Crown-of-thorns starfish covering coral on Great Barrier Reef.

Scientists are one step closer to combatting coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a University of Queensland study into the pest’s genetics.

15 May 2024
Cash in wallet

UQ has experts available for comment across a range of topics including housing, education, HECS indexation, tax, cost of living, energy transition, superannuation and entrenched disadvantage.

9 May 2024
A photo of a hospital bed and medical equipment and monitors beside it.

A new drug could prevent sepsis-related organ failure and death by restoring the health of a patient’s blood vessels.

9 May 2024
An aerial photo of turquoise and darker blue water around an area of the Great Barrier Reef.

UQ researchers have received $3.6 million from the Federal and Queensland governments to improve water quality monitoring in Great Barrier Reef catchments.

8 May 2024
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UQ researchers have worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people to make a series of videos to address stigma and misinformation about sexually transmitted diseases.

7 May 2024
A brown barley field

The University of Queensland is leading a collaborative project to assist Australian agricultural organisations refine and improve their trade strategies toward China.

24 April 2024
a diagram showing co2 clouds descending into four discs and electricity symbolised by lightening bolts flowing along wires

UQ researchers have built a generator that absorbs carbon dioxide to make electricity.

18 April 2024
Flowering jacarandas lining the edges of a footpath and bikeway

The University of Queensland has pledged to raise $250 million towards more equitable access to education by 2032, in a community-led initiative that will create lasting change for the state.

17 April 2024
An underwater photo of a large coral structure.

Some deeper areas of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from harmful heatwaves but that protection will be lost if global warming continues, according to research by UQ and University of Exeter.

9 April 2024
A four wheeled rover with an excavator attachment on a sandy field

A team of aspiring students from The University of Queensland has won a share in honours in an international space competition.

3 April 2024
A man stands looking at an ultrasound machine in a hospital room or clinical setting.

University of Queensland researchers have found targeting amyloid plaque in the brain is not essential for ultrasound to deliver cognitive improvement in neurodegenerative disorders.

2 April 2024
A goanna eating a black snake.

A University of Queensland-led study has shed light on how some lizards have evolved to resist deadly neurotoxins from Australia’s most venomous snakes.

26 March 2024
an aerial image of suburbs and a river with brown water coming out of it

UQ sampling during and after the February 2022 Brisbane River flood has sounded a warning about the future of Moreton Bay with climate change predicted to bring more extreme weather.

25 March 2024
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UQ researchers estimate there could be up to 7000 tonnes of microplastics polluting vital ecosystems in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay.

25 March 2024
Large cattle grazing in a grassy field

University of Queensland researchers say mRNA vaccine technology could play an important role in boosting livestock production to meet global food demands.

22 March 2024

Researchers from The University of Queensland have received more than $110,000 to help safeguard some of Queensland’s most vulnerable species under the Queensland Government’s Threatened Species Program.

20 March 2024
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The 2024 SportsPro Hackathon saw some of UQ’s brightest students work towards creating an innovative solution that could drive sustainable change within the sport events industry.

13 March 2024
A man in a pink shirt stands smiling broadly with his arms crossed in front of a whiteboard covered in mathematical equations.

Landmark genetic research could allow doctors to accurately predict whether a patient is at risk of developing common diseases, decades before any symptoms would become evident.

12 March 2024
An image showing the head and some of the body of a large snake on green grass at night.

A team of scientists on location with a film crew in the remote Amazon has uncovered a previously undocumented species of giant anaconda.

20 February 2024

Two University of Queensland researchers have received almost $770,000 from the Westpac Scholars Trust to progress innovative research projects and support their leadership development.

16 February 2024