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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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Using tiny brains to treat rare, hereditary diseases

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Using tiny brains to treat rare, hereditary diseases

Brain tissue grown in a laboratory by University of Queensland researchers will be used to test a treatment for a rare disease in children and help unlock therapies for a range of neurological disorders.

6 April 2023

Children with asthma at risk of anxiety

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Children with asthma at risk of anxiety

Children diagnosed with asthma were at significantly increased risk of developing anxiety, a University of Queensland study has found.

5 April 2023

Predators munch crown-of-thorns starfish

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Predators munch crown-of-thorns starfish

University of Queensland scientists have identified natural predators which could help fight outbreaks of the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) on the Great Barrier Reef.

5 April 2023

Concern about chemicals in compostable food containers

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Concern about chemicals in compostable food containers

University of Queensland researchers are analysing compostable takeaway food packaging for potentially polluting chemicals.

4 April 2023

Pachyderm perfume: How African elephants use odour to communicate

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Pachyderm perfume: How African elephants use odour to communicate

University of Queensland researchers have found African elephants use their acute sense of smell as a form of communication.

3 April 2023

HR leader to return to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ in chief role

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HR leader to return to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ in chief role

University of Queensland has appointed accomplished people and culture leader Phillip Vaughan to the position of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

30 March 2023

Bees abuzz for biosecurity in avocados

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Bees abuzz for biosecurity in avocados

Bees can help prove Australia's valuable avocado crop is free of a pathogen that could be a barrier to exports according to research by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland and the national science agency CSIRO.

30 March 2023

Building 50 years of memories

Building 50 years of memories

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland community is celebrating a half-century of graduations, music, concerts, exams, lectures, protests and exhibitions in Mayne Hall.

29 March 2023

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers selected to attend 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers selected to attend 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

Two University of Queensland researchers have been selected to attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany in June.

28 March 2023

Indigenous scholarship helps big things grow

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Indigenous scholarship helps big things grow

The inaugural recipient of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland Kev Carmody Scholarship met the celebrated singer-songwriter at the official unveiling of a mural at the St Lucia campus.

28 March 2023

Compassion could be key to combating body shame

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Compassion could be key to combating body shame

University of Queensland researchers have found compassion could reduce self-criticism, body shaming and depression in overweight or obese adults.

28 March 2023