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Long COVID inflammation damages the heart

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­-led research has found inflammatory markers in the blood of long COVID patients which could explain why many experience ongoing cardiovascular issues.

31 October 2024
A woman with long black hair is sitting up in bed wincing in pain and one hand is on her chest.

‘Extraordinary impact’: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ announces 2024 Alumni Awards

Champions of causes ranging from global food security to youth advocacy have been recognised in the 2024 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Alumni Awards.

31 October 2024
An image of 2024 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Alumnus of the Year Professor Glenn Denning
A gloved hand holds a petri dish with the CBD molecular structure drawn on the lid.

Synthetic cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has been shown for the first time to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and legionnaires disease.

20 January 2021

Scientists have used tiny diamonds, or nanodiamonds, to measure heat transfer inside living cells, potentially leading to new diagnostic tools and therapies for cancer.

18 January 2021
A Sudanese red spitting cobra, entwined around some wood, with its head rearing. Image: Bonnerscar

Certain snakes have evolved a unique genetic trick to avoid being eaten by venomous snakes, according to University of Queensland research.

15 January 2021
The Milky Way above the DES’s Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.

More than 690 million celestial objects have been catalogued, photographed and are now available online for exploration by the public, thanks to an international research collaboration.

15 January 2021
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More than 9500 prospective students have now been offered places to study at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland in 2021.

14 January 2021
Image depicts the 1G5.3 antibody (green) bound to both Zika (red) and dengue (blue) NS1 proteins. It's based on structural data but idealised to showing binding to both viral proteins simultaneously. Credit: Daniel Watterson

New treatments to cut the global death rate from dengue, Zika and West Nile viruses could result from research led by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

8 January 2021
A  new study involving Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ estimates around 200 to 252 white sharks have babies each year.

A study on the vulnerable white shark has shown that approximately 206 to 252 sharks breed on Australia’s east coast each year.

23 December 2020
Elderly woman in floral shirt sits on walker.

University of Queensland researchers are working with a team of 50 social workers across south east Queensland to create a uniform, national approach to identifying abuse in elderly people who present to hospitals.

23 December 2020

A prehistoric croc measuring more than five metres long – dubbed the ‘swamp king’ – ruled south eastern Queensland waterways only a few million years ago.

22 December 2020
Pizza and soft drink.

Eating too much junk food has been linked with poor sleep quality in teens, a University of Queensland-led study has found.

22 December 2020
Rebecca Gavin and Bec Dunne and flanked by ACCCE staff.

Two University of Queensland students have joined forces with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to contribute to the prevention of child sexual exploitation.

21 December 2020