Bondi, December 1892. Photo: Charles Kerry, UQ Anthropology Museum Collection

The members of a 19th century Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performance troupe are being remembered in an exhibition at The University of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum.

19 February 2015
2015 Fulbright Scholars Dr Scott Chapman, Dr William Feeney and Ms Kathryn Zealand

Three University of Queensland graduates have been awarded prestigious Fulbright Scholarships to United States universities.

19 February 2015

The horrific murder of Japanese nationals by Islamic State (IS) terrorists in early February has sparked a pensive debate about whether the pacifist Japanese constitution is an anachronism.

18 February 2015

Australia’s greyhound industry is reeling from the ABC’s Four Corners expose, featuring graphic footage of racing dogs tearing other mammals apart in the illegal training practice of live baiting.

18 February 2015
Journalism students Giulietta Avenia and Rhiannon Smith in action. Photo: Courtney Barnes

University of Queensland journalism students will be filing stories from more than 5000 kilometres away this week, with 10 student journalists reporting from Vietnam.

17 February 2015
Severe skin rash is a symptom of a family of rare autoinflammatory diseases that can occur at birth and persist throughout life.

Scientists in Brisbane and Ireland have developed a small molecule that blocks a key driver of inflammatory diseases – a finding that could inspire new treatments for arthritis, multiple sclerosis and a family of rare autoinflammatory diseases.

17 February 2015
Prime Minister Tony Abbott looks set to make a case for further sweeping national security changes in the wake of recent terrorist attacks and arrests.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott looks set to make a case for further sweeping national security changes in the wake of recent terrorist attacks and arrests.

17 February 2015
The walkway development is progressing well.

The construction of an elevated platform set to transform The University of Queensland’s eastern gateway is gaining momentum.

16 February 2015

Olivia Newton-John has a lot to answer for. Even now, after 35 years has passed, it is hard to forgive her for her role in Xanadu, a film consistently voted as the worst film of 1980.

13 February 2015
Stem cells: Study offers clues to how they are programmed

A landmark international study involving University of Queensland researchers has discovered how human and mammal cells develop specialised functions.

13 February 2015
The MBA students work on a “real life” US market entry or expansion project for an Australian company.

University of Queensland Master of Business Administration students are helping three Australian companies to expand their customer bases in the United States.

12 February 2015
The iron industry.

Brazilian steel industry strategies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions have failed spectacularly, actually resulting in a doubling of emissions, University of Queensland research has found.

11 February 2015
Looking underneath the wavefunction — represented by the Greek letter “psi” — in the search for quantum reality. (Image: Benjamin Duffus and Martin Ringbauer)

Schrödinger’s cat highlights a long-standing dilemma in quantum mechanics: is the cat really alive and dead, or is the weirdness just in our head?

9 February 2015

The move to challenge the leadership of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, coming soon after the shock Queensland election outcome, has in some quarters been blamed on a lack of appetite for reform on the part of voters.

9 February 2015
UQ researchers studied quolls to better understand the dynamics of movement. Credit: Skye Cameron

Trading maximum speed for manoeuvrability may be essential to surviving a run-in with a predator, a new study shows.

9 February 2015
Professor Lars Nielsen ... his research could lead to better and cheaper cancer therapies

An international multi-million dollar grant will support a University of Queensland researcher’s attempts to crack a 90-year old mystery around the detailed biology of cancer cells.

6 February 2015

A group of seven University of Queensland Psychology students have a renewed appreciation for their educational opportunities and student lifestyle after an intensive cultural experience in Indonesia.

6 February 2015
The study used data from four independent studies that sampled almost 5000 older people

We count our age in calendar years, but our bodies may not be counting the same way.

6 February 2015

New insights into how nerves cells in the brain maintain efficient communication with each other may help offset the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.

6 February 2015
The study findings were based on an analysis of data from 26 studies involving more than 200,000 men and women with type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is much more deadly for women than men, a study of more than 200,000 people with the condition has found.

6 February 2015