Forget medals, ancient Games athletes battled for olive oil

The Olympics were only one aspect of sport in ancient Greece - often overlooked is that these Games were part of a circuit of 4 international sporting festivals.

9 May 2025
A stone carving featuring a chariot being pulled by four horses.

Researchers to take healthy oats beyond breakfast

Expanding consumption of oats beyond the usual breakfast bowl of porridge is the aim of a $5.6 million project at the Food and Beverage Accelerator.

9 May 2025
a bowl of porridge sits next to a wooden spoon and a jar of uncooked oats

Scientists have discovered the powerful role the molecule Myosin VI plays in communication between nerve cells in the brain.

4 February 2013

Queensland lawyers and businesses affected by the Commercial Arbitration Bill 2012, can learn about the implementation and benefits of the new laws at a conference on tomorrow.

4 February 2013
Australian Neuroscience Society President John Rostas, Australian Brain Bee Challenge winner Jackson Huang and Queensland Brain Institute Director Professor Perry Bartlett.

A Queenslander has been named Australia’s ‘neuroscientist of the future’ after the country’s brightest young minds competed in the finals of the Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABCC) held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday.

4 February 2013
Artist impression of the quantum microscope. A light field with quantum photon interactions is focused through the wall of a cell. Detection of the transmitted field allows enhanced measurement precision of dynamics within the cell. Image credit: Michael Taylor.

A team of Australian scientists has developed a powerful microscope using the laws of quantum mechanics to probe the inner workings of living cells.

4 February 2013

The University of Queensland has presented the UQ Student Union with the findings of an audit into the Union’s operations.

31 January 2013

The new Head of The University of Queensland Business School says his vision is to establish the School’s position as the leader in Australia and one of the best in the Asia Pacific region.

31 January 2013

Australia’s neuroscientists of the future will be unveiled when the country’s brightest young minds compete in the finals of the Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABCC) held at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre this weekend.

30 January 2013

A survey aimed at understanding and improving children's relationships with their siblings is the first step in what will become a new Triple P – Positive Parenting Program.

30 January 2013

Following the weekend’s wet weather and storms across much of Queensland, University of Queensland campuses are operating as usual and the grounds remain largely flood free.

29 January 2013

Significant infrastructure investment across The University of Queensland (UQ) in recent years is enabling UQ to offer more places in 2013 – but prospective students will have to be quick to seize them, with Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (...

29 January 2013
Image courtesy Karl Vernes

A group of leading conservation scientists from The University of Queensland (UQ) and James Cook University (JCU) has exposed the private life of a small, endangered kangaroo.

29 January 2013