A University of Queensland student's extraction of DNA from human bones submerged in the sea for more than 200 years is believed to be a world-first.

13 November 1998

University of Queensland senior scientific officer Lyn Beard knew she had mastered her job as an aerial observer when she stopped counting kangaroos in her sleep.

3 September 1998

Scientist, medical doctor, engineer and former taxi driver Dr Karl Kruszelnicki will speak on Great Moments In Science in a free public lecture at the University of Queensland on Tuesday, October 20.

3 August 1998

A University of Queensland academic has authored what is believed to be the most comprehensive survey of women ever conducted in Australia.

19 May 1998

More than 200 years after HMS Pandora struck the Great Barrier Reef and sank, a University of Queensland researcher is attempting to add to history by working on human skeletal remains recovered from the wreck by Queensland Museum archaeologists.

8 May 1998

A postgraduate student and a staff member from the University of Fort Hare in South Africa have become the first two exchange visitors to the University of Queensland under a new Federal program to link Australian and South African higher education...

2 April 1998