Mangoes and papayas could have a longer shelf life without refrigeration following a $1 million project involving Australian, Filipino and Malaysian researchers.

5 December 1997

Winner of the 1997 New South Wales Premier's Book of the Year award Robert Drewe will address graduates at a University of Queensland ceremony on Monday, December 8.

5 December 1997

The University of Queensland has maintained its position as one of the nation's leading research universities by attracting the fourth highest number of new large project grants, in 1998 allocations from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

27 November 1997

Australians' tastes in television, books, films and music are becoming dominated by American products, according to a new study of cultural trends.

10 November 1997

Australians on average were likely to be at least $1400 richer in 1996-97 thanks to foreign investment over the past decade, according to a University of Queensland study.

3 November 1997

A University of Queensland science undergraduate student is describing a new genus of Queensland fossil dragon lizard which became extinct 1.5 million years ago.

12 September 1997

University of Queensland physiotherapists have proved that manual therapy triggers pain relief mechanisms controlled by the nervous system.

25 July 1997

University of Queensland researchers are investigating a freshwater turtle with the highly unusual ability to breathe through both lungs and 'gills'.

6 February 1997