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Human eye with computer screening image on top of it

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland Business School is working with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to address the growing challenges created by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

24 June 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) improved skin cancer diagnostic accuracy when used in collaboration with human clinical checks, an international study including University of Queensland researchers has found.

24 June 2020
Dr Mark Blaskovich, Professor Matt Cooper and Dr Karl Hansford are joining forces with CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria) to develop new antibiotics to fight superbugs.

Antibiotics discovered at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland will be fast-tracked under a $A16 million international research deal.

23 June 2020

A global study on mental health has found approximately one in five teenagers experience thoughts of suicide or anxiety.

22 June 2020
Young girl sitting with Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ PhD candidate manually rotating a turntable

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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

22 June 2020
Pensive young boy with his index finger over his mouth

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
A young male lion named Jacob stands in the branches of a large sycamore fig tree in the Ishasha region of Uganda. (Credit: Alex Braczkowski)

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
A reconstruction of a Jurassic dinosaur track-maker from southern Queensland in front of a silhouette of the largest known T. rex.

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
If guests agree to forgo their full daily room clean, it saves money and the environment. Image: Pexels.

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
The longer a mother suffers maternal depression, the worse the outcomes for the child

The children of mothers with long-term depression have been found to be at higher risk than others of behavioural problems and poor development.

15 June 2020

An international research team has been stunned to discover that some species of ancient crocodiles walked on their two hind legs like dinosaurs and measured over three metres in length.

11 June 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has increased its standing in the QS World University Rankings for 2021, coming in at number 46 worldwide and taking out the top spot for Queensland once again.

10 June 2020
Night parrot

Australia’s most elusive bird, the night parrot, may not be as good at seeing in the dark as its name would suggest, and not much better at seeing in the dark than daytime active parrots.

10 June 2020
Computer-generated image of Gilmour Space's new rocket, Eris.

New technologies for a next-generation hybrid rocket that will launch small satellites into low-Earth orbits from 2022 are being developed in Queensland, thanks to a partnership between University of Queensland researchers and Gilmour Space.

10 June 2020
Sorghum in the field

Exploiting quirks in plant reproduction could boost yields in two staple crops, sorghum and cowpea, for crop farming communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SA).

9 June 2020
A proud day for Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ ... members of our community recognised for their contributions

A quartet of top scientists is among many University of Queensland community members recognised in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

8 June 2020

Australians have seen a huge increase in telehealth consults since the outbreak of COVID-19 after University of Queensland researchers crunched the numbers from Medicare.

8 June 2020

Australia’s COVIDSafe app needs to be faster and have higher uptake rates to be effective as the nation’s digital contact tracing solution, according to a working paper released by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s Institute for Social Science Research.

5 June 2020

A landmark partnership will help to accelerate the future development, manufacture and distribution of a University of Queensland COVID-19 vaccine.

5 June 2020

University of Queensland researchers have discovered why only 34 per cent of mothers exclusively breastfeed to six months, despite the global push to increase rates to 50 per cent.

4 June 2020