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Combining culture and science is a winning mix for University of Queensland scientists and the Indigenous Rangers of Northern Territory’s Groote Eylandt.

24 October 2016
United Nations flag

A newly appointed Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General will discuss mass atrocity prevention and human rights protection when he visits Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland next week.

21 October 2016
Dr Kerrie Wilson ... her work seeks the most effective ways to protect ecosystems

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s Associate Professor Kerrie Wilson has been awarded one of this year's Prime Minister's Prizes for Science – the Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year.

19 October 2016
Merle Thornton and Rosemary Bognor protesting at the Regatta Hotel in 1965. Photo: The Courier-Mail

A young University of Queensland postgraduate student catapulted herself to fame half a century ago – by asking for a beer at the nearby Regatta Hotel.

19 October 2016
The ocean is Melanesia’s lifeblood, sustaining a diverse range of natural assets such as fish stocks, coral reefs and mangroves. Photo: Catlin Seaview Survey

Marine scientists have proposed a prosperity path for Melanesia, in a report that values the region’s ocean assets at more than half a trillion US dollars.

18 October 2016
The Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Facility for Producing Pharmaceuticals in Plants at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­â€™s Institute for Molecular Bioscience has the potential to provide inexpensive medications to patients.

The future of medicine could be as simple as nibbling a sunflower seed or drinking a cup of tea, with the opening of a new facility at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland.

18 October 2016
Quality research on vaping is needed

The rapid emergence of vaping (e-cigarette use) has led a University of Queensland researcher to seek Australian participants for a large-scale international study.

18 October 2016
Triggerfish, a common Great Barrier Reef species, are fooled by visual illusions in the same way as humans

Humans might have more in common with fish than previously thought, a new University of Queensland visual illusion study indicates.

17 October 2016

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s Triple P – Positive Parenting Program will be showcased at the White House today as part of an initiative to improve outcomes for boys and young men of colour, and all youth.

17 October 2016
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk launching StemCARE at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ today.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland today launched a new $7 million regenerative medicine research centre to improve older Australians’ quality of life and increase their participation and productivity.

17 October 2016

Emergency health facilities could be the key to survival for Ebola patients, an international study involving University of Queensland researchers has found.

17 October 2016
Dr Emma Beckman

Dr Emma Beckman was already on a high from working as a Paralympic Games athletics classifier, and then she got an extra boost of a rare Universitas 21 Teaching Excellence Award.

14 October 2016

In a world-first, researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland and University of Washington (UW) have produced tailor-made peptides – an advance expected to help improve drug design and environmentally-friendly pesticides.

14 October 2016
The Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Business School MBA continues to lead the region

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland Business School is celebrating a record five years as the leading MBA provider in Australia and the Asia-Pacific in The Economist ranking.

14 October 2016

Queensland genomics research has been buoyed with a State Government call for applications for project funding as part of its $25 million five-year commitment to the Queensland Genomics Health Alliance.

13 October 2016

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland has risen two places in the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, placing 43rd in the world and third in Australia.

12 October 2016

University of Queensland college students have raised $55,000 to educate girls in Africa – and they aren’t stopping there.

12 October 2016

University of Queensland neuroscientists have found the major cause of a common developmental brain disorder.

12 October 2016
Ichiro Kagiyama, Self portrait in a Sydney Park (1915). Private collection.

The recent discovery of a Japanese photographer’s century-old personal photo album has highlighted gaps in Australia’s photographic history, according to art historian Professor Melissa Miles.

12 October 2016

Treatment with scanning ultrasound has already been proven to reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice, and now it appears it could also slow down ageing in healthy brains, according to University of Queensland research.

12 October 2016