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Technology has enabled athletes with disabilities to reach incredible heights but it has also introduced new challenges, particularly in ensuring fairness and equity in competition.

2 September 2024
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¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have received two $3 million grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council to accelerate knowledge and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and to improve gynaecological cancer treatment.

30 August 2024

A bioscience startup and a world-leading immunologist at The University of Queensland are among the winners in the Life Sciences Queensland (LSQ) GENE Awards.

30 August 2024
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One of Australia’s leading musicians and educators will join ¹ú²ú̽»¨ as the Kinnane Professor of Music early next year.

30 August 2024
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¹ú²ú̽»¨ research has won an international innovation award for successfully tackling odour and corrosion in sewers.

29 August 2024
A woman in bathers and swimming cap sitting on the edge of an indoor swimming pool.

University of Queensland research is supporting elite athletes to adjust to life after retiring from sport.

27 August 2024
A baby in a hospital bed with an IV tube and bandaged limbs.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ is leading a trial across Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast focusing on improving the delivery of life-saving treatments for hospitalised babies.

26 August 2024
A male scientist in lab coat and goggles inspects a glass full of red liquid.

A new $60-million Biosustainability Hub at ¹ú²ú̽»¨ will use synthetic biology to help the world’s biggest businesses transition to net zero.

26 August 2024
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¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited.

22 August 2024
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¹ú²ú̽»¨ research could lead to a more effective immunotherapy treatment against bladder cancer.

21 August 2024
Heavy machinery clearing trees from land.

Australia’s environmental laws are failing to stop high rates of tree clearing to make way for agriculture, development and mining, according to University of Queensland research.

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

A ¹ú²ú̽»¨ library – full of hailstones instead of books – is helping researchers to better understand and predict damaging storms.

16 August 2024
Maddison Keeney holding a silver Olympic medal and smiling with an Australian flag around her shoulders

¹ú²ú̽»¨ alum Maddison Keeney has won the silver medal in the women’s 3-metre springboard, the first Australian in history to win an individual Olympic medal in a springboard diving event.

12 August 2024
The Australian women's water polo team celebrate after winning a silver medal in Paris

¹ú²ú̽»¨'s Gabi Palm and Abby Andrews have helped create a powerful legacy by winning an inaugural Olympic silver medal.

12 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