UQ PhD candidate and experimental physicist Michael Kewming has created his own quantum alphabet to encode and send hidden messages by using photons, the shape of light’s smallest particles.

This research can transform the way people transmit and share information on a daily basis.

“One day we can create new, innovative ways of sharing sensitive information, via secret and secure communication networks, protected by the principles of quantum mechanics,” says Mr Kewming.

A cross-party alliance of British MPs has voted to take control of Parliament in a bid to prevent the United Kingdom from leaving the European Union without a deal at the end of October.

 A majority of MPs voted to allow a debate on Wednesday on a bill to prevent a no deal Brexit by October 31st.

After the vote, Mr Johnson vowed to stop "another pointless delay to Brexit" and said that he would seek to call a General Election.

The oldest most complete skull of a human ancestor ever discovered was found by chance by a local herder tending to his flock of goats in Ethiopia.

The discovery of the fossil, which dates back 3.8million years, has been described as a “water-shed” moment for evolutionary science

Stephanie Mellilo, a German paleoanthropologist said the species of the skeleton provides important information about their diet, brain size and facial appearance.

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said she had not intended to resign her job on Tuesday.

She said whether to quit her job was her own decision - but not relying on the China government.

The rumor came from an audio leaked earlier but Carrie Lam denied it is purposely leaked to gain public sympathy.

She still has three years to go until the end of her first term as Chief Executive.

A poll has found that few Australians follow politics closely post-election.

Aussies have largely tuned out of federal politics according A Guardian Essential poll suggests that only 15% are following events in Canberra.

The disengagement is consistent with a range of surveys that suggest Australians are disillusioned with politics after a decade of leadership infighting and unproductive battles over issues of national policy such as climate change.

The University of Queensland has been slammed for hosting a music "festival" on a Monday night that attracted few attendees.

Monday night’s event “A Taste of BigSound” was meant to promote an upcoming Triple J festival in the Valley, but Semper Floreat editor Rowan Evans said that the event’s time, location and lack of any local student acts had combined to keep the crowds away.

South-East Queensland is facing a hot summer with above-average temperatures expected this week.

Brisbane’s average temperature at this time of year is usually around 25 degrees Celsius, but the mercury is set to hit 36 degrees this Friday west of the city in Ipswich.

BOM forecaster Michael Knepp says that the temperature change has been caused by a high-pressure system hovering over southern Queensland.

The Queensland Ambulance Service reminds people to take care when going outdoors and to stay sun-safe.

Australian member of the Islamic State terrorist group, Hamza Elbaf, has reappeared alive in Syrian prison two years after his presummed death.

He and his three brothers were thought to have been killed when Western-backed forces conquered the Islamic State's "caliphate" in Iraq and Syria. However he managed to survived.

In March he became a prisoner of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

Mr Elbaf has denied he fought for the group because he "wasn't qualified".

He was sent to work as a cook instead.

Despite our rapid technology growth, the health industry is still lacking the technological upgrades that are needed on both ends of the industry.

Brisbane Paramedic, Rob, says information is key in their job, "the more we know, the more we can add it together for a proper diagnosis to help people,” he states.

Some companies are now working on apps to let people take full control of their health, and allow them to upload and store medical documents.

The University of Queensland and chocolate company Mars Wrigley are working together to save the world’s chocolate supplies.

The multinational company has sponsored a UQ team with 100,000 dollars to help fight the cacao swollen shoot virus or CSSV.

Professor Botella said the virus had devastated many cocoa plantations in western Africa, affecting cocoa yields.

“Currently around 75 per cent of the world’s 4.6 million tonnes of cocoa beans are grown in western Africa, where this disease is becoming ever-more rampant,” he said.