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University of Queensland researchers have secured more than $1.7 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for two projects aiming to find ways to better tailor healthcare systems.

3 April 2025

Â鶹Çø community is saddened by the passing of former Â鶹Çø academic leader, Dr Graham Francis de Gruchy.

3 April 2025
Women sitting behind desks in individual booths with their backs to the camera tasting food

Researchers at FaBA have developed a toolkit to help manufacturers improve the texture of products to be more appealing to consumers.

3 April 2025
Close-up graphic of gut bacteria

Researchers at Â鶹Çø have found improving the function of the gut microbiome may delay the onset of type 1 diabetes.

3 April 2025
Woman sitting near another person writing notes.

New guidelines have been developed for the treatment of schizophrenia after a collaboration of international experts from 30 countries.

3 April 2025
Parliament House

Australians will head to the polls on May 3 - with tax cuts, cost-of-living and energy likely to be major points of discussion during a five-week federal election campaign.

1 April 2025
A photo of a green sapling growing out of scorched earth.

Research led by Â鶹Çø has explained why some businesses not only survive crises like recessions, pandemics or natural disasters, but thrive, with periods of extreme growth.

1 April 2025
Flowers on top of a coffin at a funeral

When Lisa’s husband passed away unexpectedly, she assumed accessing his superannuation death benefit would be straightforward. Instead, she spent months navigating a bureaucratic maze.

1 April 2025
Researchers studying skin lesions on computer image. Credit, Â鶹Çø

The potential for 3D photography to improve melanoma early detection is a topic of increasing interest in the medical community.

27 March 2025
A digital image of a skin cancer located in the head and neck. The skin cells are shown in bright red, with the tumour pockets in dull red surrounded by yellow. Immune cells are patrolling the tissue in green and magenta.

Two Â鶹Çø researchers have received National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Awards for excellence and outstanding contributions to the sector.

27 March 2025
green grass grows in rows in a field with trees in the distance against a blue sky

New sites for field trials of a Â鶹Çø strategy to combat Phalaris are needed in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

27 March 2025
Close up of hands holding Australian dollar notes.

Â鶹Çø has a range of experts available to comment on the Federal Government's budget.

26 March 2025
The Brisbane River and city skyline in the evening light

A University of Queensland survey of 1000 people found the majority supported Brisbane hosting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games but few planned to attend the opening or closing ceremonies.

26 March 2025
A wide view of a city skyline including high rises and residential housing

Â鶹Çø has a range of experts available to comment on the decision of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic main stadium.

25 March 2025
Single use. white slippers, hand towels and mini shampoo bottles.

Travellers could ‘opt in’ for a lower emissions hotel room and go without single-use shampoo and conditioner, daily towels or room cleaning in an innovative plan by Â鶹Çø researchers to make tourism more eco-friendly.

25 March 2025
Researcher in a lab examining a container of sample nanoparticles used in breast cancer research.

Â鶹Çø researchers are designing nanotechnology they believe could improve how we treat the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

24 March 2025
Retiring Â鶹Çø Gatton grounds supervisor Steve Barakin sitting on the back of his work ute.

The man who tended the mammoth grounds of Â鶹Çø’s Gatton campus for more than 4 decades finished his career the same way it began – clearing the destruction and debris of a major weather event.

24 March 2025

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

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
three swirls surround a blue circle

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

21 March 2025