Scientists recently confirmed the Great Barrier Reef suffered another serious bleaching event last summer - the third in five years. Dramatic intervention to save the natural wonder is clearly needed.

24 April 2020
Man holding blanket around his upper body

It’s important not to take medicines that haven’t been approved for the treatment of colds and flus.

28 March 2020

Three UQ researchers have been inducted as fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS) at its inaugural scientific meeting.

8 October 2015
Mr Gandhi visited Parliament House in Canberra for a pre-departure briefing with Government leaders, including Greens leader Senator Christine Milne

University of Queensland law student Milan Gandhi is bound for Peru, where he will rub shoulders with world leaders tackling vital issues around climate change.

9 October 2014
Dr David Jordan and Dr Emma Mace are part of a Queensland scientific team which has mapped the entire genome sequences of 44 sorghum lines

A consortium of Australian and Chinese researchers has discovered that sorghum, Africa's most widespread crop, contains vastly more genetic variation than previously realised.

28 August 2013

Thousands of Australians suffer communication and swallowing disorders for various medical reasons that make the field of speech pathology more complex than ever before.

21 June 2013
Samoan farmers from Vaiee village, Upolu island, alongside the widely-grown and exported red taro variety.

Australian research into the ‘best’ varieties of taro could open new markets and create greater food security in the Pacific region says a University of Queensland scientist.

23 May 2013

The University of Queensland’s (UQ’s) main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, has partnered with US-based Emory University to package biotech assets for a new start-up company from Australian university-linked research centres, including...

17 December 2012

UQ’s main commercialisation company UniQuest will promote the business benefits of partnering with the latest research innovations and expertise from Australian universities at this year’s AusBiotech conference in Melbourne from 30 October to 2...

26 October 2012

Australia is spending $31 million a year importing a critical blood product used to treat a range of neurological, hematological and immunological disorders.

5 October 2012

UniQuest Pty Limited, The University of Queensland’s (UQ) main commercialisation company, has appointed Joe McLean as General Manager of its Consulting & Research (C&R) Division.

28 September 2012

Brisbane Materials, a UniQuest cleantech start-up based on University of Queensland (UQ) research, has closed its AUD$5 million Series A funding round with AUD$2.5 million from the first-ever investment of Australia’s new Southern Cross Renewable...

25 September 2012

A ground-breaking approach to treating childhood and adolescent anxiety disorders, based on University of Queensland (UQ) research, will soon be available to families in the UK, US and Europe.

12 September 2012

A new treatment from a University of Queensland start-up company, Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, could bring hope to shingles sufferers experiencing nerve pain.

29 August 2012
Associate Professor Peer Schenk

Nexgen, a cutting edge anti-viral technology for plants developed at The University of Queensland, has attracted a $50,000 Skills and Knowledge grant from Commercialisation Australia (CA).

29 August 2012

LanguageMAP (LMAP), a quick and accurate online English language test developed at The University of Queensland, will soon be available as a mobile device app.

14 August 2012

Finding the right research article has been made much easier thanks to a new search application developed by Brisbane-based Leximancer and piloted at The University of Queensland (UQ) using ScienceDirect - an online scientific research platform from...

20 July 2012
Professor Darren Martin of UQ School of Chemical Engineering and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

TenasiTech Pty Ltd, a materials science start-up company from UniQuest based on University of Queensland research, has secured A$1.4 million in grants and equity capital from the Queensland Government and Uniseed

19 June 2012

The University of Queensland’s main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, has launched the 2012 Trailblazer entrepreneurial ideas and innovations competition, with a share of $100,000 worth of cash prizes on offer.

13 June 2012

UniQuest’s Consulting and Research Division has facilitated a contract for researchers from The University of Queensland and University of Technology Sydney to collaborate on a significant climate change project.

14 March 2012