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Building for plants of the future wins national award

A research facility for plants that can deal with climate change is among the projects recognised at the 2026 national architecture awards.

AAP · Oct 29

Koalas are cute, furry, iconic – and dying of chlamydia. But how well does the approved vaccine work?

Queensland researchers say a published study contains ‘silly mistake’ that over-inflates vaccine’s efficacy but the regulator is standing by decision to approve it

The Guardian - AU · Oct 25

Scientists map more than 1,000 previously hidden coral reefs in Australia

Scientists have mapped more than 1,000 previously uncharted coral reefs across northern Australia using hundreds of satellite images. Researchers from AIMS and the University of Queensland combined roughly 200 images of the same areas to reduce the effects of sediment and changing water conditions. The work spans from Western Australia…

The Times of India · Sep 27

The Komodo Dragon's Mouth Was Blamed on Bacteria for Decades. The Venom Was Always There.

The Story Everyone BelievedFor decades, the standard explanation for how a Komodo dragon kills went like this: the lizard bites its prey, and then it waits. The mouth, supposedly crawling with over fifty strains of dangerous bacteria, would infect the wound. The prey, a deer, a pig, occasionally a water…

Times Life · Aug 1

AI Leaders Rarely Agree On The Future Of The Technology. Many Share The Same Fear About Bioweapons

The concerns are shaping debates around model testing, open-weight systems, and safeguards for increasingly capable AI models.

International Business Times · Jul 27

How the Archerfish Spits Water at Insects With Ballistic Precision and Rarely Misses

A Fish That Solves Physics Without Knowing ItThe archerfish fires a jet of water at an insect sitting on a branch above the surface and hits it. Not sometimes. Routinely. From distances of up to three metres, with a brain that weighs less than a gram. The species most studied…

Times Life · Jul 23

Great Barrier Reef microbiome mapped as researchers discover 500 bacterial species previously unknown to science

Research identifies 808,585 viral genomes belonging to what scientists estimate to be 362,802 different viruses

The Guardian - AU · Jul 22

Scientists are deep-freezing koala eggs and sperm to protect the species from extinction

Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia want to freeze koala sex cells in liquid nitrogen, which could preserve the DNA for decades until we need it, an expert said.

LiveScience · Jul 14

What Humpback Whales Are Communicating Through Their Songs and Who Is Listening in the Ocean

The song is not random noiseA single humpback whale singing in the North Pacific can produce a sound sequence lasting up to 30 minutes, then repeat it almost exactly. Over weeks, the song changes, new phrases inserted, old ones dropped, and every male in the same ocean basin makes the…

Times Life · Jul 5

Friday essay: How to Sell a Genocide exposes the double standards of reporting on Gaza

When the University of Queensland Press cancelled the publication of Wiradjuri poet Jazz Money’s book Bila: A River Cycle because of a blog post by its illustrator, 60 UQP contributors signed a letter of protest. Some declared they would no longer publish with UQP. Fourteen staff members issued a statement…

The Conversation · May 28