Fluoride has greater benefits for vulnerable children

Water fluoridation is effective in preventing tooth decay overall, but there are greater benefits for children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, UQ research has found.

2 July 2025
Person filling glass with water from tap. Adobe

Peer influence drives youth vaping epidemic

Young people with friends who vape are 15 times more likely to use e-cigarettes, and more adolescents are turning to illicit cannabis products, University of Queensland research has found.

2 July 2025
Two young women using vapes outdoors. Image, Adobe.

UQ has ranked 52 in the annual Best Global Universities league table published by US News and World Report.

7 October 2015

Collecting the faeces of an extremely strong, 120kg sea turtle in the open ocean is no simple task.

2 October 2015
Head and brain injuries are infants' most frequent injuries from assault

Assault-related injuries are significantly more severe and lead to greater long term disability in Queensland than do childhood injuries from accidents, a child safety researcher says.

1 October 2015

Queensland – home to not only the nation’s champion rugby league and netball teams – but also Australia’s most ingenious health students.

1 October 2015
The Broncos take on the Cowboys this weekend in Sydney.

They’ve set the pace for much of the National Rugby League season, and the Brisbane Broncos are working with the University of Queensland to lead the competition off the park as well.

1 October 2015
Professor Saleem Ali

The University of Queensland has formally joined the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) to contribute to fighting extreme poverty and sustaining the planet.

1 October 2015

UQ has climbed five places in a prestigious global ranking that places it 60th globally and confirming that its placing at 46, 47, 56 and 77 in other rankings of the world’s more than 10,000 universities is real and a clear reason international...

1 October 2015
Travellers are at increased risk of superbugs.

Travellers exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria may force a change to common medical procedures that rely on effective antibiotics, say researchers from The University of Queensland.

30 September 2015
Dr Stacey Parker

How do you cope with the daily grind? Is it a chat over the water cooler, a lunchtime jog or a dip into the lolly jar at 3pm?

30 September 2015
A bright coloured male superb fairy wren, also known as a blue wren,  perched next to a female.

More than 150 keen green volunteers have again teamed up in the name of sustainability to help plant thousands of trees along The University of Queensland St Lucia riverbank.

30 September 2015

The University of Queensland’s massive open online course (MOOC) provider, UQx, has registered more than 500,000 participants since releasing its first course on edX in March last year.

30 September 2015