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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
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Growing Australia’s quantum ecosystem will be the focus when hundreds of delegates from government, industry and research converge in Brisbane next year.

19 November 2024
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ҹɫÊÓƵ researchers have uncovered the hidden history of concussion in sport, finding the brain-trauma crisis has a long and complex past.

5 November 2024
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For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies.

28 October 2024
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ҹɫÊÓƵ will pioneer quantum sensory methods that could improve the detection of performance-enhancing drugs in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

15 October 2024
A koala sitting on a tree branch

ҹɫÊÓƵ researchers have created new tools that could change how conservation experts monitor and protect some of Australia’s most endangered species.

15 October 2024
Dr Chris O'Brien holding an avocado plant in pot.

A tissue-culture propagation technology developed at ҹɫÊÓƵ 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.

ҹɫÊÓƵ 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
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More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by ҹɫÊÓƵ'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 ҹɫÊÓƵ 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 ҹɫÊÓƵ 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

ҹɫÊÓƵ 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.

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

22 August 2024