UQ scientists are studying plants' microbial communities, with the aim of improving crop and plant yields. A piece of land on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has proved vital to their quest, with its wide range of species in close proximity, in very...
10 August 2017
Friendly bacteria may be introduced to bagged salad leaves to help ward off the possibility of salmonella and listeria outbreaks.
14 November 2016
Climate change will have a major impact on life in Antarctica this century, according to a landmark study published in Nature Climate Change today.
29 September 2015A collaborative research project aimed at discovering a drug to treat a highly resistant form of breast cancer is one of two projects given the green light by the Queensland Emory Development (QED) Alliance.
7 November 2013Students at The University of Queensland (UQ) will take their learning outside the classroom with a new Living Laboratories initiative.
7 May 2013The University of Queensland has planted almost 2000 trees at the Gatton campus in a project that will help to protect a critically endangered ecosystem and offset UQ’s carbon footprint.
5 December 2012UQ staff members and teams who have made an exceptional contribution to the University were recognised this month at the annual UQ Staff Recognition Awards.
23 February 2012
UQ’s evolving collection of Indigenous art will be on show from this Saturday as curtains close on NAIDOC Week 2011.
7 July 2011The University of Queensland (UQ) is in full swing of flood recovery and is preparing for a strong start to the first 2011 semester.
15 January 2011The University of Queensland has awarded the contract to install its $7.75 million, 1.2megawatt photovoltaic solar array to Brisbane firm Ingenero Pty Ltd.
24 June 2010
The University of Queensland is celebrating World Environment Day – June 5 – with the launch of a new sustainability website.
4 June 2010The spotlight will be on UQ’s quiet achievers this evening, with the annual Miracle Workers Awards set to recognise a record number of devoted staff members.
20 May 2010
The eyes of Australia’s arts community will be on UQ this Friday when a unique portrait prize is decided.
24 November 2009Two current senior UQ staff members and a significant number of UQ graduates are among the 2008 list of Australia’s 100 most influential engineers published by Engineers Australia media.
1 July 2008At an exciting point in its evolution as one of the nation's leading trainers of future veterinarians, UQ has appointed a new Professor and Head of School with an impressive record of academic and research achievement as well as strong links with...
23 October 2007University of Queensland researchers have helped set parameters for a national audit of the health and management of estuaries - the life force of many Australian industries and all capital cities.
25 May 1999University of Queensland researchers believe they are producing good scientific results with strong commercial potential in a five-year project to detect cervical cancer at early stages.
31 March 1998A University of Queensland researcher is studying the use of algae and sea grasses as potential biological indicators of the health of the Great Barrier Reef.
13 February 1998University of Queensland researchers are providing scientific management services for the $5.2 million Brisbane River and Moreton Bay Wastewater Management Study - the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the area.
14 October 1997
