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.

Rewriting the rulebook on schizophrenia meds: why it’s time to rethink clozapine protocols

The most effective antipsychotic drug for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia is clozapine. Yet, across the world, it remains underused – largely due to fears about serious side effects and burdensome monitoring requirements.

3 July 2025
Stethoscope and stylised human head and brain on pink background.

134 aspiring neuroscientists from across Queensland will tomorrow (Tuesday, June 19) compete in the State Finals of the prestigious Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland (UQ).

18 June 2012
Adjunct Professor Stewart Gill and Pipe Major Andrew McCabe holding the Association Trophy that the UQ Pipe Band won at the 2012 Queensland Grade 4 Champions.

The University of Queensland Pipe Band at Emmanuel College (UQPBEC) has had a very successful result at the Queensland Pipe Band Championships, held at Limestone Park, Ipswich over the Queen’s Birthday weekend.

18 June 2012

Q-Sera Pty Ltd has raised $900,000 from Australia’s Medical Research Commercialisation Fund and the Uniseed Commercialisation Fund to develop an improved blood collection tube.

18 June 2012

Two University of Queensland researchers have spent a week in Islamabad training Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in preventing and suppressing trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling.

18 June 2012

Brisbane residents experiencing whiplash related neck pain from a recent car accident are being offered free physiotherapy treatment if they participate in a new study.

15 June 2012

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have found Pacific Island migrants are moving to rural Australia to avoid remitting earnings to their wider community back in their home countries.

15 June 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) veterinarians are urging dog owners to vaccinate their pets against the deadly canine parvovirus.

15 June 2012
Professor Mark Kendall of AIBN has been awarded a prestigious Rolex Laureate.

Brisbane biomedical engineer Professor Mark Kendall is one of only five international recipients of a prestigious Rolex Laureate, recognising his pioneering efforts to expand knowledge and improve human life.

15 June 2012
Conor Mitchell is one of two UQ students invited to train with the Australian Sevens team.

After impressing the Australian Sevens coach, two students from the UQ Rugby Academy have been invited to a training session with the team.

15 June 2012
2011 winning image Each Face; One Story. Photographer: Mohit Pant.

A UQ photography competition that captures politics and global issues has now opened the doors to a new film category.

14 June 2012

Hungry horses could be more susceptible to contracting Hendra virus, according to the findings of a preliminary study into the effect of pasture availability on infection rates.

14 June 2012