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A photo showing an antibiotic drip on a stand in the foreground, with the corridor of a hospital in the blurred background.

Changing the way antibiotics are given to adult patients with sepsis will save thousands of lives a year globally, according to research by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and The George Institute for Global Health.

13 June 2024
Crown-of-thorns starfish covering coral on Great Barrier Reef.

Scientists are one step closer to combatting coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a University of Queensland study into the pest’s genetics.

15 May 2024
An aerial photo of turquoise and darker blue water around an area of the Great Barrier Reef.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers have received $3.6 million from the Federal and Queensland governments to improve water quality monitoring in Great Barrier Reef catchments.

8 May 2024
Man clutching heart

Forty-five per cent of patients admitted to hospital for atrial fibrillation (AF) in Australia and New Zealand die within a decade, according to University of Queensland research.

30 April 2024
An illustration of several large raptor dinosaurs roaming on a plain.

Scientists have discovered the tracks of a 5 metre-long raptor dinosaur, challenging what was previously known about the species’ size range.

26 April 2024
A human hand holding a small earless dragon

Remote cameras and conservation dogs will be deployed as part of a University of Queensland research project aiming to conserve four threatened Queensland reptile species.

12 April 2024
A slice of a 3D map of the universe showing Earth at its centre.

An international team of researchers has created the world's largest and most detailed 3D map of the universe – measuring the expansion of the cosmos over the past 11 billion years.

5 April 2024
A four wheeled rover with an excavator attachment on a sandy field

A team of aspiring students from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has won a share in honours in an international space competition.

3 April 2024
A goanna eating a black snake.

A University of Queensland-led study has shed light on how some lizards have evolved to resist deadly neurotoxins from Australia’s most venomous snakes.

26 March 2024
a man stands in water holding a plastic container

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers estimate there could be up to 7000 tonnes of microplastics polluting vital ecosystems in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay.

25 March 2024
Dark coloured beetle covered in white hairs sitting on green leaf. Image: James Tweed.

A researcher from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has discovered a remarkable new genus of fluffy longhorn beetle while camping within rainforest in the Gold Coast hinterland.

21 March 2024
A closeup of a young women in different images clutching various body parts shaded red to indicate pain.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers have discovered how the ‘on-switch’ for the body’s inflammation machinery can get stuck and cause rare genetic inflammatory diseases.

19 March 2024
An image showing the head and some of the body of a large snake on green grass at night.

A team of scientists on location with a film crew in the remote Amazon has uncovered a previously undocumented species of giant anaconda.

20 February 2024
Colourful coral on the ocean floor, surrounded by small fish and blue water in the background.

ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø-led research has shown there is more coral reef area across the globe than previously thought, with detailed satellite mapping helping to conserve these vital ecosystems.

14 February 2024
A man holds an animated model of a lung

University of Queensland researchers have used machine learning to help predict the risk of secondary bacterial infections in hospitalised COVID-19 patients.

2 February 2024