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΢�ĸ��and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

uqmjon20 — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 06:16:28 +0000

UQ’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-

14 January 2025

Drug-resistant hookworms put pets and people at risk

uqnroock — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 03:31:36 +0000

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia and New Zealand, according to new research.

7 January 2025

Monarch butterflies are in decline in NZ and Australia – they need your help to track where they gather

uqkkyria — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:27:13 +0000

Monarch butterflies appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australasia.

3 January 2025

Corals depend on near neighbours to reproduce

uqnroock — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:27:10 +0000

A new study reveals corals must be within only a few metres of each other to successfully reproduce, leaving them vulnerable in a warming world.

17 December 2024

Biodiversity at risk in most rainforests

uqnroock — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 02:19:52 +0000

New research has revealed less than a quarter of the remaining tropical rainforests around the globe can safeguard thousands of threatened species from extinction.

10 December 2024

Biorobotics reveal the secret lives of bugs and bees

uqebla11 — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:58:15 +0000

Technology that combines infrared lighting, robotics and a retroreflective marker is allowing scientists to follow and film insects as they fly in their natural environme

5 December 2024

Coral adaptation unlikely to keep up with global warming

uqehalli — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 03:00:28 +0000

Coral adaptation to global warming will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions in global greenhouse gasses, according to an international team of scientists.

29 November 2024

Queensland the home of Quantum

uqebla11 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 06:35:08 +0000

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

΢�ĸ��researchers reveal the long, silent history of sports concussion

uqmjon20 — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:19:29 +0000

΢�ĸ��researchers have uncovered the hidden history of concussion in sport, finding the brain-trauma crisis has a long and complex past.

5 November 2024

Using weather radar to track Australia’s migrating birds

uqnross4 — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:34:20 +0000

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