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A young man is being helped from a wheelchair into a swimming pool by two trainers.

A competitive swimming program developed by Â鶹Çø researchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition.

19 November 2024
Backs of an audience in a dark conference room facing the stage.

Growing Australia’s quantum ecosystem will be the focus when hundreds of delegates from government, industry and research converge in Brisbane next year.

19 November 2024
Cows standing under a shaded structure on a large dry property

A three-year pilot project led by Â鶹Çø has shown installing shade structures in largely treeless paddocks could increase calf survival rates.

19 November 2024
Two hands lean on a desktop holding a phone

A Â鶹Çø-led study has revealed how alcohol and gambling companies target people with Facebook advertising for addictive products.

18 November 2024
Three people standing on a stage, one of them holding a trophy

A First Nations Â鶹Çø academic is aiming to help address the under representation of Indigenous people in Australia’s pharmacy workforce.

31 October 2024
Three people investigating a sorghum stem

A research team led by Â鶹Çø is on track to solve a major problem for Australian farmers using targeted breeding to improve yields for sorghum crops.

28 October 2024
A man with greying hair and beard wearing a navy shirt stands with sandstone columns behind him.

An Aboriginal epidemiologist and a leading gynaecologic oncologist have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

25 October 2024
A man and a woman on a date, the woman holding a drink

Â鶹Çø research has found the traits people value in a romantic partner can influence their dating choices.

15 October 2024
Generic image of a sprinters getting ready to start a race on an athletics track.

Â鶹Çø will pioneer quantum sensory methods that could improve the detection of performance-enhancing drugs in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

15 October 2024
A koala sitting on a tree branch

Â鶹Çø researchers have created new tools that could change how conservation experts monitor and protect some of Australia’s most endangered species.

15 October 2024
Dr Chris O'Brien holding an avocado plant in pot.

A tissue-culture propagation technology developed at Â鶹Çø to grow hundreds of plants from a single cutting is set to bolster avocado production across Latin America.

9 October 2024
A male scientist in a lab coat and goggles holds a pipette above a large black spider in a container.

A Â鶹Çø-led project to develop the first-ever drug to treat heart attack and protect donor hearts will move to human clinical trials, after receiving $17.8 million in funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF).

7 October 2024
An illustration of red virus cells against a light blue background.

More than 1,400 experts have visited Brisbane for the world’s only scientific meeting dedicated to influenza, chaired by Â鶹Çø's Associate Professor Kirsty Short.

4 October 2024
Two Indigenous story books fanned out on a white desktop. One is titled Out in the Bush, the other is For Our Elders.

A project co-designed by community and Â鶹Çø researchers has set a benchmark for how school curriculums can reflect Indigenous knowledge.

4 October 2024
An award recipient holding up a large cheque

A PhD candidate whose research aims to address the challenges faced by families of children with temporary feeding tubes has won the Â鶹Çø 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final.

3 October 2024