‘Good’ fats and inflammation: more complex than first thought

Omega-3 fatty acids, popularly believed to reduce inflammation in the body, appear to increase certain inflammatory markers, researchers have found.

25 June 2025
Examples of 'good' fats: nuts, seeds, olives, fish oil supplements

Critical brain link could explain how Alzheimer's takes hold

A crucial link between the brain’s cleaning system and deterioration of neurons associated with Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by UQ researchers.

25 June 2025
A puzzle of the human brain with pieces incomplete.

Learning a foreign language is very important, according to the newly-appointed Australian Ambassador to Germany (and UQ alumnus) Peter Tesch.

13 November 2009

UQ physicist Professor Guifre Vidal has been named by Canada’s Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics (PI) as one of 10 new Distinguished Research Chairs.

13 November 2009

UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics has strengthened its bonds with Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI).

13 November 2009

UQ academic Dr Simon Patton has won second prize in the prestigious international John Dryden Translation Competition for his translation of a Chinese short story.

13 November 2009

The University of Queensland is talking Modernities in a one-day symposium on November 27 aimed at discussing the evolving interdisciplinary field of modernist studies.

12 November 2009
Alison Rae

A stint in Mexico during the swine flu outbreak hasn’t dampened Alison Rae’s desire to explore Central America – the UQ Journalism/Arts student heads back there in less than two weeks.

12 November 2009

UQ’s Professor Suresh Bhatia has been awarded the 2009 ExxonMobil Award for distinguished contributions to chemical engineering.

12 November 2009

Two TC Beirne School of Law students have been selected to take part in an eight-week internship program with politicians in the USA and leave for Washington DC in December.

12 November 2009

Hours of analysing snoring sounds have paid off for a group of researchers from The University of Queensland and Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.

11 November 2009

If you want people to care about the environment, give them a close call with a whale, turtle or dolphin. That is what researchers have found at The University of Queensland.

10 November 2009

Dr Norm Duke, from UQ's Centre for Marine Studies, is examining the potential risk to coastline ecosystems following the Montara oil and gas leak in WA.

10 November 2009