Child hearing loss more common in culturally and linguistically diverse families

Children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) families are more likely to have hearing loss compared to their ethnic majority peers, research led by The University of Queensland has found.

9 July 2025
Young boy with his left hand cupped to his left ear.

Tiny antibody has big impact on deadly Hendra and Nipah viruses

Researchers have discovered a strategy to neutralise two highly lethal viruses for which there is currently no approved vaccine or cure.

9 July 2025
a man in a white lab coat sits next to a multicoloured model
Sydney Opera House

University of Queensland music student John Rotar has been selected to write a piece of music to replace the traditional cue bells in the Sydney Opera House.

30 June 2014
 Dr Chris Freeman has been named Consultant Pharmacist of the Year.

University of Queensland alumnus and lecturer Dr Chris Freeman has been named Consultant Pharmacist of the Year in recognition of his contributions to improving patient care.

30 June 2014
UQ researchers have developed a new autonomous landing system, which uses visual cues from cameras to control landings.

Bees have inspired development of a new aircraft landing system that is fully independent of outside technology, improving passenger safety by deterring blocking or hacking.

30 June 2014
Photo of a barramundi fish

The University of Queensland and industry, business and community partners will collaborate on research projects worth more than $24 million, under the latest round of Australian Research Council Linkage Projects grants.

27 June 2014
The Global Innovative Youth Conference Executive Committee for 2014.

Brisbane will host to some of the world’s brightest young entrepreneurs this weekend at The Global Innovative Youth Conference, thanks to the University of Queensland Idea Network.

27 June 2014
UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Høj and Toby Carrington, Vice President Finance for Siemens Healthcare in Australia and New Zealand.

A collaboration agreement between The University of Queensland and Siemens Australia will boost research and development in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), leading to better diagnosis and treatment of degenerative diseases.

27 June 2014
Caption: Clinical Educator Teresa Quinlan joins students Tereza Stillerova, Anthony Truong, Kaitlin Nielsen, Joseph Bisgrove, Ashleigh Allman and Rachel Lucas at the outdoor area (not pictured: Allison Mandrusiak).

University of Queensland students have built an outdoor play area to help disabled children in Vietnam enhance their motor skills.

27 June 2014
The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness will hold its first Australian conference at UQ.

Scientists are now able to use brain imaging to communicate with people previously thought to be in a vegetative state, prompting questions about the very nature of consciousness

27 June 2014
Chains of the human pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. Nina van Sorge and Victor Nizet

Researchers are one step closer to developing a safe vaccine against strep throat, which is responsible for more than 700 million infections and 500,000 deaths each year.

26 June 2014
UQ researchers have found PTSD is contributing to pain in children with traumatic brain injuries, and not the other way around.

The discovery of a new link between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pain and children with traumatic brain injuries could lead to better treatment methods, according to a new study.

26 June 2014
Mr Hosam Zowawi is one of five Young Laureates to win the prestigious Rolex Laureate Award for Enterprise.

A University of Queensland student has taken out the prestigious Rolex Laureate Award for Enterprise for his innovative work to protect human health from the threat of antibiotic resistant superbugs.

25 June 2014