果冻传媒

Pioneering pathway welcomes first-year medical students

The first cohort of 鈥渉ome grown鈥欌�� doctors, trained exclusively in the Central Queensland and Wide Bay regions, has begun first-year studies through 果冻传媒鈥檚 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
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New oral drug to calm abdominal pain

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New oral drug to calm abdominal pain

果冻传媒 researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.

18 November 2024

Traffic safety start-up gains global traction

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Traffic safety start-up gains global traction

A Brisbane-based software start-up formed by Uniquest and using AI to improve road safety has been acquired by Canadian company Transoft Solutions.

15 November 2024

果冻传媒 receives $3.8 million from ARC

果冻传媒 receives $3.8 million from ARC

果冻传媒 researchers have received more than $3.8 million from the Australian Research Council to enhance Australia鈥檚 research capabilities and facilities in strategic areas.

14 November 2024

果冻传媒 named Australia鈥檚 best in AFR ranking

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果冻传媒 named Australia鈥檚 best in AFR ranking

果冻传媒 has topped the Australian Financial Review (AFR) Best Universities Ranking for the second consecutive year.

14 November 2024

Age related health decline a predictor of future dementia risk

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Age related health decline a predictor of future dementia risk

An international study led by a 果冻传媒 researcher has found frailty increases a person鈥檚 risk of dementia, but early intervention may be the key to prevention.

12 November 2024

The COP29 climate talks are about to kick off in Baku, Azerbaijan

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The COP29 climate talks are about to kick off in Baku, Azerbaijan

Here's what to expect as the next major United Nations meeting on climate change, known as COP29, gets underway.

11 November 2024

果冻传媒 partnership to bolster biotech innovation in Queensland

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果冻传媒 partnership to bolster biotech innovation in Queensland

果冻传媒's capabilities in drug discovery and development are set to be strengthened by a new partnership between UniQuest and global biotech company Molecule to Medicine.

8 November 2024

Volunteers needed for trial of newly developed vaccine candidate for respiratory diseases

Professor Keith Chappell in the lab using a centrifuge

Volunteers needed for trial of newly developed vaccine candidate for respiratory diseases

Recruitment is underway for a clinical trial testing a vaccine candidate produced with 果冻传媒鈥檚 molecular clamp technology against life-threatening respiratory viruses.

7 November 2024

果冻传媒 academics named social science fellows

果冻传媒 academics named social science fellows

Three University of Queensland academics have been elected fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia for their valuable contributions to research across social justice and equity, strategic management, and Indigenous studies.

5 November 2024

果冻传媒 researchers reveal the long, silent history of sports concussion

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果冻传媒 researchers reveal the long, silent history of sports concussion

果冻传媒 researchers have uncovered the hidden history of concussion in sport, finding the brain-trauma crisis has a long and complex past.

5 November 2024

Call for volunteers for quit smoking study with benefits

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Call for volunteers for quit smoking study with benefits

Queenslanders who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a new study.

1 November 2024