The human mind has deciphered the mechanics of infinite concepts. Yet, in all its time it has had trouble understanding how its own self works.

13 April 2010

One of Australia’s leading biologists, UQ’s Professor Scott O’Neill, has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science – one of the highest honours for individual contributions to science awarded in Australia.

30 March 2010

University of Queensland Scientist Dr Akshat Tanksale has been awarded an inaugural Australia India Science and Technology Research Award (AISTRA).

9 March 2010

University of Queensland research has shown “canecutter’s” disease is a growing problem for travellers.

16 February 2010
Close up of a trigger fish's eye

Most people wouldn’t give a second thought to the inner workings of the fish eye, but research by University of Queensland scientists is unlocking the secrets hidden behind these fishy lenses.

11 February 2010

University of Queensland researchers have been part of a major breakthrough in understanding the cause of the debilitating arthritic condition ankylosing spondylitis.

2 February 2010
Ms Patel at the University of Washington

Dhwani Patel had already come a long way when she arrived in Brisbane from Mumbai in early 2007.

20 January 2010

Queensland will host some of the world’s elite scientists later this year at the 24th International Conference on Statistical Physics sponsored by The University of Queensland.

19 January 2010
UQ students complete a hand washing demonstration with children in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Image: Peta Crompton

A group of UQ nursing and midwifery students have realised a unique New Year’s resolution – using their studies to assist those in need in Cambodia.

18 January 2010

Understanding the causes of autism and schizophrenia could be a step closer for researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland after they unravelled the secret world of the wasp genome.

14 January 2010

UQ physicists and Harvard chemists have teamed up to build a quantum computer that could have profound implications for wider science.

7 January 2010