Hasan and Anastasios with a Tourigin tour group bound for Stradbroke Island (photos on jetty)

Tourists are coming face-to-face with Queensland’s Indigenous communities through a social enterprise started by two University of Queensland students.

21 July 2016
Silver nanoparticles could impact food grown in contaminated soil.

Changing Australian soil conditions are exposing crops to silver nanoparticles, which are widely used in household products, a study led by The University of Queensland has found.

8 July 2016

University of Queensland Provost Professor Joanne Wright has announced the appointment of Mark Erickson as UQ’s new Academic Registrar and Director of Academic Services.

3 June 2016
The researchers at work in Moreton Bay

Moreton Bay’s beautiful blue waters are a popular tourist attraction and a sanctuary for diverse wildlife, but terrestrial mud is invading the sandy ocean floor.

1 June 2016
UQ graduate Coby Tomlins

A University of Queensland graduate has harnessed Twitter to develop software that could help town planners design new urban areas.

1 June 2016

The Eleanor Schonell Bridge will be closed to buses this Sunday 22 May from 6am to 3pm due to essential maintenance inspections, however pedestrian and cyclist access will remain open.

18 May 2016
The Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Kick-starter funding of $50,000 has helped unite Brisbane-based researchers in the battle against Zika virus.

28 April 2016
Bleaching on Lizard Island 2016. Photo: XL Catlin Seaview Survey.

More than half of the corals in many parts of the Great Barrier Reef are dying as unprecedented mass bleaching spreads across Australia’s coral reefs.

20 April 2016

Barbara Blackman, a blind 87-year-old alumna of The University of Queensland, has delivered her first book of prose in 20 years.

18 April 2016
Sidney Nolan: Untitled (Lovers and flowers) c.1942

A new exhibition at The University of Queensland Art Museum presents the most comprehensive display ever assembled of a rare series of paintings on roofing slates, produced by renowned Australian artist Sidney Nolan in 1941 and 1942.

14 April 2016
The Veefil DC fast charger.

The University of Queensland is embracing the future of sustainable transport, installing four solar-powered electric vehicle chargers at its St Lucia and Gatton campuses.

7 April 2016
Gail Wiltshire.

A musical about women - for women - will raise vital funds for women’s cancer research this May.

23 March 2016
Professor Ben Hankamer.

Global warming could occur more quickly than expected, according to a new model by University of Queensland and Griffith University researchers.

10 March 2016
Professor Peter Halley and QUT’s Emeritus Professor Graeme George with the award.

New degradable plastic film that is less than the width of a human hair is helping to regenerate native trees and establish high-value crops.

9 March 2016

The world’s greatest science festival is coming to Brisbane, and The University of Queensland’s Science Demo Troupe is gearing up to flaunt their skills in a Street Science event.

15 February 2016
The mercury reportedly soared to 43.3 degrees in Birdsville.

People over the age of 75 are especially at risk from the hot weather blanketing Queensland this week, particularly if they have recently had an infection.

3 February 2016
An Acropora millepora colony releasing gametes during broadcast mass spawning

University of Queensland research has pinpointed artificial light as a threat to coral reproduction, in a discovery that will help guide reef and marine ecosystem protection plans.

15 December 2015
A mantis shrimp in a defensive position, on its back with its legs, head and heavily-armoured tail closed over. The red colour indicates areas of reflected circular polarising light. Credit Yakir Gagnon/QBI

The ocean is lighting up with secret forms of communication between marine animals that may have applications in satellite remote sensing, biomedical imaging, cancer detection and computer data storage, a team of Australian and international...

20 November 2015
Professor Jenny Martin was named a finalist in the awards for her tireless efforts campaigning for gender equity in science in Australia.

​Professor Jenny Martin from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience is a finalist for a Pride of Australia Medal in the Inspiration category.

1 September 2015
New combinations of resident and migrant species will present unprecedented challenges for conservation planning.

Warming oceans will cause profound changes in the global distribution of marine species, new research shows.

26 August 2015