Kelp forest underwater.

The world's giant kelp forests – vital marine wildernesses as important to Earth’s ecology as rainforests and coral reefs – are being mapped by a team of international scientists.

11 June 2021
Professor Nicole Gillespie speaking at a podium

Trust is an issue when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) according to a University of Queensland study that found 72 per cent of people don’t trust it, with Australians leading the pack.

11 June 2021
Artist's impression of UQ's new quantum microscope in action

In a major scientific leap, University of Queensland researchers have created a quantum microscope that can reveal biological structures that would otherwise be impossible to see.

10 June 2021
Young girl sitting at desk while being homeschooled.

Researchers are urging key decision makers and sector stakeholders to adopt 16 recommendations to help close the educational divide and improve Australia’s treatment of children and young people experiencing disadvantage.

9 June 2021
Andrew Flannery stands in the foreground with greenery and sandstone buildings behind him.

The University of Queensland has appointed highly regarded Andrew Flannery as UQ’s next Chief Operating Officer (COO).

7 June 2021
green eucalypt leaves against a blue sky

South East Queensland’s eucalypt trees can provide everything from medicines to tools, traps and building materials, according to rediscovered records of regional Indigenous knowledge.

1 June 2021
Vaccine being injected into older woman's arm.

Reduced levels of a metabolic hormone known as leptin is linked to poor vaccine antibody responses in the general population, a University of Queensland study has found.

25 May 2021
Poinciana tree and sandstone building

University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry has issued a statement to staff and students on supporting people who experience sexual misconduct.

22 May 2021

The incidence of alcohol-related violence fell in Queensland’s key nightlife areas while business continued to grow after the Queensland Government’s Tackling Alcohol Fuelled Violence (TAFV) policy was introduced, independent research has found.

21 May 2021
A large fire is seen near the scene of what officials said was a Gaza rocket attack on an Israeli energy pipeline near Ashkelon, Israel, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Weeks of tensions between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem have boiled over in recent days, unleashing some of the worst violence between Israel and the Palestinians in ye

14 May 2021
David Craik standing in a greenhouse, surrounded by plants

The University of Queensland’s Professor David Craik has been elected as a Fellow of the oldest learned society in the world, the Royal Society, for his outstanding contribution to science.

7 May 2021
The cave in the forest in Kenya with the excavation team working at the mouth

The remains of a child buried almost 80,000 years ago under an overhang at Panga ya Saidi cave in Kenya is providing important new details about the development of complex social behaviours.

6 May 2021
people in white coats stand next to equipment with many hoses

A pilot facility at The University of Queensland could be producing mRNA vaccines and cancer therapies for research and development within months after receiving backing from the Australian Government.

29 April 2021
Indigenous villagers in the heavily forested state of Odisha, India, with the forest behind them

Nearly three-quarters of Earth’s land had been transformed by humans by 10,000BC, but new research shows it largely wasn’t at the expense of the natural world.

20 April 2021
Baby peaking up from crib.

Researchers are calling for parents and kids to be involved in a national study into early childhood sleeping patterns at The University of Queensland.

19 March 2021
close up of green coloured bacteria

Holding off the rise of superbugs could be achieved by ‘resuscitating’ old antibiotics, with The University of Queensland researchers leading an international project to help combat the growing threat.

23 February 2021

An expert in Indigenous architecture, a noted historian and a history-making teacher joined a raft of talented University of Queensland alumni recognised in the 2021 Australia Day honours.

29 January 2021
Fruit of the Anyakngarra, also known as pandanus. The soft base is made into a drink and their nuts are an excellent source of fat and protein.

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
The short-eared rock wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) of northern Australia has nearly 20 per cent of its habitat within Indigenous peoples’ lands (Credit: Micha Jackson).

Indigenous peoples’ lands may harbour a significant proportion of threatened and endangered species globally, according to University of Queensland-led research.

21 January 2021
Image depicts the 1G5.3 antibody (green) bound to both Zika (red) and dengue (blue) NS1 proteins. It's based on structural data but idealised to showing binding to both viral proteins simultaneously. Credit: Daniel Watterson

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