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a crocodile moves away on a sandy bank

Crocodiles in northern Australia are heating up as the climate warms, with higher body temperatures changing their behaviour.

13 February 2025
Photos of patient's forearm showing the decrease in lesions over a 12-month period.

UQ researchers have discovered immunotherapy, when used to treat people with advanced cancers, also helps reduce sunspots and skin cancers by at least 65 per cent.

13 February 2025
Person holding cigarettes in one hand and a vape in the other

UQ researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public health outcomes.

12 February 2025
Students sit at a table in a library in Italy as one takes notes

Cultural artefacts and historic sites around the world are being threatened by organised crime groups who traffic the items for lucrative profits, a team of researchers from UQ found.

12 February 2025
Sick child in a hospital bed with a drip

UQ research using 'natural killer' cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood cancer in 40 years.

12 February 2025
An erupting volcano at night.

Research on Australian volcanoes shows how tiny crystals formed inside volcanoes offer clues about the formation of rare earth deposits and how we can find more of them.

11 February 2025
A man sitting on his couch wearing virtual reality goggles. He appears to be viewing a sports event from inside the stadium.

Internationally renowned sports marketing expert Rick Burton will make the case for Brisbane to be the technology Games, when he discusses how sport, business and government could revolutionise fan engagement over the next decade.

11 February 2025
A doctor looks over notes with a pen in hand

UQ researchers discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed at identifying factors that contribute to misdiagnosis.

11 February 2025
A black and white photo of a syringe being injected into an egg from a uterus.

A UQ-led team has successfully produced the first kangaroo embryos through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a crucial jump towards saving other marsupial species from extinction.

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

The first cohort of “home grown’’ doctors, trained exclusively in the Central Á¢²©¹ÙÍø and Wide Bay regions, has begun first-year studies through The University of Á¢²©¹ÙÍø’s Rural Clinical School.

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

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

5 February 2025

A University of Á¢²©¹ÙÍø (UQ) 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 UQ 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 UQ researcher has helped develop a framework that could be the perfect tool.

28 January 2025
University of Á¢²©¹ÙÍø's Great Court

Critical care researcher Professor John Fraser and former Alumni Friends president Dr Catherine Lawrence are among members of The University of Á¢²©¹ÙÍø 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.

UQ 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 UQ 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 UQ 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.

UQ research has highlighted the need for specialised support services to help people with young onset dementia cope with giving up driving.

17 January 2025