UQ researchers have received $3.6 million from the Federal and Queensland governments to improve water quality monitoring in Great Barrier Reef catchments.
8 May 2024Water quality in the Great Barrier Reef will be improved thanks to a multimillion-dollar collaboration between The University of Queensland and the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
22 April 2022Queensland has the highest regional MDMA consumption in Australia and the second highest of cocaine and methyl amphetamine, according to a report released by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission today.
29 October 2020New research led by The University of Queensland has provided the first comprehensive analysis of pesticide mixtures in creeks and rivers discharging to the Great Barrier Reef.
14 July 2020The combined toxicity of 22 of the most common pesticides found in waterways flowing into the Great Barrier Reef is in many cases not meeting pollution reduction targets.
25 October 2019A pioneer program at The University of Queensland will see students work with industry experts to design and manufacture smart devices to create a smart home.
13 December 2018Environmental water quality is set to improve in Australia and New Zealand thanks to research transforming water quality guidelines.
14 November 2018Staff who have contributed to The University of Queensland’s vision of excellence have been celebrated and awarded at the 2016 UQ Awards for Excellence.
10 June 2016A conference next week will explore the wide-ranging consequences, issues and opportunities arising from society’s dependence on interactive technology.
28 April 2014Stargazers are reminded of tomorrow's once-in-a-lifetime chance to observe a rare astronomical phenomenon — the planet Venus passing across the face of the Sun.
5 June 2012The responsibility for choosing which Australian native species survive – and which go extinct – may ultimately fall to ordinary Australians.
28 May 2012Fish and other sea creatures will have to travel large distances to survive climate change, international marine scientists have warned.
4 November 2011Adelaide-based artist Domenico de Clario has won The University of Queensland’s biennial National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize 2011.
23 September 2011Inadequate taxes on mining means the people of Australia are being cheated and the economy is getting poorer, a Nobel Prize-winning economist told a crowd of 1400 people at The University of Queensland last night.
27 July 2010Male humpback whales are singing songs for female company.
1 February 2006UQ engineers are investigating ways to strengthen high-voltage electricity transmission towers to minimise damage from summer storms.
12 December 2005University of Queensland Gatton College researchers have developed a prototype of an early warning device for heat load among cattle.
1 October 1998