Friday essay: ‘An oasis in the desert’

Jackie Huggins reflects on her deep history with Carnarvorn Gorge.

11 July 2025
Landscape pic of a gorge

Staying physically active cuts risk of early death by 40 per cent

Adults who stay consistently active throughout their life can lower their risk of early death by up to 40 per cent, a global study led by The University of Queensland has found.

11 July 2025
Four cyclists getting outside for sunrise at the Trapiche in Pelotas, Brazil
UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences researcher Elissa O’Malley conducting wastewater analysis. Image: UQ

Queensland has the highest regional MDMA consumption in Australia and the second highest of cocaine and methyl amphetamine, according to a report released by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission today.

29 October 2020

Queenslanders will vote in a state election on October 31. In the midst of a global pandemic, it will be a campaign like never before. University of Queensland experts say issues likely to influence voters will range from the usual economics...

28 October 2020
Sheafs of wheat with a blue sky behind

The numbers – and the engineering – may stack up for the Bradfield Scheme, according to final-year civil engineering students from The University of Queensland.

28 October 2020
Rhodes Scholar Justin Clarke

University of Queensland final year student Justin Clarke is bound for Oxford University after being named Queensland’s 2021 Rhodes Scholar.

27 October 2020
doctor typing on a laptop with a stethoscope curled about beside the keyboard, and a patient skyping or zooming for a telehealth consult

Delivering healthcare services online can cut costs for patients, but not necessarily for providers, according to a new study.

26 October 2020
Close up on the head of Seymour, the dog

A 3D-printed titanium bone implant is giving a senior rescue dog a new leash on life, thanks to a team of vets from The University of Queensland and engineers from RMIT University.

23 October 2020

Final-year chemical engineering students at The University of Queensland are investigating how sugarcane can be used as a clean energy source to create hydrogen.

23 October 2020
Red coloured COVID spikes floating in pink space

Two international studies have shed important light on why the virus that causes COVID-19 is so infectious compared to other SARS viruses.

21 October 2020
The mountain pygmy-possum.

Humans will need to physically relocate many species to ensure their survival in the face of climate change, University of Queensland-led research recommends.

16 October 2020
3D electron microscopy of macrophage infected by bacteria (blue) showing lipid droplets (green) and the cell surface (pink).

Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping the body’s own defence system fight back against infection, University of Queensland researchers have discovered.

16 October 2020
UQ researcher Dr Abdalla Ali holding a 3D-printed bone scaffold in a laboratory.

A technological advancement that has the potential to stimulate bone formation inside the human body has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.

15 October 2020