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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
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First step to curb COVID vaccine misinformation is finding out who is most vulnerable

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First step to curb COVID vaccine misinformation is finding out who is most vulnerable

The success of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout will depend on everyone’s willingness to receive it. But experts have warned vaccine misinformation online puts Australia’s communities at risk, and some more than others.

5 May 2021

On the front line of family law reform

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On the front line of family law reform

A parliamentary inquiry has endorsed a law professor’s proposal for a multidisciplinary tribunal to manage parenting disputes for those unable to afford legal representation.

5 May 2021

Blowing the whistle on flawed laws

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Blowing the whistle on flawed laws

Employees and journalists who expose organisational corruption are in danger of criminal charges under severe and complex national security laws, according to University of Queensland academics.

30 April 2021

National investment to produce revolutionary mRNA therapies at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

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National investment to produce revolutionary mRNA therapies at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

A pilot facility at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland could be producing mRNA vaccines and cancer therapies for research and development within months after receiving backing from the Australian Government.

29 April 2021

Brisbane’s car-free iconoclasts

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Brisbane’s car-free iconoclasts

The motivations of a rebellious class of car-free citizens in the sprawling, low-density city of Brisbane have been investigated by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

27 April 2021

Boosting success for premmie children starting school

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Boosting success for premmie children starting school

Ensuring children who were born premature are ready for school when the time comes is the focus of University of Queensland research.

27 April 2021

Brisbane’s only major book fair and rare book auction for 2021

Lot 6 - Austen’s Novels. Vols. I-VI for sale at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Rare Book Auction.

Brisbane’s only major book fair and rare book auction for 2021

A rare Jane Austen collection from the 1800s, antique motorboat designs and a first edition copy of To Kill a Mockingbird are some of the items going under the auctioneer’s hammer at Brisbane’s only major book fair for 2021.

26 April 2021

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ technology powers up greener alternative to lithium ion in Brisbane manufacturing deal

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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ technology powers up greener alternative to lithium ion in Brisbane manufacturing deal

Faster-charging and more sustainable batteries with a life up to three times greater than lithium ion are being built with technology developed at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

23 April 2021

Antidepressant withdrawal or relapse? Doctors can’t really tell

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Antidepressant withdrawal or relapse? Doctors can’t really tell

Doctors need more evidence to help patients stop taking antidepressants safely and effectively, a collaborative study with Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has found.

23 April 2021

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ student supplying an easier future for people with diabetes

Group shot of Pitch Night finalists on stage with Ashley Hanger, the winner, in the middle holding the trophy

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ student supplying an easier future for people with diabetes

A University of Queensland startup ready to help 1.7 million Australian diabetics has won Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s top entrepreneurship program, Ventures ilab Accelerator, Pitch Night.

22 April 2021

Australian-first clinical trial shows brain stimulation can treat severe OCD

Electrodes implanted into the region of the brain involved in mediating sustained stress and anxiety

Australian-first clinical trial shows brain stimulation can treat severe OCD

Deep brain stimulation has been found to help people with severe obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that has not responded to other treatment, in a clinical trial led by University of Queensland researchers.

21 April 2021