A man in high-vis and wearing a helmet and backpack rides an e-scooter across a Brisbane road.

A UQ study has examined the behaviour of e-scooter riders in Brisbane before and after the introduction of tighter regulations.

26 June 2025
A small seahorse hanging off a seaweed covered fence underwater

UQ researchers have begun the state’s first study of White’s Seahorses to save them from extinction.

26 June 2025
green bushes with small yellow flowers and clusters of seed pods

The University of Queensland has developed 5 new varieties of pigeonpea as a step towards the legume being grown more widely in Australia.

17 June 2025
green, yellow and orange leafy plants underwater

Three UQ conservation researchers say upgraded marine parks must cover poorly protected habitats important for biodiversity.

10 June 2025

A world-leading ecologist from The University of Queensland has been awarded one of science’s highest honours, elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society (UK), the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

22 May 2025
Pregnant woman declining glass of red wine. Adobe

Health professionals will have access to national clinical practice guidelines to help assess and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, after a 4-year research project led by UQ.

13 May 2025
Divers with their heads out of very blue ocean water

Satellites orbiting Earth offer great potential to better understand the world’s reefs over time beyond the sites visited by researchers, UQ research has found.

30 April 2025
Dr Kevin M. Koo in a research lab. Researchers are hoping to make targeted alpha therapy more precise and effective.

UQ will play a key role in a national effort to revolutionise treatment for men with prostate cancer.

23 April 2025
two koalas sleep on thin branches in a gum tree

Queensland is widely known as the land clearing capital of Australia. But what’s not so well known is many of the cleared trees can grow back naturally.

17 April 2025
A homeless man asleep on the sidewalk

Measures to tackle homelessness in Australia have been conspicuously absent from the election campaign, writes UQ's Professor Cameron Parsell and Honorary Professor Karyn Walsh.

16 April 2025
UQ PHD student Thi Thanh Nhan An during a harvest inside her semi-greenhouse urban farming prototype.

Fresh research from UQ could help apartment dwellers enjoy a backyard garden in their own flat and a year-round harvest of fruit and vegetables.

15 April 2025
Open packet of cigarettes with $A50 note in the background.

Disadvantaged households have higher rates of smoking, putting pressure on their household budgets, UQ research has found.

10 April 2025
Two Indigenous women sitting down and looking at information on a digital device.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living with chronic disease in rural areas will benefit from improved healthcare access thanks to a $500,000 grant.

4 April 2025
Researchers studying skin lesions on computer image. Credit, UQ

The potential for 3D photography to improve melanoma early detection is a topic of increasing interest in the medical community.

27 March 2025
A digital image of a skin cancer located in the head and neck. The skin cells are shown in bright red, with the tumour pockets in dull red surrounded by yellow. Immune cells are patrolling the tissue in green and magenta.

Two UQ researchers have received National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Awards for excellence and outstanding contributions to the sector.

27 March 2025
A wide view of a city skyline including high rises and residential housing

UQ has a range of experts available to comment on the decision of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic main stadium.

25 March 2025

University of Queensland researchers have secured more than $4.45 million from Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite program (Round 1) to advance research and commercialisation in national priority areas.

21 March 2025
Hands with a smart phone showing health apps.

Digital tools such as telehealth, remote monitoring and mobile health apps are key to transforming healthcare but trust in these new ways to provide care remains a stumbling block, UQ researchers have found.

18 March 2025
A South East Queensland koala, part of a population that has developed the unique genomic immunity.

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus threatening their species.

13 March 2025
A woman in a patterned grey and black shirt standing in front of a sandstone building

A UQ linguistics professor who specialises in the documentation and revitalisation of Australia’s First Nations languages has been named a 2025 Fulbright Senior Scholar.

28 February 2025