Boulder washed inland a sign of Pacific tsunami history
Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tonnes in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the world, providing new insights into the Pacific region’s history and risk of tsunamis.
22 May 2025
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
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
For most high school students, competing at an international competition at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre is an idea that is simply out of this world.
15 April 2016
A new exhibition at The University of Queensland Art Museum presents the most comprehensive display ever assembled of a rare series of paintings on roofing slates, produced by renowned Australian artist Sidney Nolan in 1941 and 1942.
14 April 2016
A 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks would result in widespread, long-lasting public health benefits and significant health cost savings, a new study shows.
14 April 2016
Cryptococcus is so forsaken by research that it doesn’t even make the neglected diseases list – but the deadly fungal pathogen has lured an American scientist all the way to The University of Queensland.
14 April 2016A University of Queensland social scientist has confirmed 97 per cent of climate scientists agree global warming is caused by people.
13 April 2016
A University of Queensland researcher has made a big step toward the holy grail of biomedical science — a new form of effective pain relief.
11 April 2016
Four-hundred years after William Shakespeare’s death, The University of Queensland will host a series of events in 2016 celebrating the poet’s life and times.
11 April 2016
An international research team has demonstrated that a new plant-derived drug can block the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS).
11 April 2016
MORE than 150,000 learners around the world have gone online to prepare for their English language tests through a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) offered by The University of Queensland.
8 April 2016
A team of young physicists from The University of Queensland has made history by becoming the first Australian team to win entry into the International Physicists’ Tournament.
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