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Using weather radar to track Australia’s 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 鶹ýӳ 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
A composite image of faces in everyday objects.

Seeing faces in everyday objects is a common experience, but research from 鶹ýӳ of Queensland has found people are more likely to see male faces when they see an image on the trunk of a tree or in burnt toast over breakfast.

25 January 2022
Image of listeria in blue and green colours

University of Queensland researchers have unlocked a way of fighting Listeria infections, which can cause severe illness in pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems.

24 January 2022
A woman and a man wearing dark suits standing behind a counter in masks

As vaccination rates continue to rise and government border policies change, the need for hotel quarantine is fading.

21 January 2022
Headshot of Professor Joanne Wright

After nine years as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at 鶹ýӳ of Queensland, Professor Joanne Wright has accepted a position as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Sydney.

19 January 2022
An artist's impression of E. coli, which infects over 150 million people worldwide.

Scientists have pinpointed a gene that helps deadly E. coli bacteria evade antibiotics, potentially leading to better treatments for millions of people worldwide.

14 January 2022
Two people walking across the lawn at a university

Almost four thousand Queensland students have been offered the opportunity to study at 鶹ýӳ of Queensland, in the latest tertiary admissions offers which went out today.

13 January 2022
Two trains on railway tracks

鶹ýӳ of Queensland has teamed up with Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, on a research project to help reduce the carbon emissions of the company’s locomotive fleet.

6 January 2022
A person in a hazmat suit standing beneath a large telescope.

A “game changing” new telescope will soon be blasted into space to embark on a lonely 1.5-million-kilometre orbit around the Sun to provide a clearer view of the ever-expanding universe.

24 December 2021

鶹ýӳ of Queensland has updated a calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVID-19 infection and vaccination with the Pfizer vaccine.  

22 December 2021
A man in a blue shirt holding a plastic bag containing white crystals.

Methamphetamine use could be two to four times higher than estimated figures in national surveys, researchers at 鶹ýӳ of Queensland have found.

20 December 2021
Students walking through University of Queensland campus

As Queensland school leavers receive their much-anticipated ATAR results, many will face difficult decisions about how to order their university preferences. To help, 鶹ýӳ of Queensland is hosting an online ATAR advice event on December...

17 December 2021