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Dr Chris O'Brien holding an avocado plant in pot.

A tissue-culture propagation technology developed at Â鶹Çø to grow hundreds of plants from a single cutting is set to bolster avocado production across Latin America.

9 October 2024
Male researcher under red light in a quantum physics lab.

Â鶹Çø will be at the forefront of developing quantum technologies on a global stage, after securing more than $29 million through the Queensland Quantum and Advanced Technologies Strategy.

4 October 2024
An illustration of red virus cells against a light blue background.

More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by Â鶹Çø's Associate Professor Kirsty Short.

4 October 2024

A University of Queensland STEM education program is one step closer to winning a Science Breakthrough of the Year category in the Falling Walls Global Call 2024.

2 October 2024
aerial view of the rooves of houses in brown floodwater

A multi-disciplinary Â鶹Çø project aims to quantify how many Australians will be forced to relocate because of climate change disaster scenarios in the next 25 years.

2 October 2024
Close up of koala in tree. Image, Adobe.

Records of koala admissions to veterinary hospitals in South East Queensland show euthanasia was the most common outcome, according to University of Queensland research.

10 September 2024
A photo of a stage, lit up with pink and blue lights, and a glass trophy in the foreground saying Eureka Prizes.

Teams of researchers from Â鶹Çø working on pioneering melanoma imaging and preventing deadly infections, along with a science engagement team, have won prestigious 2024 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

5 September 2024
Different sized coral underwater

Â鶹Çø research has revealed that informing tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef about climate impact doesn’t negatively affect their experience and can help encourage climate action.

3 September 2024
Two scientists wearing white lab coats, and goggles stand in a corridor smiling at the camera.

Â鶹Çø researchers have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited.

22 August 2024
A spiky white hailstone, flecked with small dots of black paint, rests on a scale on a desk.

A Â鶹Çø library – full of hailstones instead of books – is helping researchers to better understand and predict damaging storms.

16 August 2024

Scientists have unearthed the deepest column of marine rock ever extracted from Earth’s mantle – the enormous layer below its crust – which could help reveal conditions at the dawn of life.

9 August 2024
White coral underwater.

Leading scientists have found that sea surface temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef have reached a 400-year critical level, with human-induced climate change to blame.

8 August 2024
A graphic illustrating a red virus being dragged behind a model of a human being against a grey background.

The Â鶹Çø-led and developed COVID-19 Risk Calculator has been updated to determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID.

1 August 2024
Image of crown-of-thorns starfish larvae taken under a florescence microscope.

Researchers have uncovered an under the sea phenomenon where coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish larvae have been feasting on blue-green algae bacteria known as ‘sea sawdust’.

18 July 2024
A microscopic view of bacteria cells

Researchers from Â鶹Çø have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause persistent illness.

12 July 2024