18052 /news/t/science en °ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ researchers and educators awarded three Eureka Prizes /news/article/2024/09/uq-researchers-and-educators-awarded-three-eureka-prizes <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Teams of researchers from °ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ working on pioneering melanoma imaging and preventing deadly infections, along with a science engagement team, have won prestigious 2024 Aust</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-09-05T11:00:00+10:00">5 September 2024</span></div></div></div> Thu, 05 Sep 2024 01:06:01 +0000 uqebla11 136204 at /news Reef tourism encourages climate action /news/article/2024/08/reef-tourism-encourages-climate-action <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">°ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ research has revealed that informing tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef about climate impact doesn’t negatively affect their experience and can help encourage cl</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-09-03T06:00:00+10:00">3 September 2024</span></div></div></div> Thu, 29 Aug 2024 02:01:41 +0000 uqccla12 136180 at /news The changes to cell DNA that could revolutionise disease prevention /news/article/2024/08/changes-cell-dna-could-revolutionise-disease-prevention <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">°ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ researchers have discovered a mechanism in DNA that regulates how disease-causing mutations are inherited. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-08-22T13:30:00+10:00">22 August 2024</span></div></div></div> Wed, 21 Aug 2024 04:06:56 +0000 uqebla11 136124 at /news Hailstone library to improve extreme weather forecasting /news/article/2024/08/hailstone-library-improve-extreme-weather-forecasting <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A °ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ library – full of hailstones instead of books – is helping researchers to better understand and predict damaging storms. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-08-16T06:00:00+10:00">16 August 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 12 Aug 2024 01:09:16 +0000 uqebla11 136096 at /news Earth’s mantle may reveal origins of life /news/article/2024/08/earth%E2%80%99s-mantle-may-reveal-origins-of-life <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Scientists have unearthed the deepest column of marine rock ever extracted from Earth’s mantle – the enormous layer below its crust – which could help reveal conditions a</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-08-09T09:15:00+10:00">9 August 2024</span></div></div></div> Thu, 08 Aug 2024 03:54:30 +0000 uqccla12 136082 at /news Great Barrier Reef facing catastrophic damage /news/article/2024/08/great-barrier-reef-facing-catastrophic-damage <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Leading scientists have found that sea surface temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef have reached a 400-year critical level, with human-induced climate change to blame.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-08-08T07:30:00+10:00">8 August 2024</span></div></div></div> Fri, 02 Aug 2024 04:33:11 +0000 uqdcla21 136074 at /news Calculate your personal long COVID risk /news/article/2024/07/calculate-your-personal-long-covid-risk <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The °ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ-led and developed COVID-19 Risk Calculator has been updated to determine a person’s risk of developing long COVID.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-08-01T13:15:00+10:00">1 August 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:10:52 +0000 uqebla11 136059 at /news Reef pest feasts on ‘sea sawdust’ /news/article/2024/07/reef-pest-feasts-sea-sawdust%E2%80%99 <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Researchers have uncovered an under the sea phenomenon where coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish larvae have been feasting on blue-green algae bacteria known as ‘se</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-07-18T09:00:00+10:00">18 July 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 04:03:32 +0000 uqpfrost 136025 at /news Respiratory bacteria ‘turns off’ immune system to survive /news/article/2024/06/respiratory-bacteria-turns-off%E2%80%99-immune-system-survive <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Researchers from °ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ have identified how a common bacterium is able to manipulate the human immune system during respiratory infections and cause</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-07-12T06:00:00+10:00">12 July 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 01:56:50 +0000 uqccla12 135928 at /news Astronomers amazed by black hole discovery /news/article/2024/07/astronomers-amazed-black-hole-discovery <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A massive black hole – about 20,000 times the size of the sun – has been confirmed as the closest to our solar system by an international study involving °ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ researchers.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-07-11T09:30:00+10:00">11 July 2024</span></div></div></div> Fri, 05 Jul 2024 03:40:29 +0000 uqdcla21 135995 at /news