Digital reconstruction reveals 80 steps of prehistoric life

A dinosaur’s 40-second journey more than 120 million years ago has been brought back to life by a UQ-led research team using advanced digital modelling techniques.

14 May 2025

Advanced prostate cancer drug a step closer to the clinic

A $1.25 million investment is driving the development of a new treatment for advanced and therapy-resistant prostate cancer at UQ.

13 May 2025
Three scientists in white lab coats looking at a computer screen.
A book with gilt title.

A 200-year-old vampire has been found in a University of Queensland library.

31 October 2021
Luminating composite glasses

Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research conducted at The University of Queensland.

29 October 2021
Aerial shot of wastewater treatment plant

Queensland still has high rates of MDMA, cocaine and methyl amphetamine consumption, according to a report released by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).

28 October 2021
Head shot of Dr Dan Watterson with his arms folded across his chest, and the lab behind

The University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Dan Watterson has been awarded a $1.25 million CSL Centenary Fellowship to research accelerated pandemic treatments.

28 October 2021
Insole technology designed by UQ researcher.

A shoe insole using bionic technology to help people with nerve damage maintain their balance has been designed by University of Queensland researchers.

28 October 2021
2022 Queensland Rhodes Scholar Tahlia Smith

University of Queensland alumnus Tahlia Smith will be heading to Oxford after being named Queensland's 2022 Rhodes Scholar.

27 October 2021
SARS-CoV-2 virus added to epithelial cells and infected cells shown in pink.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect blood vessels, despite the high risk of blood clots to COVID-19 patients, University of Queensland researchers have found.

27 October 2021
Participants in the signing ceremony on the steps of UQ's Forgan Smith building

Mining engineering education will enter a new era with an agreement signed between Mitsubishi Development (MDP) and The University of Queensland.

27 October 2021
Man holding his neck in pain

Improving health and economic costs after road traffic injuries is the focus of a new University of Queensland-led Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) awarded $2.5 million by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

27 October 2021
An artist's impression of hookworm inside a human intestine.

There’s been a significant breakthrough in the development of a vaccine to prevent hookworm infection – a parasite which causes serious disease in tens of millions of people globally.

26 October 2021
Three men in suits standing in UQ's Great Court.

An urgent increase in policy support and investment would be needed for carbon capture and storage (CCS) to achieve the scale needed to meet global decarbonisation goals, according to University of Queensland and Princeton University researchers.

26 October 2021