Why we cheer louder for homegrown heroes

Recognising outstanding performance with sports awards is a question of identity, not just ability, UQ researchers have found.

3 July 2025
A gold trophy being help un in a stadium.

Rewriting the rulebook on schizophrenia meds: why it’s time to rethink clozapine protocols

The most effective antipsychotic drug for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia is clozapine. Yet, across the world, it remains underused – largely due to fears about serious side effects and burdensome monitoring requirements.

3 July 2025
Stethoscope and stylised human head and brain on pink background.

Indigenous health issues will be the focus of this year’s National HealthFusion Team Challenge (HFTC), which will be hosted by The University of Queensland tomorrow.

25 August 2011
Dr Aaron Micallef has designed new compounds that mimic the activity of antioxidants found in wine and chocolate

Red wine and chocolate are part of the working week for Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researcher Dr Aaron Micallef.

25 August 2011
2011 Eureka Prize nominee and GCI research fellow John Cook

University of Queensland alumnus Mr John Cook, the creator of SkepticalScience.com and a new appointment to UQ’s Global Change Institute (GCI), has been named as a finalist in the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

24 August 2011
Midwifery student Kimberley Retschleg and Bachelor of Midwifery and Dual Degree Coordinator Susannah Brady prepare birthing kits

Nursing and midwifery students from The University of Queensland recently donated their time to prepare birthing kits for expectant mothers in developing nations around the world.

24 August 2011

Leading scientific journal Nature has today published two papers describing the results of biological control field trials where wild mosquito populations were manipulated to suppress dengue virus transmission.

24 August 2011
The 2010 winning entry "Children in Ghanzi" taken by Stephen McLoughlin in western Botswana

Entries are now being received for the annual World in Focus photography competition hosted by UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS).

24 August 2011
Convenor of the Virtual Bodies conference Dr Elizabeth Stephens

Experts will gather at UQ next week to look at the human body in a new light for the Virtual Anatomies: The Cultural Impact of New Medical Imaging Technologies conference.

24 August 2011
Dr Tim Mercer

An international research team, spearheaded by Dr Tim Mercer from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), has unlocked the blueprints to the ‘power plants’ of the cell in an effort that will provide clues on treating...

24 August 2011
UQ researcher Dr Mara Yerkes

The heavily debated issue of individual versus collective responsibility in social welfare policy was the theme of a book launch at the UQ Art Museum today.

23 August 2011

UQ/CSIRO researcher Dr Eve McDonald-Madden is one of three winners of L'Oreal Australia for Women in Science Fellowships for 2011 announced this evening.

23 August 2011

Three scientists and a research team from The University of Queensland are finalists in the prestigious Australian Museum’s Eureka Prizes, which offers more than $240,000 in prize money.

23 August 2011