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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 UQ, to rebuild part of a man’s jawbone.

9 January 2025
Child filling glass with water from kitchen tap

A University of Queensland study has found no link between exposure to water fluoridation as a young child and negative cognitive development.

19 December 2024
A cheetah in front of a racetrack

Researchers have taken a giant step towards solving the mystery of why intermediately sized animals are the fastest.

19 December 2024
Animal-inspired liquid metal 'spines' in focus being held with tweezers with a researcher wear safety goggles in the background.

΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers have developed a 3D printing method to produce shape-shifting liquid metal robotics with musculoskeletal qualities inspired by animal physiology.

19 December 2024
pregnant woman holding up her hand to an alcoholic beverage

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder can be difficult to diagnose, but University of Queensland researchers have established the most scientific approach to detecting the disorder.

18 December 2024
brown dots rise from a group of coral against a black background

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
A man sits on a chair as a second man stands behind him using an ultrasound device on his head.

A promising ultrasound therapy to potentially restore brain function in people with Alzheimer's disease has been licenced to a new startup spun out of UQ.

17 December 2024
An illustration of the protein buildup on neurons that contributes to motor and cognitive symptoms.

A potential new treatment for motor neurone disease developed by a company spun out of ΢Åĸ£Àûhas produced successful results in a human clinical trial.

10 December 2024
A black and white still image from a video showing a bee with a refelective marker on its back approaching a flower.

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

5 December 2024
A lady sulking on a couch

Women who have a high genetic risk of depression are more likely to develop heart disease, ΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers have found.

5 December 2024
A woman stands at the front of a classroom holding period products.

΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers 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.

΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers 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 ΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition.

19 November 2024