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A satellite image of a cyclone.

·èÂíÐãÊÓƵhas a range of experts available to comment on the impact of cyclones and severe weather events such as Cyclone Alfred. 

10 March 2025
A gloved hand holds a tray of vials as a pipette hovers in a laboratory setting.

A new startup aimed at discovering and developing anti-inflammatory disease medicines has been formed by UQ's commercialisation arm UniQuest and global biotech company Molecule to Medicine.

4 March 2025
Person holding cigarettes in one hand and a vape in the other

·èÂíÐãÊÓƵresearchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public health outcomes.

12 February 2025
Students sit at a table in a library in Italy as one takes notes

Cultural artefacts and historic sites around the world are being threatened by organised crime groups who traffic the items for lucrative profits, a team of researchers from ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵfound.

12 February 2025
A photograph of the night sky with the Milky Way galaxy stretching out.

A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in the cosmos.

5 February 2025
Woman in hospital bed wearing a hospital gown with her abdomen being examined.

·èÂíÐãÊÓƵresearchers have conducted the first longitudinal study on the impact of endometriosis on Australia’s healthcare system, finding the disease is a significant cause of hospitalisation.

16 January 2025
A woman sits on a couch looking at a phone showing a sports betting app

Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit – but those odds could be about to change, a ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵstudy has found.

14 January 2025
A model jaw covered by a small latticed 3d-printed cover

Clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds, printed on-site at UQ, to rebuild part of a man’s jawbone.

9 January 2025
A man sits on a chair as a second man stands behind him using an ultrasound device on his head.

A promising ultrasound therapy to potentially restore brain function in people with Alzheimer's disease has been licenced to a new startup spun out of UQ.

17 December 2024
An illustration of the protein buildup on neurons that contributes to motor and cognitive symptoms.

A potential new treatment for motor neurone disease developed by a company spun out of ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵhas produced successful results in a human clinical trial.

10 December 2024
A black and white still image from a video showing a bee with a refelective marker on its back approaching a flower.

Technology that combines infrared lighting, robotics and a retroreflective marker is allowing scientists to follow and film insects as they fly in their natural environment.

5 December 2024
A black and white cow stands in a sorghum field, looking straight at the camera.

·èÂíÐãÊÓƵresearchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.

20 November 2024
A young man is being helped from a wheelchair into a swimming pool by two trainers.

A competitive swimming program developed by ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵresearchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition.

19 November 2024
Backs of an audience in a dark conference room facing the stage.

Growing Australia’s quantum ecosystem will be the focus when hundreds of delegates from government, industry and research converge in Brisbane next year.

19 November 2024
Cows standing under a shaded structure on a large dry property

A three-year pilot project led by ·èÂíÐãÊÓƵhas shown installing shade structures in largely treeless paddocks could increase calf survival rates.

19 November 2024