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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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Down syndrome project shatters quality of life myths

Research assistants Mia Johnston, Alana Pettigrew, Rebecca Flanaghan and Michael Cox (L to R), with Assoc. Prof. Rhonda Faragher and Dr Jan Lloyd (behind). Supplied.

Down syndrome project shatters quality of life myths

Young adults living with Down syndrome have high aspirations and a great zest for life according to an Australian first study by researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

10 August 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ #33 in latest rankings

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ #33 in latest rankings

​​​​​​​Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has jumped five places to be ranked 33rd in the world in the National Taiwan University (NTU) Ranking.

5 August 2022

Kids’ noses can better fight COVID-19

A child blowing nose

Kids’ noses can better fight COVID-19

University of Queensland-led research has found the lining of children’s noses is better at inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infections than adult noses.

4 August 2022

Marching with a mission: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers help document history

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Marching with a mission: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers help document history

At a time when Aboriginal people’s lives were controlled – including what language they spoke, where they could go and who they could marry – Aunty Lesley Williams was marching outside these restrictions.

3 August 2022

Knots that bind - Sonja Carmichael's journey to reclaim Quandamooka weaving

A woman stands in a freshwater swamp holding a bundle of long straight reeds.

Knots that bind - Sonja Carmichael's journey to reclaim Quandamooka weaving

Weaving is part of Sonja Carmichael’s cultural inheritance, but despite always living on Country, she only arrived at it by chance.

2 August 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ rolls out the welcome mat for Open Day 2022

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ rolls out the welcome mat for Open Day 2022

Learn how insects are used to solve crime, walk through a replica Stonehenge and see wearable technology as fashion at this year’s University of Queensland Open Day.

2 August 2022

The importance of language and connection to Country

Dylan Berger

The importance of language and connection to Country

Dylan Berger is set to explore how language is a living form of Indigenous Knowledge, as the inaugural recipient of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s Indigenous Languages Scholarship.

1 August 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ celebrates First Nations music

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ celebrates First Nations music

Deadly Noize is set to showcase First Nations artists in four hours of live music at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

30 July 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers shortlisted for Eureka Prizes

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers shortlisted for Eureka Prizes

A University of Queensland researcher and a research team have been named finalists in the prestigious 2022 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

29 July 2022

COVID vaccine patch fights variants better than needles

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COVID vaccine patch fights variants better than needles

A needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as Omicron and Delta, than a traditional needle vaccine according to a University of Queensland study in mice.

28 July 2022

The Feeney way

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The Feeney way

Throughout the 2000s, The Atlantic Philanthropies (founded by American philanthropist Chuck Feeney) gave more than $100 million to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ to help establish the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and...

27 July 2022