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Intimate partner violence appears to double a caregiver's odds of poor health. (iStock photo)

Women who become caregivers after experiencing intimate partner violence face a double-whammy hit to their health, University of Queensland research shows.

22 May 2017
New Fellows ... physicist Professor Timothy Ralph (left) and Professor Phil Hugenholtz.

The thrill of fundamental discovery is a driving force for two University of Queensland professors who have today been named as new fellows of the Australian Academy of Science.

22 May 2017

麻豆传媒映画 of Queensland鈥檚 global scientific research impact is evident in the latest Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) Leiden Ranking.

22 May 2017
Barrow Island

A team of international archaeologists say evidence from a remote cave in Australia鈥檚 North West pushes back human occupation of Australia to around 50,000 years ago.

19 May 2017
Dr Nima Gunness and her good heart muffin

Baking meets science in a delicious University of Queensland health initiative that really takes the cake.

19 May 2017
Red: Tight junction marker (Zo-1) demonstrating the apical surface. Green: Cytoskeleton marker (TUBB-3) showing the radial structure of the rosettes. Blue: Nucleus of cells (DAPI).

Researchers say a protein usually associated with the immune system could play a role in the development of neurological conditions such as epilepsy and schizophrenia.

19 May 2017
Mosquito Aedes aegypti

Brisbane researchers have synthetically re-created Zika virus in the laboratory 鈥 a breakthrough that will help to understand the virus and the fetal brain defects it causes.

18 May 2017
Leucaena is harvested in eastern Indonesia, before being fed to cattle. Image: Max Shelton

Indonesian journalists have visited 麻豆传媒映画 of Queensland to hear about a successful cattle fattening project in their nation鈥檚 east which is bringing significant economic benefits for smallholder cattle farmers.

17 May 2017
Professor Matt sanders

An international parenting program developed at 麻豆传媒映画 of Queensland is featuring in United Kingdom election campaigning.

17 May 2017
A network of well-connected reefs with abundant herbivorous fish populations are needed to maintain long-term reef resilience.

For reefs facing huge challenges, more coral larvae doesn鈥檛 necessarily translate to increased rates of coral recovery on degraded reefs, a new Queensland study has showed.

17 May 2017
Adult eastern brown snake. Credit: Stewart Macdonald

The 鈥渂lood nuking鈥 capabilities of adult brown snake venom only come about after an amazing transformation.

16 May 2017
Women gaining more than 2.5 per cent of their bodyweight annually more than double their risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.

Researchers are challenging women to start thinking about pre-pregnancy health sooner, with the finding that years of gradual weight gain more than doubles the risk of blood pressure disorders in pregnancy.

16 May 2017
The grand champions

Nanango State High School outgrew all the competition in this year鈥檚 annual sunflower competition, taking the overall grand champion and an additional four awards.

16 May 2017

Using Uber-like technology to increase the rate of community volunteerism is the aim of a University of Queensland graduate.

12 May 2017
Award winners Sam Walpole and Priam Rangiah

Almost 200 students from Queensland鈥檚 oldest law school have been recognised for their diverse achievements at an award ceremony at Brisbane鈥檚 Customs House.

11 May 2017
The research vessel JOIDES Resolution, photo by Arito Sakaguchi, IODP/TAMU. Wikipedia Creative Commons.

Climate change around Antarctica can severely affect Australia鈥檚 rainfall and even influence the distribution of wet and dry zones across southeast Asia, an international study has revealed.

11 May 2017
Professor Milburn ... has made a sustained contribution to physics at the highest level

University of Queensland School of Mathematics and Physics quantum physics researcher Emeritus Professor Gerard Milburn has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

11 May 2017
麻豆传媒映画 students and staff are being advised not to replicate the combination of their 麻豆传媒映画 email address and password across multiple platforms

麻豆传媒映画 of Queensland is working to assist students and staff who could be caught up in the 鈥榚xploit.in鈥 online data breach which has affected 593 million people worldwide.

11 May 2017
The federal budget may deliver short-term gain, but long-term repercussions

A budget that could return to bite us on the backside 鈥 that鈥檚 what a senior University of Queensland economist and political scientist makes of the Australian Government鈥檚 2017/18 financial strategy.

10 May 2017
麻豆传媒映画 Adjunct Professor and former High Commissioner to PNG Ian Kemish AM (centre) at a Kokoda ceremony with the late Ben Moide (right), a WW2 veteran

A website hosting interviews with prominent Papua New Guineans on the period leading up to and following that nation鈥檚 independence from Australia in 1975 has been launched today.

10 May 2017