Maxing out chemical-free crop protection with dsRNAmax

A software package developed and validated at UQ can tailor safe, effective and chemical-free crop protection using RNA interference.

7 July 2025
two men in white coats stand by a microscope with a light

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.

Construction has been completed on the nation's largest flat-panel photovoltaic solar power system, at The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus in Brisbane.

14 July 2011

The first international student has taken part in The University of Queensland's FEAST program to discover career pathways in science and experience University life.

14 July 2011

Fancy taking a peek inside the classroom of the future? Australia’s first Science of Learning Symposium, to be hosted by UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) next week, will shine a spotlight on how the latest advances in neuroscience can inform...

14 July 2011

A learning facility at The University of Queensland (UQ), following on from a Regional Commendation in March, won a State Commendation for Interior Architecture at the recent 2011 Australian Institute of Architects Awards.

13 July 2011

Graeme Wood is one of Queensland's most successful entrepreneurs and a national leader in philanthropy for education, arts, the environment and youth.

13 July 2011

Else Shepherd is a pioneer and role model in breaking through the barriers to women's professional acceptance particularly in "non-traditional" fields such as engineering.

13 July 2011
Else Shepherd is a pioneer and role model in breaking through the barriers to women's professional acceptance particularly in “non-traditional” fields such as engineering.

Visionary philanthropist Graeme Wood and a role model for women in non-traditional fields such as engineering, Else Shepherd AM, will each receive honorary doctorates during UQ's July 18–22 graduation period.

13 July 2011

UQ staff, students, retailers and visitors have played their part in helping TransLink achieve two million sales of go cards since their launch in 2008.

13 July 2011
Maintaining a clean reputation: Reputation rules the Surgeon fish and cleaner fish relationship. Photo Copyright belongs to Richard Smith - www.OceanRealmImages.com

Misbehaving in front of others can ruin your reputation even if you are a fish, according to an international study that has shown for the first time an audience can influence levels of cooperation in non-human animals.

13 July 2011

The University of Queensland is asking staff and students to “take the pledge” to help achieve a more sustainable university.

13 July 2011
Participants in the Spark Engineering Camp on top of Brisbane's Story Bridge

A group of talented and socially aware engineering students from The University of Queensland and members from Youth Without Borders showed their commitment to the community recently at the Spark Engineering Camp, held on July 4-8.

13 July 2011