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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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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ ventilator design hackathon puts engineers to work

L-R - Giordano Masnata, Isabelle Fleming, Mitchell Davis and Mitchell Heard. Picture by Mark Calleja

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ ventilator design hackathon puts engineers to work

A mission to design ventilators that could serve COVID-19 patients has brought together 200 bright engineers and their students at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

20 April 2020

Try science at home with the #StayHome BiodiversityChallenge

Try science at home with the #StayHome BiodiversityChallenge

Stuck together in isolation, three University of Queensland scientists have started a new online challenge to get us more acquainted with our (very) local wildlife.

17 April 2020

Australian researchers trace sewage for early warning COVID-19 spread

Australian researchers trace sewage for early warning COVID-19 spread

Australian researchers have achieved the first step in developing an early warning surveillance system to track COVID-19 prevalence in the community through tracing the presence of the novel coronavirus gene in raw sewage.

16 April 2020

Genetics linked to childhood emotional, social and psychiatric problems

Genetics linked to childhood emotional, social and psychiatric problems

Emotional, social and psychiatric problems in children and adolescents have been linked to higher levels of genetic vulnerability for adult depression.

16 April 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s new Chief Student Entrepreneur sees opportunities ahead

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Chief Student Entrepreneur Rachael Dagge

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s new Chief Student Entrepreneur sees opportunities ahead

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s newly appointed Chief Student Entrepreneur believes the methodologies and agile nature of startups will be adopted widely as a result of the pandemic.

15 April 2020

Spider venom key to pain relief without side-effects

Spider venom key to pain relief without side-effects

Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief.

14 April 2020

Traditional vegetable diet lowers the risk of premature babies

Traditional vegetable diet lowers the risk of premature babies

It turns out we should follow our parents' advice when we’re thinking about becoming parents ourselves, with a study finding eating the traditional ‘three-vegies’ regularly before pregnancy lowers the risk of a premature birth.

14 April 2020

COVID-19 drug leads identified

A graphic representation of how a discovered compound inhibits the COVID-19 virus main protease. Credit: Professor Luke Guddat.

COVID-19 drug leads identified

An international team of researchers has tested more than 10,000 compounds to identify six drug candidates that may help treat COVID-19.

9 April 2020

International partnership progresses Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ COVID-19 vaccine project

Two female researchers work at the lab bench as part of the vaccine project at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

International partnership progresses Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ COVID-19 vaccine project

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s potential COVID-19 vaccine is entering an important new phase of testing with the live coronavirus to determine how effectively it induces protection against coronavirus infection.

9 April 2020

Early bedtime linked to healthy weight in children

Early bedtime linked to healthy weight in children

Researchers have shown healthy sleep for children is not just about getting 10 hours a night, revealing a link between late bedtimes and unhealthy weight gain.

8 April 2020

Online driving course delivers real life safety results

Online driving course delivers real life safety results

An online driver training course developed by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has been shown to reduce speeding and improve driving ability.

8 April 2020