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Two Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers honoured as AAHMS Fellows for 2024

An Aboriginal epidemiologist and a leading gynaecologic oncologist have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

25 October 2024
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Plugging into pain: ant toxin causes electrical sting

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have uncovered the workings of ant venom by measuring electric currents through individual channels in cells to understand how it causes pain.

17 October 2024
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Music to help, not hinder study

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Music to help, not hinder study

University of Queensland research into the impact of listening to music while studying has been so positive it is now a practical short course offered to all undergraduate students.

28 June 2023

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ pivotal to mining’s net zero future

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ pivotal to mining’s net zero future

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s vision for a sustainable future will be at the centre of an international conversation as Brisbane hosts the 2023 World Mining Congress this week.

27 June 2023

Cooking up a future for Australian yams

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Cooking up a future for Australian yams

Promoting the cultivation and use of a nutritious and tasty native plant tuber is the aim of a research project at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

27 June 2023

Yeast dust makes a cheap, fast virus test

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Yeast dust makes a cheap, fast virus test

Researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland have made a dust from baker’s yeast that can detect COVID-19 and could safeguard communities against future pandemics.

26 June 2023

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ partners with Paralympics Australia to put Brisbane on track for 2032 gold

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ partners with Paralympics Australia to put Brisbane on track for 2032 gold

Brisbane is set to become a hub for Paralympic sport with the announcement of a nationally-significant partnership between Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland and Paralympics Australia.

23 June 2023

Begging dolphins prompt calls to reform recreational fishing

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Begging dolphins prompt calls to reform recreational fishing

University of Queensland researchers have found bottlenose dolphins in Moreton Bay off Brisbane could be teaching other dolphins to ‘beg’ for food from recreational fishers, with the behaviour creating short and long-term risks.

23 June 2023

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers tackle viruses with pandemic potential

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers tackle viruses with pandemic potential

Researchers have shed light on how a highly infectious virus, that has recently transferred from animals to people, is able to enter human cells.

22 June 2023

Spider venom for MND research receives funding

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Spider venom for MND research receives funding

Research using venom from a rare tarantula is one of two University of Queensland projects which have received funding to develop treatments for motor neurone disease (MND).

21 June 2023

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers secure $2.6 million in ARC funding

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers secure $2.6 million in ARC funding

Six University of Queensland research teams will share $2.6 million from the Australian Research Council (ARC) to support their innovative research and develop industry partnerships.

21 June 2023

Video games spark exciting new frontier in neuroscience

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Video games spark exciting new frontier in neuroscience

University of Queensland researchers have used an algorithm from a video game to gain insights into the behaviour of molecules within live brain cells.

15 June 2023

Dark energy study releases first insights

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Dark energy study releases first insights

Understanding the mysterious force behind the expanding universe is a step closer with the first tranche of data released from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI).

14 June 2023