Dr Raghuwanshi with the world's first transgenic sweet sorghum plants

UQ researchers are leading green energy technology with confirmation of the world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum plants.

9 November 2009
UQ education student Becky Xie

A UQ education student has received a sought after fellowship to undertake intensive language and cultural study in China next year.

9 November 2009

Celebrate the beauty and diversity of the Moreton Bay region at The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station open day on Saturday, November 21.

2 November 2009

The University of Queensland has honoured its outstanding teachers and education programs at its 9th UQ Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards at Customs House tonight.

2 November 2009

Medical research worth $40 million will commence at The University of Queensland in 2010, thanks to funding announced by the Federal Government today.

29 October 2009

Next-generation approaches in disease detection and prevention are being developed by biotechnologists at The University of Queensland (UQ) in a bid to curb the influence of a changing climate and sprawling population.

27 October 2009

University of Queensland research has received a $44 million boost, thanks to funding announced by the Federal Government today.

26 October 2009
Professor Justin Marshall

The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and players, according to new research from The University of Queensland.

26 October 2009
Associate Professor Hamish McGowan

As Mother Nature unleashes her fury this storm season, a group of UQ researchers will brave the elements to collect crucial data for more accurate warnings in South-East Queensland.

22 October 2009
2010 Queensland Rhodes Scholar Jessica Howley

International law is where UQ graduate and 2010 Queensland Rhodes Scholar Jessica Howley's academic interests lie.

20 October 2009

"Communications is a serious business". Indian graphic designer and artist, Ms Lakshmi Murthy, should know. Together with Bougainville community broadcaster, Mr Aloysius Laukai, she was presented with The University of Queensland’s top social...

20 October 2009

Two UQ physicists have taken to the big screen to explain how the weird and wonderful world of quantum principles is being tamed to advance our future technologies.

15 October 2009
UQ Anthropology Museum Director Dr Diana Young

The new director of UQ’s Anthropology Museum hopes the “hidden gem” under her care will become better known with researchers and the public alike.

15 October 2009
Dr Kathy Townsend prepares to release a sea turtle

UQ’s Dr Kathy Townsend, a marine biologist from the Moreton Bay Research Station, has been awarded an international science prize to continue her work on the impact of marine rubbish on sea turtles.

14 October 2009
Image of Australian tectonic boundary (red line). The two area's circled are hypothetical hot-spots which if a earthquake occurred at could cause a tsunami that would threaten the Australian east coast.

The recent earthquakes in the Pacific and Indonesia have one University of Queensland researcher questioning whether the two are related.

8 October 2009

Tales of romance may form the basis of Kylie Layton’s Masters research, but she is required to delve deeper than Mills and Boon novels.

6 October 2009

How could picture-perfect Heron Island – a remote coral cay on the Tropic of Capricorn north east of Gladstone – possibly be the subject of an artist’s ecological scrutiny?

5 October 2009

UQ scientist Ian Mackay is always on the lookout for that lucky find – well, if you consider unknown strains of the common cold virus lucky.

5 October 2009

The natural transparency of young zebrafish has allowed neuroscientists to use light, much like we use a remote control, to turn on and off neurons that may be responsible for how we move our bodies.

5 October 2009

UQ researchers have been investigating how seniors can keep informed about the services and opportunities that are available to help them age well.

5 October 2009