29456 /news/t/experts en Less restrictive vaping laws linked to faster smoking decline /news/article/2025/02/less-restrictive-vaping-laws-linked-faster-smoking-decline <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Õ¬Äе¼º½ researchers have found smoking rates have declined twice as fast in New Zealand as in Australia, suggesting less restrictive regulation on vaping could improve public </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-12T08:45:00+10:00">12 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 11 Feb 2025 05:55:19 +0000 uqpfrost 136803 at /news Organised crime threatening cultural heritage by trafficking irreplaceable artefacts /news/article/2025/02/organised-crime-threatening-cultural-heritage-trafficking-irreplaceable-artefacts <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">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 f</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-12T08:00:00+10:00">12 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 uqkkyria 136790 at /news New technique to detect dark matter using atomic clocks and lasers /news/article/2025/02/new-technique-detect-dark-matter-using-atomic-clocks-and-lasers <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A team of international researchers has developed an innovative approach to uncover the secrets of dark matter in the cosmos. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-02-05T09:30:00+10:00">5 February 2025</span></div></div></div> Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:29:14 +0000 uqebla11 136715 at /news Endometriosis poses substantial burden on Australia’s health system /news/article/2025/01/endometriosis-poses-substantial-burden-australia%E2%80%99s-health-system <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Õ¬Äе¼º½ researchers have conducted the first longitudinal study on the impact of endometriosis on Australia’s healthcare system, finding the disease is a significant cause of </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-01-16T09:30:00+10:00">16 January 2025</span></div></div></div> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 04:41:52 +0000 uqehalli 136644 at /news Odds on for a shift in the gender appeal of sports betting /news/article/2025/01/odds-shift-gender-appeal-of-sports-betting <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit – but those odds could be about to change, a Õ¬Äе¼º½ study has found.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-01-14T06:00:00+10:00">14 January 2025</span></div></div></div> Mon, 13 Jan 2025 04:59:36 +0000 uqkkyria 136653 at /news Õ¬Äе¼º½ manufactures 3D printed scaffolding to rebuild jaw bones /news/article/2024/10/uq-manufactures-3d-printed-scaffolding-rebuild-jaw-bones <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Clinicians have successfully used custom-made 3D printed bone scaffolds, printed on-site at Õ¬Äе¼º½, to rebuild part of a man’s jawbone. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2025-01-09T06:00:00+10:00">9 January 2025</span></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 04:50:27 +0000 uqccla12 136333 at /news Õ¬Äе¼º½ ultrasound treatment for Alzheimer's licensed to new startup /news/article/2024/12/uq-ultrasound-treatment-alzheimers-licensed-new-startup <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A promising ultrasound therapy to potentially restore brain function in people with Alzheimer&#039;s disease has been licenced to a new startup spun out of Õ¬Äе¼º½.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-12-17T01:30:00+10:00">17 December 2024</span></div></div></div> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:32:55 +0000 uqebla11 136556 at /news Major milestone for Õ¬Äе¼º½ spin-out’s promising MND drug /news/article/2024/12/major-milestone-uq-spin-out%E2%80%99s-promising-mnd-drug <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">A potential new treatment for motor neurone disease developed by a company spun out of Õ¬Äе¼º½ has produced successful results in a human clinical trial. </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-12-10T09:15:00+10:00">10 December 2024</span></div></div></div> Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:19:21 +0000 uqebla11 136466 at /news Biorobotics reveal the secret lives of bugs and bees /news/article/2024/12/biorobotics-reveal-secret-lives-of-bugs-and-bees <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Technology that combines infrared lighting, robotics and a retroreflective marker is allowing scientists to follow and film insects as they fly in their natural environme</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-12-05T10:00:00+10:00">5 December 2024</span></div></div></div> Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:58:15 +0000 uqebla11 136471 at /news Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock /news/article/2024/11/collaboration-key-ultimate-genotypes-plants-and-livestock <div class="field field-name-field-core-summary field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Õ¬Äе¼º½ researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-core-publish-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2024-11-20T12:45:00+10:00">20 November 2024</span></div></div></div> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 02:49:40 +0000 uqebla11 136430 at /news