See the most recent research updates from QUT this month including AI-driven solutions to lower urban heat, a $3M project to improve allergic rhinitis treatment, a new QUT-led program to strengthen leadership across Queensland’s early childhood sector and a new maths model sheds light on multiple sclerosis relapse and recovery cycles.

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Cool it: AI-driven solutions to lower urban heat need community buy-in to work

A new framework to cool urban areas which integrates AI-driven technical solutions with cooling schemes that are acceptable and doable for the host community, is proposed by QUT Urban AI Hub researchers. Read more.

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Not to be sneezed at: $3M project to improve allergic rhinitis treatment

Professor Davies, from the QUT Centre for Immunology and Infection Control in the School of Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a $3,035,320 NHMRC Investigator Grant for the five-year research project, “Driving targeted solutions for allergic respiratory disease management”. Read more.

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New QUT-led program to strengthen leadership across Queensland’s early childhood sector

The QUT School of Education is set to deliver a Queensland-first, innovative early childhood educational leadership program, funded by the Queensland Department of Education and in partnership with the Early Learning and Care Council of Australia (ELACCA). Read more.

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New maths model sheds light on multiple sclerosis relapse & recovery cycles

A new mathematical model that reproduces the relapsing-remitting pattern of multiple sclerosis (MS) offers scientists a tool to better understand how the disease progresses. Read more.

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Tailgating targeted by QUT student for road safety campaign

A QUT student has tapped into the language of Gen Z to create an award-winning road safety campaign discouraging younger drivers from the dangerous practice of tailgating. Read more.

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Dolphin-feeding tourism contributes to predicted dolphin decline

Feeding wild dolphins is among the causes of a predicted radical decline in a bottlenose dolphin population off Bunbury, Western Australia, a QUT-led international research team has found. Read more.

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Too much emotion in digital marketing reduces sales: QUT research

PhD researcher Sichen Meng has won the QUT 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition with her presentation “More Likes, Fewer Sales: Helping Small Sellers Turn Attention into Purchases”, which found more attention did not equal more sales. Read more.

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How to win shares & influence fast-food market: warm & fuzzy can't cut it

New research from QUT challenges a common assumption in social media marketing: for fast-food brands, social media posts that signal expertise and competence are shared more often than those focused on warmth and friendliness. Read more.

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Jenni is an innovative communications, marketing and engagement specialist with fifteen years of industry experience. She is also a proud QUT alumnus with a Bachelor of Creative Industries (Interdisciplinary).

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