Honey bees have taught researchers how to guide planes through complex manoeuvres

Australian scientists have developed a novel autopilot that guides aircraft through complex aerobatic manoeuvres by watching the horizon like a honey bee.

1 December 2010

Computer science experts from Australia and China will discuss issues faced by both countries when a UQ summit takes place next week.

26 November 2010
UQ’s top teachers were presented with their awards at Customs House this week

A DIVERSE group of academics united by a passion for teaching was last night recognised at the 2010 University of Queensland Excellence in Teaching & Learning Awards.

2 November 2010

University of Queensland researchers will speak on the role of smart machines in the future of Australian farming at an industry event this week.

6 September 2010

Young people are often nagged for spending too much time on computers and other gadgets, but on August 7 their technological skills will be challenged and rewarded.

2 August 2010

The University of Queensland will lead two new Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence which have been awarded $36.4 million today to position Australia internationally in quantum technologies and to help solve environmental management...

16 July 2010

Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry Richard Marles MP visited The University of Queensland today Wednesday July 14, 2010, to meet scientists and inspect progress on a million project to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space...

13 July 2010

Children with life limiting conditions and their families are receiving support from their hospital-based healthcare team in the comfort of their own home using the internet, thanks to a special University of Queensland project launched recently by...

24 May 2010

Nine UQ researchers will travel the world building research links and bringing that knowledge back to Queensland thanks to funding from the Queensland Government.

19 May 2010

The University that developed the vaccination for cervical cancer and the next generation jet engine is now on iTunes U.

17 May 2010

Australian scientists are playing a vital role in a worldwide search for cancer therapies, described in the top scientific journal Nature recently.

14 April 2010

A series of workshops organised by a UQ researcher are an important step in addressing a worrying decline in the teaching and learning of mathematics.

23 March 2010

The University of Queensland will lead a $14 million international consortium to develop scramjet-based access-to-space systems, flying an autonomous scramjet vehicle at eight times the speed of sound – Mach 8, or 8600 km/h.

27 February 2010

Queensland universities, including UQ, in partnership with Mater Health Services Brisbane have launched an innovative, low cost IT solution at the Mater precinct in South Brisbane with the aim of improving teaching, learning and research outcomes.

11 February 2010

As The University of Queensland gears up to celebrate its centenary in 2010, one University staff member will mark his own half-century achievement.

19 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

There are more species of insects on the planet than any other group. While they are not everyone’s favorite topic, they fascinate UQ entomology lecturer Dr David Merritt, who leads Entomology Curriculum Australia (ECA), a project making an...

13 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