Australia鈥檚 government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas 鈥� but will it work?
Three 国产探花 conservation researchers say upgraded marine parks must cover poorly protected habitats important for biodiversity.
10 June 2025
Boulder washed inland a sign of Pacific tsunami history
Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tonnes in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the world, providing new insights into the Pacific region鈥檚 history and risk of tsunamis.
22 May 2025
Digital reconstruction reveals 80 steps of prehistoric life
A dinosaur鈥檚 40-second journey more than 120 million years ago has been brought back to life by a 国产探花-led research team using advanced digital modelling techniques.
14 May 2025
A University of Queensland researcher who has caught the endangered northern hopping mouse on camera for the first time believes the tiny mammal could be closer to the brink of extinction than previously thought.
23 March 2015
University of Queensland scientists have brought a retired sex gene in mammals back to life, proving it can still switch on male development in mice despite not having done so for millions of years.
16 March 2015
An all-girl team of high school students competing in the F1 in Schools Technology Challenge has consulted with University of Queensland neuroscientists ahead of the national final at the Australian Grand Prix next week.
6 March 2015
Kangaroo social networks could provide insight into the evolution of human personality differences.
3 March 2015
Moses Rifkin's blog post on 鈥淭eaching Social Justice in the Physics Classroom,鈥� has ignited a new round of conversation about the kinds of skills scientists need.
3 March 2015
Drones, laser scanners, planes and sharp shooters have been put to work in the Tasmanian forest to better understand the environmental effects of forest management regimes.
23 February 2015
Australia鈥檚 greyhound industry is reeling from the ABC鈥檚 Four Corners expose, featuring graphic footage of racing dogs tearing other mammals apart in the illegal training practice of live baiting.
18 February 2015
Scientists in Brisbane and Ireland have developed a small molecule that blocks a key driver of inflammatory diseases 鈥� a finding that could inspire new treatments for arthritis, multiple sclerosis and a family of rare autoinflammatory diseases.
17 February 2015
Vaccine technology company Vaxxas has moved a step closer to achieving its goal of improving world health, thanks to a capital raising of $25 million.
10 February 2015
Schr枚dinger鈥檚 cat highlights a long-standing dilemma in quantum mechanics: is the cat really alive and dead, or is the weirdness just in our head?
9 February 2015
Trading maximum speed for manoeuvrability may be essential to surviving a run-in with a predator, a new study shows.
9 February 2015
An international multi-million dollar grant will support a University of Queensland researcher鈥檚 attempts to crack a 90-year old mystery around the detailed biology of cancer cells.
6 February 2015
New insights into how nerves cells in the brain maintain efficient communication with each other may help offset the effects of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
6 February 2015
Respected marine scientist and former University of Queensland academic Dr Robert Endean has been posthumously honoured with the naming of the Bob Endean Reef off the Far North Queensland coast.
4 February 2015
Nature Publishing Group has partnered with The University of Queensland to publish npj Science of Learning, a new open access research journal that will explore the neurobiology of learning in experimental and educational environments.
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