Caring for the sick and casting out villains: moral development in children

Question: when is a chicken more important than a sick person? Answer: when you’re four years old, according to research from The University of Queensland.
31 May 2018

How to unlock the social cure

Psychology researchers are pushing for greater recognition that social connections are as important to health as regular exercise or not smoking.
31 May 2018

A sweet tooth can be taxing

A tax on sweetened drinks would save $666 million in oral health costs, a study by The University of Queensland has found.
31 May 2018

Environment and Oceans: UQ experts available for comment

The University of Queensland has a range of experts available to talk to media in relation to World Environment Day on 5 June and World Oceans Day on 8 June.
1 June 2018

UQ to be smoke-free in a month

Today is World No Tobacco Day – and The University of Queensland will be smoke-free one month from now.
31 May 2018

Brains before games: athletes call for more concussion research

Australian athletes have partnered with scientists at The University of Queensland to support research into the effects of concussion.
31 May 2018

Crowdfunding supports biodiversity conservation around the world

Crowdfunding is helping to protect endangered species such as the African elephant, the black rhinoceros and the Bornean orangutan.
29 May 2018

UQ researchers want your views on chronic pain management

Researchers are working to understand attitudes towards chronic pain in a project designed to help improve the way we approach pain management treatments.
28 May 2018

Physicists invent flux capacitor to break time-reversal symmetry

Physicists have invented a flux capacitor and, while it might not run a ‘Back to the Future’ inspired time machine, they say it will have important applications in commun
28 May 2018

Combination of light and temperature naturally regulate algal abundance

A two-year study by University of Queensland researchers has found the amount of algae on a coral reef is influenced by interaction between light and temperature, as well
28 May 2018

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