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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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Rejuvenating the immune system supports brain repair after injury

Dr Jana Vukovic

Rejuvenating the immune system supports brain repair after injury

Researchers have identified a major shift in how to treat brain injuries, after rejuvenating immune cells to support the repair process.

9 March 2020

New drug combination could support better cancer treatments

New drug combination could support better cancer treatments

Researchers have identified a promising new drug combination that could significantly help the immune system target cancer cells and kill them.

6 March 2020

Shaping the nation’s future with the help of the Westpac Future Leaders Trust

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Shaping the nation’s future with the help of the Westpac Future Leaders Trust

University of Queensland post graduate student Alicia Kirk will undertake important research on enzymes in Brisbane, after being named a 2020 Westpac Future Leaders Scholar.

5 March 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Australia’s top performer in sports, agriculture and environmental science

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Australia’s top performer in sports, agriculture and environmental science

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland was ranked as Australia’s top university for Agriculture and Forestry, Environmental Sciences and Sports-Related subjects for the second consecutive year in the 2020 QS World University Rankings by Subject released today.

3 March 2020

Metals could be the link to new antibiotics

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Metals could be the link to new antibiotics

Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of antibiotics to combat the growing threat of global antibiotic resistance.

27 February 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ most awarded at Australian Awards for University Teaching

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ most awarded at Australian Awards for University Teaching

Three University of Queensland lecturers who made a compelling crime film to engage students in their psychology course have been named the Australian University Teachers of the Year.

26 February 2020

Compulsory income management ‘disabling', study shows

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Compulsory income management ‘disabling', study shows

Restricting where and how social security payments can be spent does more harm than good, according to the first large, independent study into Compulsory Income Management (CIM) policies in Australia.

26 February 2020

Stone tools reveal humans survived a volcanic super-eruption

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Stone tools reveal humans survived a volcanic super-eruption

The recent discovery of stone tools in India reveal that humans survived and coped with one of the largest volcanic events in human history.

26 February 2020

Climate change threatens research itself

Climate change threatens research itself

Australian experts are calling for the higher education sector to prepare for the knock-on effects of climate change on their research.

24 February 2020

‘Significant step’ in COVID-19 vaccine quest

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‘Significant step’ in COVID-19 vaccine quest

A University of Queensland team has met a key milestone in their fast-tracked research to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19.

21 February 2020

A plan to save Earth’s oceans

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A plan to save Earth’s oceans

At least 26 per cent of our oceans need urgent conservation attention to preserve Earth’s marine biodiversity, a University of Queensland-led international study has found.

21 February 2020