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Keeping koalas alive

UQ researchers have teamed up with industry and government to help preserve koala populations.

Cheap fresh water research

Mum baby bond research

UQ celebrates 100 years

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Bees selective about smells

Researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute have found honeybees only remember certain odours.

Superbug squashed

Infectious disease researcher Professor David Paterson will use a new Fellowship to combat a mega superbug.

UQ graduates in high demand

Australian Graduate Survey 2009 has revealed that UQ graduates continue to be highly sought in the workforce.

Dressing to our emotions

UQ joins the fashion stakes as Business School expert Alastair Tombs delves into why we wear the things we do.

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Facts + Figures

3000°C

– temperature reached at Mach 8, the projected speed for hypersonic "Scramjets" being co-developed at the University of Queensland.

79AD

– date of the volcanic eruptions in Pompeii, the subject of a new project by archaeologist Dr Andy Fairbairn.

$1 mil

– cost of an Australian-first baby MRI scanner held at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital used by UQ researchers.

1100

– entries on a new UQ website which tracks all Queensland towns, cities and suburbs with populations exceeding 500.