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Future-proofing Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s student experience through teaching excellence

Six Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ educators have received awards for Teaching Excellence, celebrating their commitment to enhancing student learning with creative and innovative practices.

29 October 2024
A group of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers holding award trophies standing out the front of a sandstone building on a red carpet

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
A herd of goats looking at the camera

A University of Queensland researcher is helping train 'animal-disease detectives' to protect animals and humans from the threat of future pandemics.

14 May 2021

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has made the decision to temporarily close building 22 at the St Lucia campus following a briefing about asbestos dust and electrical concerns.

14 May 2021
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ PhD candidate Jovin Choo holding a high-density microarray patch, which could help vaccinate for dengue in a single click.

A dengue virus vaccine candidate has passed an important milestone, with promising results in animal model testing providing hope to the 390 million people infected every year.

13 May 2021
The protein studied , MyD88, is a key signalling molecule in innate immunity pathways

Scientists have visualised and investigated a key molecular pathway that could one day help treat inflammation, diabetes, cancer, infectious diseases and potentially even COVID-19.

11 May 2021
People spraying pesticides in rice fields.

Sri Lanka is reducing its pesticide-attributable deaths and overall suicide mortality using research from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

10 May 2021
Rice.

People are consuming three to four milligrams of plastic for every 100 grams of rice they eat, with the number jumping to 13 milligrams per serve for instant rice, according to University of Queensland research.

10 May 2021
Woman tying shoelace.

A set of physical activity for pregnancy guidelines, developed by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland and CQUniversity, was released by the Australian Government Department of Health on Mother’s Day.

9 May 2021

Researchers have been able to reduce scarring by blocking part of the healing process in research that could make a significant difference for burns and other trauma patients.

7 May 2021
David Craik standing in a greenhouse, surrounded by plants

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s Professor David Craik has been elected as a Fellow of the oldest learned society in the world, the Royal Society, for his outstanding contribution to science.

7 May 2021
Plastic infusion sets clumped together with a blue backdrop

Researchers hope to save significant time, money and resources in Australian hospital wards, with findings from a new University of Queensland-led study.

7 May 2021
The cave in the forest in Kenya with the excavation team working at the mouth

The remains of a child buried almost 80,000 years ago under an overhang at Panga ya Saidi cave in Kenya is providing important new details about the development of complex social behaviours.

6 May 2021