Fluoride has greater benefits for vulnerable children

Water fluoridation is effective in preventing tooth decay overall, but there are greater benefits for children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, University of Queensland research has found.

2 July 2025
Person filling glass with water from tap. Adobe

Peer influence drives youth vaping epidemic

Young people with friends who vape are 15 times more likely to use e-cigarettes, and more adolescents are turning to illicit cannabis products, University of Queensland research has found.

2 July 2025
Two young women using vapes outdoors. Image, Adobe.
Andrew Harvey with advisors Dr Sean Rintel and Dr Richard Fitzgerald

Meters displaying live data on home electricity consumption have become commonplace in recent years, but researchers are now seeking ways to deliver even more useful information to householders.

30 April 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) will welcome the new Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Ros Bates, at the official opening of new premises for innovative business incubator, ilab, at 3 pm on Monday, April 30.

29 April 2012

A strategic alliance between The Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) at The University of Queensland (UQ) and Axiom Molecular Pty Ltd is set to boost radiopharmaceutical research, development and commercialisation.

29 April 2012

Kyle Johnston is in the final year of his medical degree, and getting ready to put all of his medical knowledge and skills into practice as a hospital intern.

29 April 2012

In a first of its kind, The University of Queensland is conducting an Australia-wide study of the relinquishment of care in the disability sector.

29 April 2012

The great religious, political and economic upheaval of the early medieval era has been the topic of conversation at a meeting of international scholars at The University of Queensland this week.

27 April 2012
UQ Gatton students pay it forward with free car wash

In honour of national Pay It Forward Day, University of Queensland Gatton students washed over 60 cars and two quad bikes for free.

27 April 2012

The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute’s researchers have played a leading role in a recent study into osteoporosis, more than doubling the number of currently known genes in the disease.

27 April 2012
Chilean engineering student Samuel Valdes (right) discusses a research project with Professor Paul Strooper, Head of School, Information Technology and Electrical Engineering.

A trip to Brisbane has given a group of ambitious Chilean engineering students a new understanding of the role that research and commercialisation will play in their future careers.

26 April 2012
The Transparent Electrodes for Plastic Electronics Research Cluster seeks to develop lower-cost flexible optoelectronic solutions that could transform the Australian consumer electronics industry.

A group of leading Australian scientists has come together to develop lower-cost flexible optoelectronic solutions that could transform the Australian consumer electronics industry.

26 April 2012
UQ Tourism students at the Dreamworld field trip

University of Queensland School of Tourism students exchanged the lecture room for roller coasters and adventure rides as part of the TOUR7003 Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Foundations course.

26 April 2012