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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 cyclone.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ has a range of experts available to comment on the impact of cyclones and severe weather events such as Cyclone Alfred. 

10 March 2025
Tobacco display with toys

Gaps in Australian tobacco laws are allowing children to be targeted by retailers with some using window toy displays, cartoons and movie characters on their shopfronts, ¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have found.

10 March 2025
Child lying on bed with nebuliser mask on face.

Researchers at ¹ú²ú̽»¨ have found First Nations people are twice as likely to present at hospital with asthma and other allergy related illnesses, compared to other Australians.

5 March 2025
A gloved hand holds a tray of vials as a pipette hovers in a laboratory setting.

A new startup aimed at discovering and developing anti-inflammatory disease medicines has been formed by ¹ú²ú̽»¨'s commercialisation arm UniQuest and global biotech company Molecule to Medicine.

4 March 2025
A young child sitting on a bed with their head in their hands, looking upset

¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers are seeking participants diagnosed with PTSD and complex PTSD for a clinical study aimed at improving understanding of its impacts on the brain and overall well-being.

4 March 2025
Child sitting in darkened hallway with head down. Adobe

Child maltreatment has been the focus of two separate studies led by ¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers, who examined the main parental risk factors that lead to child abuse, as well as the behavioural impacts later in life.

3 March 2025
Close up of a button that says 'I'm a dementia friend'

¹ú²ú̽»¨ has become the first university to be formally recognised by Dementia Australia as a Dementia-Friendly Organisation, an initiative that will inform research, raise awareness, reduce stigma and provide a supportive environment.

28 February 2025

24 ¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have been awarded more than $46 million in research funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator Grants and Partnership Projects schemes.

28 February 2025
A woman in a patterned grey and black shirt standing in front of a sandstone building

A ¹ú²ú̽»¨ linguistics professor who specialises in the documentation and revitalisation of Australia’s First Nations languages has been named a 2025 Fulbright Senior Scholar.

28 February 2025
¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers with a component of a newly developed rapid sensor.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ researchers have developed a new rapid sensor that can detect pregnancy complications as early as 11 weeks – with a simple blood test.

27 February 2025
A teacher at a table with two students in a classroom.

¹ú²ú̽»¨ is going back to primary school to give young learners access to top-tier education, in a unique collaboration to combat the growing shortage of language teachers.

27 February 2025