A 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks would result in widespread, long-lasting public health benefits and significant health cost savings, a new study shows.
14 April 2016
More than 100 international experts have contributed to a world-first online course designed to improve healthcare for people with intellectual disability.
21 March 2016
The future seems bright for Ziggy the three-legged wonder dog, after specialist surgery at The University of Queensland’s Veterinary Medical Centre at Gatton.
8 March 2016
Money might not guarantee happiness, but it could buy you physical health in older age, new University of Queensland research shows.
24 February 2016
Researchers believe the discovery of a new genus and two new species of extinct non-hopping kangaroos could shed light on the ancestry of all kangaroos and wallabies living today.
22 February 2016
Bigger will definitely be better for more than 3000 students who plant sunflowers on Tuesday (23 February) in the 2016 University of Queensland Sunflower competition.
18 February 2016
For most people, cycling up a mountain at full speed sounds like anything but fun, but for 70-year-old UQ Emeritus Professor Ken Collerson “the burn” is an almost daily addiction.
11 February 2016
An international study led by University of Queensland researchers has challenged a long-held idea about how mammals evolved more sensitive hearing than reptiles.
13 January 2016
University of Queensland ageing experts have rejected calls for all older drivers to relinquish their licences.
7 January 2016
News from The University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences dominates the list of the most popular articles published on the UQ News site this year.
18 December 2015
It was more than just a tactical error that led to the demise of UFC champ Ronda Rousey, according to a Queensland sports scientist who specialises in mixed martial arts (MMA).
23 November 2015
Many people spend hours in the gym every week and fill up on protein supplements in the quest for a ripped physique, but could all that hard work and money spent on sweet tasting powder be in vain?
19 November 2015
Victorian artist Fiona McMonagle has been awarded one of Australia’s most prestigious art prizes, The University of Queensland’s National Self-Portrait Prize 2015.
13 November 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 2015UQ has ranked 45th in a global ranking system, placing fifth in the Asia-Pacific Region and number one in Queensland.
16 October 2015
As if life wasn’t hard enough during the last Ice Age, research led by the University of Queensland has found Australia’s first human inhabitants had to contend with giant killer lizards
24 September 2015
German shepherd PD Maui and his canine colleagues are lean, keen policing machines, thanks to important surgery at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus.
16 September 2015
Affordable open-source prosthetic limbs may be a step closer, thanks to the efforts of UQ Robotics Club students.
14 September 2015
The University of Queensland’s Provost and Senior Vice-President, Professor Max Lu, will this weekend deliver a prestigious chemistry lecture in Kagoshima, Japan.
11 September 2015
Many of the world’s 27 species of crocodylians will soon be either totally or locally extinct due to human population expansion and intensive land-use, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
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