Research from UQ has found the sex of feral pigs and seasonal conditions are likely to intensify potential disease outbreaks in pig populations.

UQ research has found discrimination based on sexual orientation is common in the gig economy, but only for tasks requiring close physical proximity.

Gaps in Australian tobacco laws are allowing children to be targeted by retailers with some using window toy displays, cartoons and movie characters on their shopfronts, UQ researchers have found.

A new startup aimed at discovering and developing anti-inflammatory disease medicines has been formed by UQ's commercialisation arm UniQuest and global biotech company Molecule to Medicine.

Child maltreatment has been the focus of two separate studies led by UQ researchers, who examined the main parental risk factors that lead to child abuse, as well as the behavioural impacts later in life.