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.
Associate Professor Pradip Thomas

Negotiating Communication Rights, a critical review of communication for social change movements in India authored by Associate Professor Pradip Thomas, has just been released by Sage Publications.

4 July 2011

The DNA of rare and endangered macadamia species will soon be fingerprinted in an effort to determine the original wild tree or trees that launched the global macadamia industry.

4 July 2011
This is the second year in a row that UQ has featured in the top 10 international Best Places to Work in Academia survey, after being a newcomer to the survey last year.

Readers of The Scientist magazine have ranked The University of Queensland, Australia as one of the top three international academic institutions outside the USA in the magazine's annual Best Places to Work in Academia 2010 survey

2 July 2011
Spanish internship: Nicole Cocolas is working at the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in Spain during 2011.

A graduate from The University of Queensland (UQ), Nicole Cocolas, is soaking up the Spanish sunshine while completing a sought after internship at the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) headquarters in Madrid.

1 July 2011
An image from the Caroline Tennant-Kelly Collection – a funeral takes place in Cherbourg in 1934. Courtesy Kim de Rijke

A surprise discovery made by UQ researchers will come full circle during NAIDOC Week celebrations next Monday.

1 July 2011

Software developed by a University of Queensland researcher is part of an international experiment that could transform the construction of quantum computers.

30 June 2011
Newcrest HVAC Lab opening: From left, UQ Head of the Division of Mining, Professor Peter Knights, Newcrest’s Executive General Manager People and Communications, Debra Stirling, and Newcrest Scholarship recipients, Declan Scott, Benjamin Poole and Michael Zappala.

The University of Queensland (UQ) will remain at the forefront of mining education with the opening of the Newcrest Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Laboratory this week.

29 June 2011
(L-R) Tosca Santoso, winner of the individual award in 2010, Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield AO, activist Professor David Bellamy OBE and Sharad Sharma, representative of World Comics India, winner of organisation award 2010

Over 50 nominations from 22 countries have been received for The University of Queensland 2011 Communication for Social Change Award, which closed on Friday, 24 June.

29 June 2011
Bees knees: UQ PhD candidate Tobias Smith has been awarded a Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship to further his research on bees and flies in the tropics.

A childhood interest in bees has resulted in the receipt of a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship for a PhD student from The University of Queensland (UQ), Tobias Smith.

29 June 2011

Two of The University of Queensland's (UQ) leading researchers have teamed with the world’s largest biopharmaceutical company to develop new peptide-based medicines for the treatment of major diseases.

28 June 2011

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced today at the 2011 BIO International Convention being held in Washington DC that the Queensland State Government will invest $2 million in The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Centre for Advanced Imaging.

28 June 2011