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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.
An illustration of the protein buildup on neurons that contributes to motor and cognitive symptoms.

A potential new treatment for motor neurone disease developed by a company spun out of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ has produced successful results in a human clinical trial.

10 December 2024
a view of very green dense foliage and a large tree trunk covered in ferns

New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from extinction.

10 December 2024
A man and a woman in graduation attire posing on stage - the man holding a cylinder

Recent graduate Dr T’kido Titasey almost gave up on his medicine degree, but a strong connection to his hometown encouraged him to give it another try.

9 December 2024
Coloured pills falling out of a container

University of Queensland research has found antimicrobial usage is significantly higher in affluent communities in Australia.

6 December 2024
A black and white still image from a video showing a bee with a refelective marker on its back approaching a flower.

Technology that combines infrared lighting, robotics and a retroreflective marker is allowing scientists to follow and film insects as they fly in their natural environment.

5 December 2024
A lady sulking on a couch

Women who have a high genetic risk of depression are more likely to develop heart disease, ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have found.

5 December 2024
A woman stands at the front of a classroom holding period products.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have launched a menstrual health teaching guide for classrooms co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students.

4 December 2024
A man and three women stand on a stage in front of a ¹û¶³´«Ã½ banner that reads Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan.

¹û¶³´«Ã½ will continue on its path to ensuring a fair, equal and inclusive society with the launch of a second Reconciliation Action Plan.

2 December 2024

University of Queensland researchers have secured more than $35 million through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects 2025 scheme to expand research in national priority areas.

29 November 2024

A topical cream to help prevent and treat skin cancers in organ transplant patients is a step closer to development.

29 November 2024
Large piece of white coral in a sea of blue with little fish in the distance.

Coral adaptation to global warming will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions in global greenhouse gasses, according to an international team of scientists.

29 November 2024