A new company has been launched to commercialise an innovative blood-clotting agent derived from the venom of one of Australia’s most dangerous snakes.

23 September 2002

University of Queensland researchers today (August 16) claimed success for the world`s first flight test of supersonic combustion, the process used in an air-breathing supersonic ramjet engine, known as a scramjet.

16 August 2002

Members of The University of Queensland-led HyShot team will attend the free UQ Study Expo and Open Day on Sunday, August 4 to share their experiences with the public.

2 August 2002

Visitors to the University of Queensland this weekend will be given the opportunity to read a TV news bulletin, walk through a wind tunnel and watch scenes from a Shakespearean play.

1 August 2002

UQ researchers already hold the record for being the first group reported in the open literature to “fly” a scramjet in a UQ ground test facility in 1993.

27 July 2002

A $33 million research complex opening today (July 15) is the new home for a University of Queensland research group pioneering vaccines against cervical cancer and genital warts.

15 July 2002

Some of the world’s leading legal figures and business regulators are coming to Australia for a “think tank” to examine the impact of our shrinking, global society and the extra-territorial effect of modern legal systems.

11 July 2002

The University of Queensland and global engineering firm, Hatch, are to form a Strategic Development Partnership.

22 May 2002

The University of Queensland is working towards the second flight in the international HyShot program to proceed at Woomera, possibly in late July or early August.

22 May 2002

Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) researchers, based at The University of Queensland have led a team to a significant discovery with implications for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis (CF).

22 February 2002

The University of Queensland`s governing Senate last night (February 7) approved changes to the titles of members of Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay`s executive group.

8 February 2002

The first proteinchip instrument in Australia was launched at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) today, giving researchers a powerful new tool in the fight against common human diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s and diabetes.

24 January 2002

The Queensland Government and The University of Queensland have announced a $50 million Australian Institute of Bio-Engineering and Nanotechnology would be established in Brisbane.

11 December 2001

Letters written over almost 30 years between three famous Australian women authors have been lovingly compiled into a book by a UQ researcher.

3 December 2001

The University of Queensland has held elections for Senate 2002-2004 and for the Academic Board. Elections have also been held for the Standing Committee of Convocation.

14 November 2001

The University of Queensland has welcomed moves by the Federal Industry, Science and Resources Minister Nick Minchin to clear the way for another HyShot scramjet experiment.

2 November 2001

The HyShot research team say they have recovered valuable data from a rocket launch which will assist them in future attempts to flight test air-breathing scramjets.

31 October 2001

The University of Queensland today (October 30) will lead an international project to flight test the supersonic combustion process used in a scramjet for the first time in the world.

30 October 2001

A small group of scientists is quietly bunkering down this week for potentially one the biggest developments in aerospace history.

22 October 2001

The University of Queensland has attracted the largest Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery grant for a project investigating potential new drug therapies derived from the venom of marine snails.

24 September 2001