Newborn vitamin D deficiency linked to higher risk of ADHD, schizophrenia, autism

Newborn babies with a vitamin D deficiency have a higher chance of later developing mental disorders such as ADHD, schizophrenia and autism, a major study involving UQ has found.

15 May 2025
Newborn baby lying on bed in the sunlight.

Berries just the beginning for bioplastic breakthrough

UQ researchers have developed a biodegradable plastic that promises to set a new sustainability standard for mass-produced food packaging such as fruit punnets.

15 May 2025
Dr Luigi Vandi and Vincent Mathel have successfully tested their biocomposite as a strawberry punnet that biodegrades completely in soil, fresh water, the ocean, and in compost. Photos Aubrey Jonasson

University of Queensland researcher Associate Professor Diane Donovan has joined forces with colleagues from around the nation to address the problem of adequate numbers of competent math teachers.

10 June 2009

Hundreds of students from around the world will converge upon The University of Queensland for the Asia-Pacific Model United Nations Conference (AMUNC) this July.

10 June 2009
Emeritus Professor Bob Milns and Professor Donald Kyle from the University of Texas

According to University of Texas Professor Donald Kyle, an expert in the field of ancient sport, the original Olympic Games were the ancient Greek version of Woodstock.

10 June 2009

More than 400 school students will get a taste of the business world at UQ Business School’s Buzz with Business event at Ipswich next week.

10 June 2009
Professor Andrew Griffiths

As Chair in Business Sustainability and Strategy at UQ Business School, business sustainability is certainly Professor Andrew Griffiths’ cup of tea.

10 June 2009
Associate Professor Geoff Goodhill

University of Queensland research has revealed that growing nerve fibres may navigate by using a clever mathematical trick.

10 June 2009
PhD student David Muller

A University of Queensland postgraduate student award that comes as the direct result of an occasional glass of beer or wine, a barbecue, a back deck and a good chin wag between neighbours, has been awarded this year for the first time.

9 June 2009
Professor John Pearn

Staff and alumni associated with The University of Queensland have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday awards.

8 June 2009

Early action could be crucial to addressing the problem of major increases in jellyfish numbers, which appears to be the result of human activities.

8 June 2009

Six scientists from The University of Queensland have received Smart Future Fellowships to help further their research into areas such as disease detection and clean energy.

5 June 2009
Orangutan with young, Tanjung Puting, Central Kalimantan(Photo by Daniel Murdiyarso, courtesy of CIFOR www.cifor.cgiar.org)

The University of Queensland has found paying to preserve carbon stored in forests could protect endangered wildlife such as Indonesia’s orangutans.

5 June 2009