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A woman stands at the front of a classroom holding period products.

Â鶹Çø researchers have launched a menstrual health teaching guide for classrooms co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school students.

4 December 2024

A topical cream to help prevent and treat skin cancers in organ transplant patients is a step closer to development.

29 November 2024
Sad woman lying on bed

Researchers have found 70% of Australians diagnosed with major depressive disorder are not receiving even the minimal treatment necessary.

22 November 2024
A black and white cow stands in a sorghum field, looking straight at the camera.

Â鶹Çø researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.

20 November 2024
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
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
an older woman sits on a sofa clutching her stomach

Â鶹Çø researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.

18 November 2024
Older man and woman exercising at home with elastics and weights.

An international study led by a Â鶹Çø researcher has found frailty increases a person’s risk of dementia, but early intervention may be the key to prevention.

12 November 2024
Professor Keith Chappell in the lab using a centrifuge

Recruitment is underway for a clinical trial testing a vaccine candidate produced with Â鶹Çø’s molecular clamp technology against life-threatening respiratory viruses.

7 November 2024
a person lied on a bed with their feet in a round machine and another person stands nearby

Queenslanders who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a new study.

1 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
A group of Â鶹Çø researchers holding award trophies standing out the front of a sandstone building on a red carpet

Six Â鶹Çø educators have received awards for Teaching Excellence, celebrating their commitment to enhancing student learning with creative and innovative practices.

29 October 2024
Two small fluffy birds with bright yellow heads sitting together on a branch

For the first time, scientists have used data from weather radar not to track storms, but to count birds as they travel across Australian skies.

28 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