Reef fish are helping a University of Queensland scientist discover how visual tasks such as object recognition and face perception are achieved by the human brain.
9 December 2015
How much does your genetic make-up have to do with your weight? A University of Cambridge scientist will discuss the issue at a public lecture at The University of Queensland on 2 November.
26 October 2015
Mangrove forests around the Indo-Pacific region could be submerged by 2070, according to international research published today.
15 October 2015
They may be graduating from The University of Queensland next week, but five valedictorians are already proving themselves to be change-makers off-campus.
17 July 2015
Bucket-loads of icy water dunked on Australian heads last year has translated into more than a million dollars, enough to pool a team of experts to find treatments for motor neurone disease (MND).
22 May 2015
One of the great tussles of science – whether our health is governed by nature or nurture – has been settled, and it is effectively a draw.
19 May 2015
Children who are sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others are more popular in the playground, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
24 April 2015
An analysis of how nerve fibres make vital connections during brain development could aid the understanding of how some cognitive disorders occur.
25 February 2015
Researchers from UQ’s Global Change Institute recently returned from a trip to the Great Barrier Reef as part of the Catlin Seaview Survey. Read more about their work in Dr Pim Bongaerts’ blog.
14 January 2015
UQ’s Triple P- Positive Parenting Program Executive Officer John Pickering discusses the growing and seemingly widespread view that parents these days aren’t doing a good job.
13 January 2015All first year students at the University of Technology Sydney could soon be required to take a compulsory maths course.
18 December 2014
A team of UQ scientists has been tasked with prescribing the unique molecular signature of Queensland’s famous XXXX beer. The scientists are, for the first time, revealing the full profile of all the molecular components that give beer its flavour...
17 December 2014
The earlier you find a cancerous mole, the easier the treatment and the better the outcomes. But it’s not easy distinguishing between harmless, benign moles and those that warrant further attention.
5 December 2014The controversy ignited by the Australian National University in October, when it decided to sell its shares in seven resources companies, has raised two important questions about divestment from assets such as fossil fuels.
1 December 2014Staff recruitment and retention are an ongoing challenge for employers. Proponents of big data in the workplace are now claiming they can change that.
24 November 2014The SBS/Blackfella Films production First Contact amassed nearly 1 million viewers, while the program’s Twitter hashtag #FirstContactSBS trended worldwide.
21 November 2014There was a bit of talk over the last election cycle, expressed in the usual language of political left and right, about returning the pendulum to the “sensible centre”. Sounds a good idea, but what does it mean to be politically central? And where...
17 November 2014Last Friday, the High Court handed down its decision in a constitutional challenge to Queensland’s controversial suite of anti-bikie laws. This decision is as interesting for what it does not decide as for what it does.
17 November 2014
Three million Australian adults – 15 per cent of the population – struggle through spring and summer with watery eyes, running nose, itchy throat and the hallmark hay fever symptom, sneezing.
17 November 2014As the Kurdish town of Kobane continues to defy Islamic State (IS) forces, many pundits have condemned Turkey’s unwillingness to help the People’s Protection Units (YPG) keep the forces of “evil” at bay.
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