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Pioneering pathway welcomes first-year medical students

The first cohort of “home grown’’ doctors, trained exclusively in the Central Queensland and Wide Bay regions, has begun first-year studies through ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s Rural Clinical School.

5 February 2025
First-year medical students with Professor Riitta Partanen.

New technique to detect dark matter using atomic clocks and lasers

A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in the cosmos.

5 February 2025
A photograph of the night sky with the Milky Way galaxy stretching out.

A University of Queensland (¹û¶³´«Ã½) researcher Dr Debottam Sinha has received $450,000 from the Passe & Williams Foundation to improve health outcomes for patients with a rare form of cancer.

4 February 2025
A group of people standing in a laboratory wearing white lab coats.

A first-of-its-kind program will encourage university students from diverse disciplines to ‘test-drive’ a career in Australia’s agriculture industry.

29 January 2025
A northern short-tailed shrew in forest leaf litter

Researchers at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have identified the first henipavirus in North America. 

29 January 2025
A woman in a grey sweater looking frustratingly at her computer

Managers are often at a loss on how to increase morale and reduce burnout for their employees, but a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researcher has helped develop a framework that could be the perfect tool.

28 January 2025
University of Queensland's Great Court

Critical care researcher Professor John Fraser and former Alumni Friends president Dr Catherine Lawrence are among members of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ community recognised in today’s Australia Day honours.

26 January 2025
People in New Farm Park in the late afternoon sun with the Brisbane urban skyline in the background.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers are shining a light on the link between greenspace exposure and better health in the hope of influencing future urban greening policies.

23 January 2025
a satellite image of a nickel mine surrounded by trees

Land clearing for nickel mines is causing a more severe threat to the climate than initially thought, a study led by a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researcher has found.

21 January 2025
a man with a beard sits behind a tray of small plants in a glasshouse

Years of scouring the bush and breeding work at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have resulted in new varieties of a native Australian plant valuable to the global pharmaceutical industry.

20 January 2025
A pair of hands on a car steering wheel.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ research has highlighted the need for specialised support services to help people with young onset dementia cope with giving up driving.

17 January 2025
Students from ¹û¶³´«Ã½'s Young Achievers Program

Almost 4,300 students have secured a place at ¹û¶³´«Ã½ in today’s major offer round, bringing the total number of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ offers so far to about 10,700 for Semester 1, 2025.

16 January 2025
Woman in hospital bed wearing a hospital gown with her abdomen being examined.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have conducted the first longitudinal study on the impact of endometriosis on Australia’s healthcare system, finding the disease is a significant cause of hospitalisation.

16 January 2025