‘Cyborg’ beetles could revolutionise urban search and rescue

Common beetles equipped with microchip backpacks could one day be used to help search and rescue crews locate survivors within hours instead of days following disasters such as building and mine collapses.

1 July 2025
A black beetle with some electronics on its back against a white background.

Leadership as legacy: a Kiwi rugby team's secrets to success

Fresh from clinching the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific title, the Crusaders are proving they’re not only built for big moments but for lasting success.

27 June 2025
Hands holding a rugby ball on a kicking tee.

The University of Queensland Pipe Band at Emmanuel College has had a successful result at the 2012 Australian Pipe Band Championships in Ballarat.

20 April 2012

Fifty years ago, in April 1962, The University of Queensland commissioned the first-ever digital computer in Queensland – a General Electric GE225.

20 April 2012

Imagining a rosy future is key to present-day happiness, new research in Australia and China has found.

20 April 2012

Ocean acidification caused by human development can alter the behaviour of baby corals, a new study shows.

16 April 2012
The Hezar Ava ensemble, from left: Pegah Varamini (ensemble leader, piano and vocal), Omid Rahimi (vocal and tonbak), Mostafa Odabaee (santour), Maryam Odabaee (tar), Barbod Valadi (alto tar) and Homeira Aryanpad (daf and back vocal).

Ensemble Hezar Ava staged a free lunchtime concert of traditional and classical Persian music at UQ St Lucia this week.

16 April 2012

The most accurate estimate to date for the impact of the carbon price on retail electricity prices reveals the burden will vary considerably, depending on a household’s location.

16 April 2012

The University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Terry, has launched The University of Queensland Professionals Network (UQPN) to promote staff development and networking.

15 April 2012

A generous gift from consulting company GHD is literally changing the face of engineering education at The University of Queensland (UQ).

13 April 2012

Queensland’s blossoming arts sector may have impressed a visiting British arts scholar, but she says the state government needs to protect it.

13 April 2012

With aquaculture on track to overtake global fisheries, a new aquaculture book from The University of Queensland will help industry and students look to the future.

13 April 2012

The University of Queensland will mark National Archaeology Week (May 15-21) with a public lecture by one of the world’s experts on human evolution.

13 April 2012