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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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ 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
Burning fossil fuels

All eyes will be on Glasgow over the first two weeks of November as world leaders meet at the most important international climate summit in the past decade.

2 November 2021
Red flourescence shows Alzheimer plaques in human stem cell derived neurons

Studying tiny ‘live’ models of the human brain has helped researchers understand its ageing and find a key to potential treatments for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.

2 November 2021
Woman sitting in front of a microphone smiling.

Until she attended a careers information fair, final-year University of Queensland journalism student Sarah Richards thought teaching art was where her future lay.

1 November 2021
A book with gilt title.

A 200-year-old vampire has been found in a University of Queensland library.

31 October 2021
Luminating composite glasses

Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research conducted at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

29 October 2021
Aerial shot of wastewater treatment plant

Queensland still has high rates of MDMA, cocaine and methyl amphetamine consumption, according to a report released by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).

28 October 2021
Head shot of Dr Dan Watterson with his arms folded across his chest, and the lab behind

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s Associate Professor Dan Watterson has been awarded a $1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowship to research accelerated pandemic treatments.

28 October 2021
Insole technology designed by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researcher.

A shoe insole using bionic technology to help people with nerve damage maintain their balance has been designed by University of Queensland researchers.

28 October 2021
2022 Queensland Rhodes Scholar Tahlia Smith

University of Queensland alumnus Tahlia Smith will be heading to Oxford after being named Queensland's 2022 Rhodes Scholar.

27 October 2021
SARS-CoV-2 virus added to epithelial cells and infected cells shown in pink.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect blood vessels, despite the high risk of blood clots to COVID-19 patients, University of Queensland researchers have found.

27 October 2021
Participants in the signing ceremony on the steps of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Forgan Smith building

Mining engineering education will enter a new era with an agreement signed between Mitsubishi Development (MDP) and Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

27 October 2021