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.

A UQ study has found that while obesity rates have been partly attributed to the easy access of cheap, high calorie food, many individuals exposed to the same food continue to lie well within the healthy weight range.

6 August 2012

The University of Queensland has been awarded a $2.44 million Centre of Research Excellence to research the design of a better mental health system for Australia.

3 August 2012

A team of UQ psychiatric genetic researchers and an animal welfare researcher are among the finalists in the 2012 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

3 August 2012
A fluorescent micrograph capturing the presence of bacteria (shown in green) on the surface of 
an emerging Arabidopsis lateral root (plant nuclei shown in blue). (Sarah Lebeis/University of North Carolina)

The findings of an international plant study, involving Queensland scientists, may help to end agricultural reliance on high pesticide and fertiliser application.

3 August 2012

Indigenous tourism businesses in Western Australia are planning to target new customers in the US and Canada with help from two of the world’s top business schools.

3 August 2012
The LevLight was invented by a UQ student.

A levitating light bulb invented by a 19-year-old student from the University of Queensland has been singled out as an exciting industry innovation by an American lighting firm.

1 August 2012

Queensland research shows that a resurgence of whooping cough in babies has arisen due to the lack of effectiveness of the current vaccine.

1 August 2012
Carved female figure, before 1950, 240 x 30 x 35cm, wood, sago plant fibre, store bought paint
Morobe province, Papua New Guinea

An exhibition exploring the colour 'red' marks the opening of an exciting new gallery space for The University of Queensland’s Anthropology Museum.

1 August 2012

Queensland’s inaugural program for advancing lab technicians will have its final graduation ceremony today for its first cohort of students.

1 August 2012

The University of Queensland will hold a Sustainability Market between 11am and 2pm at the Ipswich Campus, on Challinor Court on August 1.

31 July 2012

With up to a billion hectares of wilderness likely to be cleared to feed the world in the coming half century and an area the size of China devoured by cities, leading environmental scientists are urging caution over the extent to which lost...

31 July 2012