‘Cyborg’ beetles could revolutionise urban search and rescue

Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors within hours instead of days following disasters such as building and mine collapses.

1 July 2025
A black beetle with some electronics on its back against a white background.

Leadership as legacy: a Kiwi rugby team's secrets to success

Fresh from clinching the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific title, the Crusaders are proving they’re not only built for big moments but for lasting success.

27 June 2025
Hands holding a rugby ball on a kicking tee.

An international research team led by University of Queensland scientists has returned from the Great Barrier Reef with historical insights that could predict how the reef will respond to future environmental change.

21 October 2015

Today marks the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrive in the fictional future in Back to the Future II. What about the film’s other predictions of the year 2015?

21 October 2015

Researchers from The University of Queensland have taken significant strides towards solving one of the key mysteries in psychology and neuroscience – why humans struggle to do two things at once.

21 October 2015
Photograph: Reading names from the Book of Remembrance at the 2014 UQ Thanksgiving Ceremony.

The 183 people who generously donated their bodies to medical science at The University of Queensland in the past year will be honoured at a ceremony next week.

21 October 2015

It’s not only office workers who need to pay attention to their health, as shown by a series of short videos aimed at the blue collar sector.

20 October 2015
PICTURE:  The number of people with dementia in Australia is projected to triple by 2050.

Six University of Queensland researchers will received a total of almost $3.6 million in federal funding over four years to continue their work on dementia.

19 October 2015
Nancy Frates

Queenslanders will have the opportunity to meet the woman behind last year’s internet sensation, the Ice Bucket Challenge, when she visits The University of Queensland this week.

19 October 2015
Manta ray. Photograph by Dr Kathy Townsend, Moreton Bay Research Station.

A University of Queensland scientist is calling for volunteer divers to photograph the underside of manta rays in waters off the Western Australian coastline and upload them to Facebook as part of a research project.

19 October 2015

UQ has ranked 45th in a global ranking system, placing fifth in the Asia-Pacific Region and number one in Queensland.

16 October 2015
Professor Zhiguo Yuan.

Transforming the way societies manage water has led The University of Queensland’s Professor Zhiguo Yuan to be named a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).

16 October 2015
UQ's MBA has again been ranked the best in the Asia Pacific by The Economist.

For the fourth consecutive year, The Economist has ranked The University of Queensland Business School’s Master of Business Administration Program number one in the Asia-Pacific region.

16 October 2015