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Why doesn't Australia make more medicines? Wouldn't that fix drug shortages?

About 400 medicines are in short supply in Australia. So, could we prevent medication shortages if Australia made more medicines?

12 May 2025
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Research and development funding programs unlock benefits for Australian businesses

A ¹û¶³´«Ã½-led survey found businesses that engage in research and development programs are more financially successful.

12 May 2025
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University of Queensland researchers have secured more than $4.45 million from Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite program (Round 1) to advance research and commercialisation in national priority areas.

21 March 2025
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¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments.

21 March 2025
The Flood Tuff units in action protecting traffic management systems from flood waters. Image: TMR

As ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred loomed over South-East Queensland last week, eagle-eyed Brisbane residents might have spotted hulking yellow boxes appearing at key traffic intersections.

21 March 2025
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Digital health education will be integrated into university degrees across Australia as part of an initiative to upskill the country’s healthcare workforce

21 March 2025
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¹û¶³´«Ã½ is collaborating with the International Olympic Committee on a project to combat interpersonal violence in sport in the Pacific Islands.

20 March 2025
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Researchers will soon be able to study biological changes at scales and speeds not previously possible to significantly expand knowledge in areas such as disease progression and drug delivery.

20 March 2025
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Deadly synthetic opioids have been detected in Australian wastewater for the first time, according to an international survey led by ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers.

19 March 2025
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Digital tools such as telehealth, remote monitoring and mobile health apps are key to transforming healthcare but trust in these new ways to provide care remains a stumbling block, ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have found.

18 March 2025
Two university students looking at laptop while lecturer looks over their shoulder. Image, ¹û¶³´«Ã½

¹û¶³´«Ã½ has launched an ambitious strategy to train more First Nations doctors, with many expected to stay on to practice in regional and rural communities.

17 March 2025
A South East Queensland koala, part of a population that has developed the unique genomic immunity.

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus threatening their species.

13 March 2025
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Does more income equal more democracy? Not necessarily, according to an analysis of 200 years of international data.

13 March 2025