Farmers across the world could soon access disease-resistant crops using technology discovered by researchers from The University of Queensland after Brisbane start-up Nexgen Plants secured $3 million in investor backing.
21 August 2018
The University of Queensland has placed fifth in the Asia Pacific and second in Australia in today’s 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).
15 August 2018
Eight Australian universities, including The University of Queensland, contribute about $66.4 billion per year to the national economy, a new report has found.
14 August 2018
How Einstein’s equivalence principle extends to the quantum world has been puzzling physicists for decades, but a team including a University of Queensland researcher has found the key to this question.
14 August 2018
Efforts to rehabilitate contaminated environments have netted University of Queensland researchers more than $3.6 million, with UQ being awarded four out of nine grants funded through an Australian Research Council (ARC) Special Research Initiative.
10 August 2018A devastating form of childhood epilepsy that is resistant to traditional drugs may have met its match in spider venom.
6 August 2018
An experienced researcher known for her strong leadership and industry collaborations has joined The University of Queensland as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology.
3 August 2018
An army of volunteer divers and researchers have won an environmental award for a project mapping the health of a reef off the South-East Queensland coast.
2 August 2018
A citizen science initiative collecting data on the world’s biggest fish is a finalist at Australia’s premier science awards.
31 July 2018
An academic journal edited by a University of Queensland criminologist is now ranked third in the world in its field.
31 July 2018
A toxin from the desert bush spider is helping researchers understand more about human and insect biology, which could lead to new treatments for health conditions and bee-friendly insecticides.
27 July 2018
A molecule that kills the malaria parasite while leaving a patient’s and leaves healthy cells intact has been developed by researchers from The University of Queensland and The Australian National University (ANU).
26 July 2018
Broken and dead coral will be recycled to help protect and grow the Great Barrier Reef in a collaborative project involving University of Queensland researchers.
23 July 2018
With rising sales of electric cars, a new company developing more efficient production of essential battery materials is raising funds to build a demonstration plant.
9 July 2018
How the zebrafish brain perceives and reacts to predators has been determined by researchers at The University of Queensland.
6 July 2018
Many marine protected areas are often unnecessarily expensive and located in the wrong places, an international study has shown.
28 June 2018
Scientists have identified a portfolio of the world’s reefs most likely to survive the coming decades, using principles from the financial investment world.
28 June 2018
Certain antibodies in a patient’s blood stream may enable life-threatening bacterial infections to spread instead of fighting them off, a University of Queensland study has found.
28 June 2018
A University of Queensland researcher is working with an NGO to use sport to help Rohingya refugees in Malaysia.
20 June 2018
Love is in the air at The University of Queensland with entomologist Dr Errol Hassan naming a new species of wasp after his wife to celebrate more than 50 years of marriage.
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