbugs.
26 June 2020
A major clinical trial has found the drug Allopurinol does not prevent worsening of kidney disease.
25 June 2020
Antibiotics discovered at The University of Queensland will be fast-tracked under a $A16 million international research deal.
23 June 2020
The human tendency to make thinking a little easier by using external objects or actions – known as cognitive offloading – begins at an early age, according to research from The University of Queensland.
22 June 2020
Children as young as three can understand the difference between real figures and those that are make believe, according to University of Queensland research.
18 June 2020
The current technique used for counting lion populations for research and conservation efforts doesn’t add up, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
18 June 2020
North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus – now evidence shows Australia had gigantic predatory dinosaurs.
17 June 2020
It’s not every week a researcher finds the actual answer to her academic challenge is to offer free drinks all round – then wins a global prize for the discovery.
16 June 2020
An international research team has been stunned to discover that some species of ancient crocodiles walked on their hind legs like dinosaurs and measured more than 3 metres in length.
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