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Professor Sue Harrison has been appointed as Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) (DVCR&I). 

21 March 2025
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ has a range of experts available to comment on the Federal Government's budget.

21 March 2025

University of Queensland researchers have secured more than $4.45 million from Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite program (Round 1) to advance research and commercialisation in national priority areas.

21 March 2025
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments.

21 March 2025
The Flood Tuff units in action protecting traffic management systems from flood waters. Image: TMR

As ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred loomed over South-East Queensland last week, eagle-eyed Brisbane residents might have spotted hulking yellow boxes appearing at key traffic intersections.

21 March 2025
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Digital health education will be integrated into university degrees across Australia as part of an initiative to upskill the country’s healthcare workforce

21 March 2025
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ is collaborating with the International Olympic Committee on a project to combat interpersonal violence in sport in the Pacific Islands.

20 March 2025
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Researchers will soon be able to study biological changes at scales and speeds not previously possible to significantly expand knowledge in areas such as disease progression and drug delivery.

20 March 2025
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Deadly synthetic opioids have been detected in Australian wastewater for the first time, according to an international survey led by Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers.

19 March 2025
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Digital tools such as telehealth, remote monitoring and mobile health apps are key to transforming healthcare but trust in these new ways to provide care remains a stumbling block, Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers have found.

18 March 2025
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ has launched an ambitious strategy to train more First Nations doctors, with many expected to stay on to practice in regional and rural communities.

17 March 2025
A South East Queensland koala, part of a population that has developed the unique genomic immunity.

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus threatening their species.

13 March 2025
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Does more income equal more democracy? Not necessarily, according to an analysis of 200 years of international data.

13 March 2025

Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Queensland has maintained its ranking in the global top 50 for 20 academic subject areas in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

13 March 2025
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Research from Â鶹ÊÓƵ has found the sex of feral pigs and seasonal conditions are likely to intensify potential disease outbreaks in pig populations.

13 March 2025
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A Â鶹ÊÓƵ researcher has confirmed a boulder at a regional school contains one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints per square metre ever documented in Australia.

12 March 2025
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ research has found discrimination based on sexual orientation is common in the gig economy, but only for tasks requiring close physical proximity.

11 March 2025
A satellite image of a cyclone.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has a range of experts available to comment on the impact of cyclones and severe weather events such as Cyclone Alfred. 

10 March 2025
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Gaps in Australian tobacco laws are allowing children to be targeted by retailers with some using window toy displays, cartoons and movie characters on their shopfronts, Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers have found.

10 March 2025
Child lying on bed with nebuliser mask on face.

Researchers at Â鶹ÊÓƵ have found First Nations people are twice as likely to present at hospital with asthma and other allergy related illnesses, compared to other Australians.

5 March 2025