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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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Researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland have found young adults and baby boomers are bearing the brunt of Queensland’s housing affordability crisis.

18 October 2022
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Professor Di Yu and Professor Jason Roberts from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Faculty of Medicine have been elected as new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS).

14 October 2022

​​​​​​​Preventing chronic pain after traffic injuries and improving the safety of care for children with cancer are among a raft of research projects starting at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

13 October 2022
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Children’s growth will be easier to assess following a University of Queensland-led study analysing the genetic variants that influence height.

13 October 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has again achieved its best global result in the highly regarded Times Higher...

12 October 2022
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Research from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has found no link between community water fluoridation and adverse effects to children’s brain development.

10 October 2022
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Scientists at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland are developing a protein-based vaccine to protect Australia’s beef industry from lumpy skin disease (LSD).

7 October 2022
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Journalists may face decades in prison for ‘foreign interference’ offences unless urgent changes are made to Australia’s national security laws, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

6 October 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has appointed an internationally recognised leader in education innovation to the position of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic).

4 October 2022

University of Queensland researchers have discovered how COVID-19 damages the heart, opening the door to future treatments.

30 September 2022
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An Australian-first study by researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has found 8 per cent of urine samples drawn from the general public contained a common weed killer.

30 September 2022