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Nature versus nurture question addressed in landmark study
Genome sequencing has been used to determine how much genes influence human characteristics including height and weight, and susceptibility to diseases like Type 2 diabetes, in a study co-led by University of Queensland researchers and collaborators at genomic technology company Illumina, Inc.
13 November 2025
Help needed for students without university-educated parents
People without university-educated parents should be recognised as disadvantaged within Australia’s higher education system, according to a UQ researcher’s report.
12 November 2025
UQP announces winners of Mentorship Prize for Under-represented Writers
Two early-career authors have been named as winners of the inaugural UQP Mentorship Prize for Under-represented Writers.
13 November 2025
Analysis
Anyone can be a hacker with AI – so what does that mean for the cyber defence industry?
Two years ago, a finance worker at a Hong Kong-based multinational firm logged into what he thought was a video call with his colleagues.
11 November 2025
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Guns, drugs and smuggling – how UQ experts joined a global quest to fight organised crime
The first ever global treaty to tackle organised crime was created exactly 25 years ago following lengthy negotiations hosted by the United Nations.
14 November 2025
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COP30 climate summit: UQ experts
10 November 2025
A better way to assess cardiovascular health
10 November 2025
Finding efficiencies in creating jet fuel from plant waste
10 November 2025
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‘High-impact sabotage’: spy chief issues grave warning about espionage and sabotage threat
13 November 2025
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Guns, drugs and smuggling – how UQ experts joined a global quest to fight organised crime
14 November 2025
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‘High-impact sabotage’: spy chief issues grave warning about espionage and sabotage threat
13 November 2025
Fifty UQ researchers awarded $36m from ARC Linkage, Discovery grants
10 November 2025
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Taking the clinic to koalas to beat chlamydia and population decline
More than 600,000 Queensland koalas were killed for their fur in August 1927, and almost 100 years on, populations are yet to recover, according to UQ academics.
6 November 2025
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