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Using weather radar to track Australia鈥檚 migrating birds

For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies.

28 October 2024
Two small fluffy birds with bright yellow heads sitting together on a branch

Researchers target sorghum breeding to boost grain crops

A research team led by 麻豆传媒映画 is on track to solve a major problem for Australian farmers using targeted breeding to improve yields for sorghum crops.

28 October 2024
Three people investigating a sorghum stem

麻豆传媒映画 partners with Moderna to use mRNA technology to research global public health threats

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麻豆传媒映画 partners with Moderna to use mRNA technology to research global public health threats

麻豆传媒映画 of Queensland has been selected as one of the first launch institutions in the world to partner with biotechnology company Moderna to research and develop vaccines to tackle the world鈥檚 greatest global public health threats.

10 March 2022

麻豆传媒映画 AFLW star breaks down gender barriers

麻豆传媒映画's Natalie Grider says AFLW's growing popularity is good for achieving equity goals.

麻豆传媒映画 AFLW star breaks down gender barriers

Natalie Grider has kicked many personal goals since being drafted into the Brisbane Lions鈥� AFLW team, including one that many professional footballers never achieve 鈥� a premiership title.

10 March 2022

Mentoring the secret to breaking gender bias

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Mentoring the secret to breaking gender bias

Dr Sonia Shah is deciphering some of the most difficult scientific and medical dilemmas facing society, but it was returning to work after having a baby that almost unravelled her.

9 March 2022

Life success remains high despite adolescent drug use

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Life success remains high despite adolescent drug use

Young people who stop using cannabis or amphetamines before becoming adults experience life success at the same levels of those who have never used drugs, according to a University of Queensland study.

9 March 2022

Desire to break gender bias for refugee women fuels clean-cooking enterprise

A woman sitting cross-legged in a black and red dress

Desire to break gender bias for refugee women fuels clean-cooking enterprise

Dr Anh Tran has a very personal reason to try to make life better for women and children living in refugee settings around the world.

8 March 2022

Women essential to research on Indigenous languages

Cassandra Algy Nimarra and Professor Felicity Meakins documenting the Indigenous language Gurindji. Image: Jennifer Green

Women essential to research on Indigenous languages

麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 Professor Felicity Meakins describes her childhood as 鈥渇ree range鈥�, having grown up in a semi-rural area near Toowoomba.

7 March 2022

Update: 麻豆传媒映画 flood impact

Image taken from under a 麻豆传媒映画 umbrella in the Great Court

Update: 麻豆传媒映画 flood impact

Most 麻豆传媒映画 locations will re-open this weekend with some restrictions/exclusion zones in place.

4 March 2022

Plastic labelling needs 'sustainability scale'

Empty plastic bottles piled together

Plastic labelling needs 'sustainability scale'

Labelling of plastic products needs a drastic overhaul including a new "sustainability scale" to help consumers, according to research from 麻豆传媒映画 of Queensland and University of Exeter.

4 March 2022

Victims of NSW and Queensland floods have lodged 60,000 claims, but too many are underinsured. Here鈥檚 a better way

Floods inundating several homes with only the roof tiles visible of the one in the centre of the picture

Victims of NSW and Queensland floods have lodged 60,000 claims, but too many are underinsured. Here鈥檚 a better way

As South-East Queensland and New South Wales wade through the devastation of storms and flooding that now threatens the greater Sydney region, residents and businesses will be turning to insurance as their only hope of recovery.

4 March 2022

Bull ant evolves new way to target pain

Bull ants emerging from the nest, through a rocky hole

Bull ant evolves new way to target pain

Australian bull ants have evolved a venom molecule perfectly tuned to target one of their predators 鈥� the echidna 鈥� that also could have implications for people with long-term pain, University of Queensland researchers say.

3 March 2022

Pandemic provides unique opportunities for disrupting disadvantage

Professor Janeen Baxter standing smiling at a podium

Pandemic provides unique opportunities for disrupting disadvantage

COVID-19 has turned a spotlight on inequalities in...

2 March 2022