Overhead image of trees reaching shoreline of sandy beach.

Increasing reforestation efforts in coastal regions could substantially reduce the amount of sediment run-off reaching coral reefs and improve their resilience, a University of Queensland-led study has found.

16 September 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has sharpened our focus on food – whether it be due to concerns relating to supply chain integrity, the viability of rural communities, or a rediscovery of home-cooking during lock-down.

13 September 2021

Invisible lines marked on maps are hindering current efforts to conserve the world’s marine species such as sea turtles, according to University of Queensland research.

10 September 2021
Label with a red box with a cross in it, indicating a positive COVID test result

Stigma and discrimination linked to a positive COVID-19 diagnosis are the subjects of research being conducted by a multidisciplinary University of Queensland team.

9 September 2021
An arch of UQ's sandstone walls around the Great Court

University of Queensland researchers are among finalists in the 2021 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. Projects in Science, Business and Humanities have been nominated for the event which is known as the ‘Oscars’ of Australian science.

2 September 2021

The University of Queensland has climbed to its best global position yet in the respected Times Higher Education University World Rankings.

2 September 2021
Young child looking distressed and holding teddy bear.

People who experienced childhood trauma get a more pleasurable ‘high’ from morphine, new research suggests.

25 August 2021

Teens need to regularly switch screen time for physical activity for the sake of their health and mental wellbeing, according to a University of Queensland-led study.

10 August 2021
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University of Queensland researchers are refuting claims that COVID-19 can enter a person’s DNA.

30 July 2021
Black-and-white photograph of woman smoking.

Encouraging young women to quit smoking has taken on added importance after University of Queensland research showed associations between smoking, early menopause and lung cancer.

29 July 2021

A test being developed in Queensland could help to reduce the high mortality rate from ovarian cancer by dramatically improving the accuracy of early detection.

26 July 2021
Back of researcher in lab holding up test tube of liquid

Improving Australia’s safe drinking water standards and a nationwide wastewater sampling program linking with the Census are among projects as part of a $1.3 million partnership between The University of Queensland and Queensland Health.

19 July 2021
Associate Professor Emma Hamilton-Williams

It’s hoped a dietary fibre supplement could one day help manage or prevent type 1 diabetes, with research at The University of Queensland set to progress to the next stage.

14 July 2021
Xanthe Dobbie Cloud Copy (detail), 2020 virtual reality installation 4:50 mins Courtesy of the artist

Recent and newly commissioned artworks from Australian and international artists can be seen for the first time in a new exhibition about the Internet at The University of Queensland Art Museum. 

13 July 2021
Visual representation of sepsis with blue, pink and red items in blood vessels

A potential therapy developed at The University of Queensland may one day save lives by helping patients recover faster from severe trauma, extensive burns and major surgery.

13 July 2021
Mitochondria labelled by fluorescent red, and green proteins in the neurons.

A ‘’perfect storm’’ of genetic mutations, toxic proteins and a defect in natural cell recycling has been uncovered in University of Queensland research that could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

8 July 2021
Silhouette of man holding head

A University of Queensland study is calling for changes to the way depression is treated in Indigenous communities in Australia.

7 July 2021
Woman leaning on a window frame

The image of the lifeless body of three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi washed ashore on a beach in Turkey in 2015, caused worldwide outrage and changed humanitarian policy across Europe.

7 July 2021

Researchers are taking to the skies to help see what is happening underground in a new project that aims to improve one of Australia’s largest grain crops - barley.

6 July 2021
A hand holding a beetle

A destructive pest beetle is edging closer to Australia as biological controls fail, destroying home gardens, plantations and biodiversity as they surge through nearby Pacific islands.

17 June 2021