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Call for volunteers for quit smoking study with benefits

Queenslanders who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a new study.

1 November 2024
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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Pharmacy researcher celebrated for excellence in Indigenous education

A First Nations Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ academic is aiming to help address the under representation of Indigenous people in Australia’s pharmacy workforce.

31 October 2024
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Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging

Recent Australian wildfires made worse by logging

Logging of native forests increases the risk and severity of fire and likely had a profound effect on the recent, catastrophic Australian bushfires, according to new research.

6 May 2020

Liver surgery success boosted by growth hormone

Liver surgery success boosted by growth hormone

Growth hormone has been identified as playing a key role in reducing inflammation and increasing survival rates following liver surgery.

5 May 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ a founding partner in new Queensland AI Hub

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ a founding partner in new Queensland AI Hub

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland (Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­) has partnered on a new artificial intelligence (AI) centre to support businesses and attract world-leaders in technology innovation to the state.

5 May 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ purple provides wild yeast for a true Queensland brew

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ purple provides wild yeast for a true Queensland brew

Researchers are raising a glass to a Queensland first: beer brewed using wild fermented yeast, hand-picked from a jacaranda tree at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

5 May 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers win 2020 national FameLab championships

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers win 2020 national FameLab championships

University of Queensland medical PhD student Cody Frear has won the 2020 national FameLab® championships with a research presentation on treating children’s burns.

4 May 2020

Lessons from the past to help the present pandemic response

Lessons from the past to help the present pandemic response

An international team of experts has outlined ways to manage life during the COVID-19 pandemic, using existing research from the social and behavioural sciences.

1 May 2020

Stopping deforestation: lessons from Colombia

Stopping deforestation: lessons from Colombia

A study of deforestation in Colombia by researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has revealed some valuable insights which could be used to help slow deforestation in areas around the globe.

1 May 2020

Answering the question ‘Will I get better?’

Answering the question ‘Will I get better?’

Speech pathologists lack a consistent approach to communicating post-stroke recovery information to patients, a University of Queensland study has found.

1 May 2020

Mapping health risks for people with mental disorders

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Mapping health risks for people with mental disorders

Researchers now have the ability to map the risks of general medical conditions such as heart and lung diseases, diabetes and cancer for people with mental disorders.

30 April 2020

Conservation goals may be stymied by a lack of land for biodiversity offsetting

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Conservation goals may be stymied by a lack of land for biodiversity offsetting

Developers may struggle to find enough land to offset the biodiversity impacts of future development, according to a University of Queensland study.

30 April 2020

COVID19 – what next?

COVID-19

COVID19 – what next?

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the world, impacting the way we work, socialise, study and more. But what does the future look like? Our experts share their thoughts.

29 April 2020