Anyone who’s slaved over a school sausage sizzle may not be surprised to learn that parents and friends raise an average $752 a year for every state school student in Australia.
12 February 2021
Regular exercise can improve brain function and may protect against dementia in middle-aged and older adults, with women benefitting almost twice as much as men, according to University of Queensland research.
11 February 2021
Australia has recently seen SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) escape several times from hotel quarantine, including in Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne.
10 February 2021
A short story for a University of Queensland project that evolved into the draft of a novel has helped secure Indigenous Arts student Sharlene Allsopp a prestigious literary prize.
10 February 2021
Researchers are aiming to unlock the microbial secrets of native Australian animals’ low-methane digestive footprint and how environmental changes might disrupt their bacterial balance.
3 February 2021
Regular cannabis use has harmful effects regardless of the age a person starts using, a University of Queensland-led study has found.
27 January 2021
Archaeologists are generating a 65,000-year-old rainfall record from ancient food scraps found at Australia’s earliest-known site of human occupation.
26 January 2021
Macadamia researchers are breeding thinner shells for bigger kernels and tougher husks for resisting pests.
24 January 2021
LGBTIQA+ Allies make an important contribution to the university and wider community by creating a safe, welcoming and inclusive space for sex, gender, and sexuality diverse people.
20 January 2021
Synthetic cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has been shown for the first time to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and legionnaires disease.
20 January 2021
More than 690 million celestial objects have been catalogued, photographed and are now available online for exploration by the public, thanks to an international research collaboration.
15 January 2021
More than 9500 prospective students have now been offered places to study at The University of Queensland in 2021.
14 January 2021
New treatments to cut the global death rate from dengue, Zika and West Nile viruses could result from research led by The University of Queensland.
8 January 2021
A study on the vulnerable white shark has shown that approximately 206 to 252 sharks breed on Australia’s east coast each year.
23 December 2020
A prehistoric croc measuring more than five metres long – dubbed the ‘swamp king’ – ruled south eastern Queensland waterways only a few million years ago.
22 December 2020
Eating too much junk food has been linked with poor sleep quality in teens, a University of Queensland-led study has found.
22 December 2020
Two University of Queensland students have joined forces with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to contribute to the prevention of child sexual exploitation.
21 December 2020
2020 New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholar and UQ philosophy and economics student Adele Greedy-Vogel wants to make her mark in disability inclusion.
18 December 2020
UQ’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences is at the forefront of this discovery, landing a significant share of the $25 million NHMRC Ideas Grants funding received by the University.
15 December 2020
Graduation looks a little different for the Class of 2020 at UQ. Here we learn about just a few of the students who have completed their studies in a very challenging year.
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