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Study reveals rainforest tree tactics for different climates

Rainforest at Cania Gorge in Queensland's North Burnett region.

Study reveals rainforest tree tactics for different climates

A Â鶹ÊÓƵ team has completed one of the most comprehensive surveys of Australia’s subtropical rainforests to document how climate dictates what species thrive in different locations.

17 February 2025

Hot crocs show impacts of a warming climate

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Hot crocs show impacts of a warming climate

Crocodiles in northern Australia are heating up as the climate warms, with higher body temperatures changing their behaviour.

13 February 2025

Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way

An erupting volcano at night.

Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way

Research on Australian volcanoes shows how tiny crystals formed inside volcanoes offer clues about the formation of rare earth deposits and how we can find more of them.

11 February 2025

First IVF kangaroo embryo a major leap for marsupial conservation

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First IVF kangaroo embryo a major leap for marsupial conservation

A Â鶹ÊÓƵ-led team has successfully produced the first kangaroo embryos through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a crucial jump towards saving other marsupial species from extinction.

6 February 2025

New technique to detect dark matter using atomic clocks and lasers

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New technique to detect dark matter using atomic clocks and lasers

A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in the cosmos.

5 February 2025

Â鶹ÊÓƵ team finds relative of deadly Hendra virus in the US

A northern short-tailed shrew in forest leaf litter

Â鶹ÊÓƵ team finds relative of deadly Hendra virus in the US

Researchers at Â鶹ÊÓƵ have identified the first henipavirus in North America. 

29 January 2025

New varieties of valuable medicinal plant bred at Â鶹ÊÓƵ

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New varieties of valuable medicinal plant bred at Â鶹ÊÓƵ

Years of scouring the bush and breeding work at Â鶹ÊÓƵ have resulted in new varieties of a native Australian plant valuable to the global pharmaceutical industry.

20 January 2025

Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

An image of the Vaxxas high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) technology, showing a small patch containing thousands of microprojections.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ and Vaxxas win prize to advance patch-based mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’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-19.

14 January 2025

Drug-resistant hookworms put pets and people at risk

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Drug-resistant hookworms put pets and people at risk

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

A monarch butterfly on purple flowers

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

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

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Corals depend on near neighbours to reproduce

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

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Biodiversity at risk in most rainforests

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

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

Biorobotics reveal the secret lives of bugs and bees

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

Coral adaptation unlikely to keep up with global warming

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Coral adaptation unlikely to keep up with global warming

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

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Queensland the home of Quantum

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
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