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Federal Election 2025 - ¹ú²ú̽»¨ experts available

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
Parliament House

Crisis mode: Why some businesses thrive in times of trouble

Research led by ¹ú²ú̽»¨ 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
A photo of a green sapling growing out of scorched earth.

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

¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments.

21 March 2025
The Flood Tuff units in action protecting traffic management systems from flood waters. Image: TMR

As ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred loomed over South-East Queensland last week, eagle-eyed Brisbane residents might have spotted hulking yellow boxes appearing at key traffic intersections.

21 March 2025
Doctor embracing digital health, working on laptop and iPad

Digital health education will be integrated into university degrees across Australia as part of an initiative to upskill the country’s healthcare workforce

21 March 2025
Red running track with white lines and number painted on.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ is collaborating with the International Olympic Committee on a project to combat interpersonal violence in sport in the Pacific Islands.

20 March 2025
Two women and two men stand behind computer equipment

Researchers will soon be able to study biological changes at scales and speeds not previously possible to significantly expand knowledge in areas such as disease progression and drug delivery.

20 March 2025
A group of wastewater plants in a line on a sunny day.

Deadly synthetic opioids have been detected in Australian wastewater for the first time, according to an international survey led by ¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers.

19 March 2025
Hands with a smart phone showing health apps.

Digital tools such as telehealth, remote monitoring and mobile health apps are key to transforming healthcare but trust in these new ways to provide care remains a stumbling block, ¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have found.

18 March 2025
Two university students looking at laptop while lecturer looks over their shoulder. Image, ¹ú²ú̽»¨

¹ú²ú̽»¨ has launched an ambitious strategy to train more First Nations doctors, with many expected to stay on to practice in regional and rural communities.

17 March 2025
A South East Queensland koala, part of a population that has developed the unique genomic immunity.

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus threatening their species.

13 March 2025
A group of people at a political protest

Does more income equal more democracy? Not necessarily, according to an analysis of 200 years of international data.

13 March 2025