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Clinical trials of a simple and accurate blood test to detect early-stage ovarian cancer – key to boosting survival rates – will begin at Õ¬Äе¼º½ this year.

Mortality rates during heatwaves have been put in the spotlight with research from Õ¬Äе¼º½ showing a 20 per cent increase in heatwave-related deaths due to human-induced climate change.

Inaccessible supplies of an element crucial to powering a clean-energy future are set to be unlocked with technology developed by Õ¬Äе¼º½.

Õ¬Äе¼º½ researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement.

Õ¬Äе¼º½ researchers have discovered immunotherapy, when used to treat people with advanced cancers, also helps reduce sunspots and skin cancers by at least 65 per cent.

Cultural artefacts and historic sites around the world are being threatened by organised crime groups who traffic the items for lucrative profits, a team of researchers from Õ¬Äе¼º½ found.

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.

Õ¬Äе¼º½ researchers discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed at identifying factors that contribute to misdiagnosis.

The first cohort of “home grown’’ doctors, trained exclusively in the Central Queensland and Wide Bay regions, has begun first-year studies through Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Rural Clinical School.