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 2024An internationally-recognised scientist is among an extensive list of University of Queensland representatives who have been named on the King’s Birthday Honours List this year.
12 June 2023More than a dozen new psychoactive drugs have been detected in 16 countries by an international wastewater surveillance program.
27 April 2023If AUKUS is all about nuclear submarines, how can it comply with nuclear non-proliferation treaties?
The issue of nuclear non-proliferation is back in the headlines, thanks to details announced yesterday at a US navy base of a deal involving Australia’s purchase of nuclear submarines.
15 March 2023A University of Queensland medical student has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to research the debilitating nervous system disorder, Parkinson's Disease.
27 September 2021Queensland’s COVID damaged tourism industry is facing another hurdle as operators struggle to find workers.
16 September 2021Molecules from the venom of one of the world’s largest spiders could help University of Queensland-led researchers tailor pain blockers for people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
21 September 2020Virtual reality pilot training and better monitoring of water pollution are among University of Queensland research funded in the latest round of Australian Research Council Linkage Projects.
5 July 2019UQ 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 2017A condition forcing people to involuntarily mirror movements in opposing limbs has been linked to a common developmental brain disorder.
2 March 2017France’s new Université Paris-Saclay mega-university will today (7 September, in Paris) partner with The University of Queensland in an Australian first that builds on aerospace research links.
7 September 2016How do you reconcile the recreational needs of a city of two million people with the protection of migratory birds recovering after journeys half way around the planet?
22 April 2016TEDxUQ returns tomorrow for its third annual installment of sharing “ideas worth spreading” at The University of Queensland.
22 May 2015Cone snail venom has given University of Queensland researchers a lead on the possible detection and treatment of some cancers and addictions.
8 January 2015University of Queensland Property and Facility crews worked throughout the weekend to repair storm damage at St Lucia, Herston, Woolloongabba, Long Pocket and Customs House
1 December 2014Environmental scientists have developed a new, low-cost way to save rare animals and plants from poachers and plunderers – using maths.
26 February 2014A research project that could avoid future overuse of nitrogen fertilisers on sugarcane has been honoured with a top industry award for innovation.
19 April 2013The career evolution of Britain’s best-known natural history filmmaker, Sir David Attenborough, will be the focus of a University of Queensland seminar on 30 April.
17 April 2013Countries intervening in each others’ conflicts, and the problems of delivering aid programs amid domestic crises, are some of the issues explored in a special edition of a leading international relations journal.
24 January 2013The University of Queensland’s (UQ’s) main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, has partnered with US-based Emory University to package biotech assets for a new start-up company from Australian university-linked research centres, including...
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