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Forget medals, ancient Games athletes battled for olive oil

The Olympics were only one aspect of sport in ancient Greece - often overlooked is that these Games were part of a circuit of 4 international sporting festivals.

9 May 2025
A stone carving featuring a chariot being pulled by four horses.

Researchers to take healthy oats beyond breakfast

Expanding consumption of oats beyond the usual breakfast bowl of porridge is the aim of a $5.6 million project at the Food and Beverage Accelerator.

9 May 2025
a bowl of porridge sits next to a wooden spoon and a jar of uncooked oats
a satellite image of a nickel mine surrounded by trees

Land clearing for nickel mines is causing a more severe threat to the climate than initially thought, a study led by a ¹ú²ú̽»¨ researcher has found.

21 January 2025
a man with a beard sits behind a tray of small plants in a glasshouse

Years of scouring the bush and breeding work at ¹ú²ú̽»¨ have resulted in new varieties of a native Australian plant valuable to the global pharmaceutical industry.

20 January 2025
A pair of hands on a car steering wheel.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ research has highlighted the need for specialised support services to help people with young onset dementia cope with giving up driving.

17 January 2025
Students from ¹ú²ú̽»¨'s Young Achievers Program

Almost 4,300 students have secured a place at The University of Queensland in today’s major offer round, bringing the total number of ¹ú²ú̽»¨ offers so far to about 10,700 for Semester 1, 2025.

16 January 2025
Woman in hospital bed wearing a hospital gown with her abdomen being examined.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have conducted the first longitudinal study on the impact of endometriosis on Australia’s healthcare system, finding the disease is a significant cause of hospitalisation.

16 January 2025
doctor holding 3D model of uterus

Many women worry hormonal contraceptives have dangerous side-effects including increased cancer risk. But this perception is often out of proportion with the actual risks.

15 January 2025
An image of the Vaxxas high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) technology, showing a small patch containing thousands of microprojections.

¹ú²ú̽»¨â€™s BASE facility and biotechnology company Vaxxas have been announced as stage winners of a prestigious global prize to accelerate a patch-based mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 and influenza.

14 January 2025
A woman sits on a couch looking at a phone showing a sports betting app

Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit – but those odds could be about to change, a ¹ú²ú̽»¨ study has found.

14 January 2025
Doctors handwriting a prescription with dried medicinal cannabis.

Australians spent more than A$400 million on medicinal cannabis in the first half of 2024 alone.

13 January 2025
Elderly hand holding a youthful hand with greenery background

Fall-related injuries in Australia’s residential aged care could be costing the health system $325 million annually, a University of Queensland study has revealed.

13 January 2025
A model jaw covered by a small latticed 3d-printed cover

Clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds, printed on-site at ¹ú²ú̽»¨, to rebuild part of a man’s jawbone.

9 January 2025