Sir David Attenborough, as he appears while introducing the interactive website

University of Queensland scientific research on the Great Barrier Reef is in the international spotlight with this week’s launch of an interactive website to complement a BBC television series to be released on 30 December.

23 December 2015
Robbie Wilson’s research will enhance understanding of how native species cope with changing natural environments

The Australian Research Council has awarded five new Future Fellows at The University of Queensland, from a total of only 50 awarded across the nation.

16 December 2015
Australia and the UAE face many similar environmental challenges – including those relating to marine ecosystems and food security.

UQ's Global Change Institute and the Sharjah Research Academy in the United Arab Emirates have agreed to a broad research collaboration to address global warming.

7 December 2015

An international research team led by University of Queensland scientists has returned from the Great Barrier Reef with historical insights that could predict how the reef will respond to future environmental change.

21 October 2015

New Queensland research is indicating that green turtles living near urban and farming areas are absorbing possibly thousands of chemicals.

25 September 2015

​Engineers Australia has recognised The University of Queensland for its work in boosting female participation in engineering courses.

3 August 2015
Emily Chen.

Emily Chen is one University of Queensland student thoroughly backing the benefits of full immersion in an unfamiliar culture.

8 June 2015
This will be Australia’s first telerehabilitation clinic, and among the first in the world.

The possible beneficiaries of the ground-breaking University of Queensland Telerehabilitation Clinic are limited only by imagination – and certainly not by geography or mobility.

4 June 2015
Inflammation after spinal cord injury. Image source: Ms Faith Brennan (UQ School of Biomedical Sciences) and Mr Luke Hammond (UQ Queensland Brain Institute).

Rapid treatment with a new anti-inflammatory could have a major impact on recovery from spinal cord injury, University of Queensland researchers have found.

23 April 2015
Dottyback eyeing off its juvenile damselfish prey. Dottybacks change color to imitate the parental fish of the juveniles they prey upon

Treachery is afoot – or a-fin – on the Great Barrier Reef, where damselfish unknowingly harbour a masked killer in their midst.

1 April 2015
Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research director Professor Jürgen Götz and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute.

Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease and resto

12 March 2015
An LNP billboard on the Captain Cook Highway, Cairns. Picture: Margo Kingston, via Twitter.

Driving back to Brisbane from my childhood home of Nambour, I saw the most extraordinary political billboard. In monumental black and white, it simply said: Hung Parliament. Chaos.

2 February 2015
The Indigenous Youth Sports Program offers sporting, academic and cultural activities to Indigenous high school students.

More than 200 Indigenous youngsters had a taste of university life at the annual Indigenous Youth Sports Program last week.

27 January 2015
India is a promising destination for Australian businesses

Australia’s trade mission to India under Andrew Robb last week provided a much needed impetus to conclude an Australia-India free trade agreement in 2015. This would be a crowning achievement for the current government, following the recently...

19 January 2015