An aerial photo of some water catchment at a wastewater treatment plant.

University of Queensland researchers and international collaborators have found a deadly synthetic drug in wastewater in the United States – the first such detection globally.

23 February 2024
A Silhouette of people in a nightclub surrounded by pink and purple flashing lights

More than a dozen new psychoactive drugs have been detected in 16 countries by an international wastewater surveillance program.

27 April 2023

A neuroscientist at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute has found a way to combat a debilitating illness that affects an estimated 50,000 people a year in tropical regions.

19 October 2008