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Person charging their electric vehicle.

Queensland’s brightest minds in electric transport will descend on Brisbane for the State’s inaugural Electric Transport Industry Transformation Forum on Friday 17 March.

17 March 2023
A green tree python with a tube down its throat and its mouth held open with a wooden tool

Gloria, a beloved pet green tree python, bit off more than she could chew and ingested a puppy pee pad along with her dinner.

17 March 2023
Minister Stirling Hinchliffe with Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ recipients of the Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships.

Eleven researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland (Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­) have been awarded more than $3.1 million through the 2022 Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships.

16 March 2023
Seven members of the Sleep for Strong Souls project team pose for photo. Image, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland and Beyond Blue have partnered to deliver culturally responsive sleep health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Queensland.

16 March 2023
A grey aerodynamic submarine submerged in blue water

The issue of nuclear non-proliferation is back in the headlines, thanks to details announced yesterday at a US navy base of a deal involving Australia’s purchase of nuclear submarines.

15 March 2023
A stack of around a dozen Australian novels, with their spines showing.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s AustLit project, to catalogue and celebrate Australia’s literary history, this week officially marks one million records.

15 March 2023
close up of a person's hand holding two small white capsules in the background is their other hand holding a glass of water

A company launched from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has passed an important milestone in developing an oral treatment for the common skin disease psoriasis.

15 March 2023
A hand is stretched out, holding a graphic image of a genetic sequence against a dark background.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have contributed to the largest ever genetic study of endometriosis, finding new data about the variants that increase risk of the disease.

14 March 2023

Four researchers from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science for outstanding contributions in their fields.

14 March 2023
Gloved hands are smoothing a bandaid onto a child's upper arm. The child is on the lap of an adult carer.

Parents can now use a ‘COVID calculator’ to help weigh up the risks and benefits of COVID-19 vaccinations for their children.

13 March 2023
four people squat next to a row of dark green leafy plants in a vegetable garden

We know gardening can help people flourish, and now a study will explore how it can particularly benefit those with dementia.

11 March 2023
A close up of a man wearing a disposable mask over his chin, holding a cigarette to his lips.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers have found nicotine consumption in Australia increased by 30 per cent during the early stages of COVID-19.

10 March 2023
A woman sits at a desk looking at two monitors while she conducts a Zoom call with her face and a man's shown on one of the screens.

More people with aphasia will have access to quality treatment, particularly those in rural and regional areas, thanks to the expansion of a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ developed therapy program.

6 March 2023
A woman in a blue gown, green gloves and facemask looks at the teeth of a child lying in front of her

The state’s first comprehensive oral health study in more than a decade is now underway to better understand the dental health and habits of Queensland children.

1 March 2023
A man in a blue shirt with a beard stands behind trays of grass-like plants

An introduced weed that already costs Australian grain growers more than $90 million a year is becoming an even bigger threat according to University of Queensland-led research.

1 March 2023
A brown and cream hawk sits on the branch of a gum tree.

Australia’s rarest bird of prey - the red goshawk - is facing extinction, with Cape York Peninsula now the only place in Queensland known to support breeding populations.

27 February 2023
A warehouse with tables piled with illicit drug parcels and a desk light shining down.

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ hosts an international research and learning initiative putting transnational organised crime under the spotlight.

27 February 2023
a woman with short grey hair looks to the left on a black background, a white superimposed drawing of a brain is on her head

Researchers from the University of Queensland have identified that a gene associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s Disease also contributes to a build-up of cell debris in the brain.

24 February 2023
A woman in a dress and boots stands in front of a building which is labelled Theodore Hospital

University of Queensland medical students who completed a 12-week training program in a rural or remote area were more likely to work as doctors in similar communities, a study has shown.

24 February 2023
Dr Poh Hillock

First year mathematics students at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ of Queensland are getting the best possible start to their studies with their program director named Australia's University Teacher of the Year.

23 February 2023