Herbicide-resistant weeds are threatening food security, but University of Queensland researchers are one step closer to a solution after a new discovery.
16 February 2018
A University of Queensland scientist will help steer a national initiative striving to double brain cancer survival rates over the next decade.
31 January 2018
Research to develop non-addictive analgesics that could potentially be used as alternatives to addictive opioid drugs such as codeine will be undertaken by UQ under an agreement with Canadian biomedical company PreveCeutical Medical Inc.
31 January 2018
An antibiotic overlooked since its discovery 40 years ago could help develop new drugs against life-threatening infections caused by some of the world’s most dangerous superbugs.
26 January 2018
University of Queensland researchers have found that freckles and moles appearing on the iris indicate a high risk of melanoma, particularly in people under 40 years of age.
17 January 2018
Researchers have new insights into how protective antibodies attack dengue viruses, which could lead to more effective dengue fever vaccines and drug therapies.
19 December 2017
University of Queensland research into dementia, cancer, superbugs, painkillers, and children’s health are among 51 projects that will benefit from National Health and Medical Research Council 2018 Project Grant funding announced today.
6 December 2017
Adding aspirin to some existing cancer drugs could increase their effectiveness against a group of tumours resistant to treatment, new research has shown.
4 December 2017University of Queensland researchers have unravelled the cellular process which may help to explain why tall people are at increased risk of several types of cancer.
25 October 2017
More than 20,000 commuters will get a daily reminder to be sun smart with the arrival of a new UV index display developed by a UQ engineering student.
18 October 2017
University of Queensland research projects to develop better batteries for renewable energy and a way of predicting crop yields from space have been funded under a joint Queensland-China scheme.
17 October 2017
A possible cure for dementia and saving the Great Barrier Reef from invasive crown-of-thorns starfish are now within reach as UQ launches an historic $500 million philanthropic campaign.
15 October 2017
Do you want to learn more about citizen science, or hear about research on a cryptic Australian bird that is hard to spot, even when it’s only metres away?
27 September 2017
More than 400,000 Australians live with dementia and that number is expected to climb to 1.1 million by 2056.
21 September 2017
University of Queensland PhD candidate Edwin Davis’s research into more efficient and safer drones has helped him win UQ’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.
14 September 2017
UQ intends to become smoke-free from 1 July 2018.
12 September 2017
Almost four centuries after its creation, Gian Lorenzo Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1647–52) has inspired a new exhibition opening at UQ Art Museum on 16 September.
5 September 2017
University of Queensland graduate Anna John has supercharged an international legal career by learning a second language.
19 July 2017
The Federal Government is backing a wave of investment in tidal electricity generation as experts tip that marine power will be the next big thing in renewable energy.
13 July 2017
Leading researchers and scholars from around the world will gather at The University of Queensland next week to discuss the growing crisis in human protection.
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