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

The University of Queensland is gunning for back-to-back tournament wins ahead of this weekend’s second Aon Uni 7s Series round on the Gold Coast (28-29 September).

26 September 2019

Sufferers of recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs) could expect more effective treatments thanks to University of Queensland-led research.

14 August 2019
Front row: UQ School of Civil Engineering head Professor Simon Washington, UQ Director of Research Partnerships Joe McLean, VLC CEO Tim Veitch. UQ's Dr Jake Whitehead (back row, third from left)

How we get around our cities and towns could be revolutionised through to a new partnership between The University of Queensland and industry.

30 April 2019

More than a quarter of new nurses and midwives are unaware of the standards for social media in their workplace, though for the most part, they are a responsible bunch.

29 October 2015

The federal government’s Direct Action climate policy, a A$2.5 billion scheme aimed at paying polluters to cut their greenhouse emissions, is set to be approved in the Senate after a deal between environment minister Greg Hunt and Palmer United...

30 October 2014
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
Back row L-R: Professor Graham Schaffer, Professor Gordon Dunlop, Steve Healy. Front row L-R:
Professor Peter Hayes, Dr Denis Audet, Francois Tremblay

Queensland’s future in bauxite and alumina processing has been strengthened thanks to a partnership between The University of Queensland (UQ) and Rio Tinto Alcan, one of the world’s leading bauxite and alumina producers.

12 November 2012

Could traditional research methods be missing the big picture?

3 October 2012
A Phaius orchid

University of Queensland start-up company Aussie Colours has come to the rescue of two rare and endangered Australian native Phaius orchids.

11 September 2012

The University of Queensland has been appointed the Lead Research Organisation for two large solar photovoltaic (PV) projects which will be built in the next three years in western New South Wales.

8 August 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

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers are working with the North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) to create Australia's first "advanced technology" coal terminals' project at Dudgeon Point on the Central Queensland coast.

14 November 2011

A system that offers water utilities a cheaper way to get rid of sewer odours and stop the corrosion that can lead to sewers collapsing and causing sinkholes, is one of the innovative business concepts in the running to win $100,000 in The...

15 September 2011
Violet Kim

Violet Kim is tasting success in South Korea thanks to lessons learned in Australia.

3 September 2010
Professor Tim Brailsford

The extent of Brisbane’s innovation landscape will be revealed with the release of the inaugural Brisbane Innovation Scorecard during the Enable2010 initiative in July.

19 July 2010

UQ Business School will next month launch the Career Companion, a web portal which streamlines connection between employers and MBA talent.

7 July 2010

Cleverly marketed convenience foods combined with time-poor households have resulted in changed eating habits for Australian families, a recent UQ PhD has found.

10 December 2009

The University of Queensland is talking Modernities in a one-day symposium on November 27 aimed at discussing the evolving interdisciplinary field of modernist studies.

12 November 2009

University of Queensland research has received a $44 million boost, thanks to funding announced by the Federal Government today.

26 October 2009