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.

The University of Queensland’s TC Beirne School of Law will be offering insights into how law study can benefit every business professional, at an information evening in Brisbane next Thursday.

14 May 2012

Scientists have developed a new diagnostic tool that will enable better understanding of global climate patterns.

14 May 2012

The University of Queensland’s main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, is promoting more than 35 cutting-edge medical innovations at the AusMedtech Investment Summit in Sydney this week.

14 May 2012

Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered whilst male fiddler crabs will fight for females and territories, they are prepared to lie about their fighting ability where they can get away with it.

14 May 2012
Author Melissa Bellanta.

A new book reveals the links between Australia’s first larrikins and today’s rebellious youth on the streets of Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

14 May 2012
Mother and daughter, Elena Block and Elena Escalante-Block, both study journalism at UQ.

Elena Escalante-Block, 21, doesn’t have to wait for mother’s day to spend time with her mum - she just has to go to uni.

11 May 2012

Post-graduate communication students from The University of Queensland’s School of Journalism and Communication (SJC) are on a quest to find out more about the UQ community as part of the 10th annual Diversity Week celebrations.

11 May 2012

Over 2000 University of Queensland students are working with charities, nationally and overseas to raise much needed funds, as part of the Teamwork in Action (TIA) program.

10 May 2012

Agricultural workers are transforming their years of working on the land into solid qualifications with The University of Queensland

10 May 2012
UQ Professor Mark Kendall with the needle-free vaccine delivery device Nanopatch.

A $15 million investment in a start-up company to advance research and development at UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) has won the 2012 Best Venture Capital Investment prize.

9 May 2012
Dr Neena Mitter

UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

9 May 2012