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Are skyrocketing interest rates really in Australia's best interests?

Published on: 19 July 2023

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept interest rates on hold this month at 4.1%. But any reprieve could be short lived.

Could lasers be the key to forecasting volcanoes?

Published on: 11 July 2023

New research applies laser technology to read into the chemical composition of erupted magma over time.

World’s first case of dementia linked to repetitive brain trauma in female athlete

Published on: 5 July 2023

Researchers at the Australian Sports Brain Bank have reported the world’s first diagnosis of CTE in a female athlete.

The real cost of your chocolate habit

Published on: 20 June 2023

New research reveals the bittersweet truth of cocoa farming in Africa’s forests.

COVID-19 can cause brain cells to 'fuse'

Published on: 19 June 2023

Professor Massimo Hilliard and Dr Ramon Martinez-Marmol from the Queensland Brain Institute have explored how viruses alter the function of the nervous system.

What are generative AI systems really doing with our data?

Published on: 9 June 2023

UQ data expert Professor Shazia Sadiq worries that we are not doing enough to manage the risk of AI.

Our cemeteries face a housing crisis too

Published on: 8 June 2023

Australia’s housing crisis is no secret. What many people don’t realise is that there’s another, less visible housing crisis. Australia’s urban cemeteries are running out of space.