Professor Craig Franklin measuring pH in a tributary of the Wenlock River, on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve in northern Queensland.

Scientists have been startled to discover unique ecosystems of fauna and flora thriving around highly acidic springs in far north Queensland.

21 December 2010

Browsing the news, checking emails and eating breakfast are early morning priorities for many people. But not Professor Craig Franklin. The first thing he does at home in Brisbane each day is check on the whereabouts of 13 estuarine crocodiles,...

17 December 2010

Sixteen UQ students recently travelled to China for a month as part of a research internship study tour.

6 September 2010

Readers of The Scientist magazine have ranked The University of Queensland, Australia as the top international academic institution outside the USA in the magazine’s annual Best Places to Work in Academia 2010 survey.

6 July 2010
A plant in which the naturally hyperactive variant of the ACD6 gene has 
been inactivated: leaves grow more quickly, become larger and the leaves 
stay green longer. However, the plant is now susceptible to pathogens. 
(Image: Marco Todesco / Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology)

UQ scientists have helped uncover an evolutionary dilemma where plants that develop disease resistance pay a high price for this trait.

8 June 2010

Beauty is in the eye of beholder, or a few hundred psychologists, as will be the case during an international conference in Bristol, England from June 22 – 23.

4 June 2010
Jonathan Wei's winning entry

UQ Mechanical and Aerospace engineering student Jonathan Wei has put his design skills to good purpose to win the UQ 2010 Diversity Week Design Competition.

27 May 2010

UQ will kick off National Archaeology Week by presenting one of the world’s leading experts on the ancient environment of the Amazon.

7 May 2010