Research & Science

Associate Professor Matthew Law, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Trial to test impact of genetic skin cancer warnings

If you were told your genes made you more susceptible to skin cancer, would you really change your habits? That’s what researchers at QIMR Berghofer have been tasked
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Woman worried looking at computer. | Newsreel

Mental toll of internet scams often overlooked

Innovative mental health support is needed in the wake of the rise of internet scams, according to a Brisbane researcher. Dr Luke Balcombe, from Griffith University’s
Read more 21 August 2025
Peter Beattie. | Newsreel

Beattie new Chair of Brandon BioCatalyst

Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is the new Chair of Brandon BioCatalyst, a collaboration of more than 50 of Australia and New Zealand’s leading medical
Read more 20 August 2025
Professor David Whiteman. | Newsreel

From caravan parks to cancer breakthroughs

Professor David Whiteman’s hunt for answers about skin cancer has meant criss-crossing Queensland in an old Ford Falcon, taking skin samples from people in caravan
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Self-powered microneedle patch. | Newsreel

New patch to replace blood tests … and big needles

The need for a range of blood tests may soon be over with researchers developing a new patch to test for various conditions. Scientists in the United States have created
Read more 19 August 2025
Aircraft toilet sign. | Newsreel

Mile-high wee the key to superbug battle

Aircraft toilets are at the forefront of a global effort to combat the spread of superbugs. An Australian-led world-wide study has analysed wastewater from the toilets
Read more 18 August 2025
People drinking beer. | Newsreel

Sounds strike a chord with beer fermentation

It seems beer responds to being serenaded … and no, researchers haven’t imbibed too much of the amber fluid in making that claim. Scientists from the University of
Read more 18 August 2025
Griffith University researchers. | Newsreel

SEQ world-first trial for spinal cord injury treatment

Thirty years of Queensland research into spinal cord injury is feeding into a world-first human trial. Griffith University Professor James St John said a Phase 1 human
Read more 18 August 2025
4000-year-old-Tylacine-skull. | Newsreel

13 million specimens protected for the future

A $90 million facility to preserve more than 13 million irreplaceable biodiversity specimens has opened in Canberra. CSIRO Chief Executive Doug Hilton said the new
Read more 18 August 2025
Brisbane 2032 athletes village. | Newsreel

Olympic host city housing fails a marker for Brisbane

A review of short-term policies and the retention of a public housing interest in the development of Olympic sites are among recommendations to ensure Brisbane 2032
Read more 14 August 2025