Dishwashing containers a source of microplastic pollution

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, UQ researchers have found.

20 May 2025
Fingers holding microplastics shown through a magnifying glass

The UQ law students helping the vulnerable and disadvantaged

UQ's pro bono team will take to the streets today to raise funds so vulnerable and disadvantaged people can access legal help.

20 May 2025
Professor Tamara Walsh at The University of Queensland
Dr Ivan Kassal, recipient of a Westpac Research Fellowship.

Research into advanced solar-energy harvesting at the University of Queensland is getting a fresh spark, thanks to the inaugural Westpac research fellowships.

21 April 2016
Professor John Quiggin

The Beattie Government’s Smart State program deserves credit for the resilience of the State’s economy and labour market despite the end of the mining boom, according to analysis by a University of Queensland economist.

21 April 2016
Bleaching on Lizard Island 2016. Photo: XL Catlin Seaview Survey.

More than half of the corals in many parts of the Great Barrier Reef are dying as unprecedented mass bleaching spreads across Australia’s coral reefs.

20 April 2016

A new way to detect explosives and an alternative to antibiotics for animals are among 19 research projects at The University of Queensland to secure funding to build the state’s future.

20 April 2016

Researchers at The University of Queensland and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have identified a protein which plays a key role in brain cancer, opening the door to potential new treatments.

20 April 2016

University of Queensland Chief Operating Officer Mr Greg Pringle met with a student delegation from Fossil Free UQ on Monday.

19 April 2016
Malcolm Broomhead

The University of Queensland Business School will name its Chair in Finance in honour of Malcolm Broomhead, in recognition of a $3 million gift from the alumnus and leading Australian businessman.

19 April 2016
The team used a helicopter to extract a plesiosaur skeleton.

Seasickness, snow and sea ice couldn’t keep a University of Queensland scientist from his mission to learn more about Antarctica’s dinosaurs, with the palaeontologist returning from his trip with more than a tonne of fossils.

19 April 2016
Dane Bird-Smith and Gabrielle Simpson

University of Queensland students Dane Bird-Smith and Gabrielle Simpson have been named Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year at the UQ Sport 2016 Club and Sports Awards.

18 April 2016

Barbara Blackman, a blind 87-year-old alumna of The University of Queensland, has delivered her first book of prose in 20 years.

18 April 2016

Australian cattle farming could become safer and cheaper thanks to the work of an animal genetics team at The University of Queensland.

18 April 2016