Bringing anthropology into your loungeroom

What items in your home do you think deserve to end up in a museum in 30 years’ time?
29 August 2017

Drug study implicates benzodiazepines in accidental overdoses

Common anti-anxiety drugs including Xanax and Valium have been implicated in half of all non-fatal injected drug overdoses in a new study.
28 August 2017

Bendable crystals tie current thinking in knots

Queensland researchers have shown that single crystals, typically thought of as brittle and inelastic, are flexible enough to be bent repeatedly and even tied in a knot.
29 August 2017

Compassion key to treating eating disorders

Self-compassion is an important part of recovery for people with eating disorders, University of Queensland researchers have found.
29 August 2017

UQ in historic victory for women’s sport

The University of Queensland has won the opening round of the history-making Aon Uni 7s Series, scoring victory in all five of its games at the University of Tasmania Sta
28 August 2017

Size matters when innovating dairy products

Imagine low-fat cream that’s easier to whip, cold butter that’s more spreadable, and dairy cream powders that can be tailored for a range of products from milk to cheese
28 August 2017

Psychotic experiences flag raised suicide risk

Otherwise healthy people who have experienced hallucinations or delusions are more likely to have later suicidal thoughts or attempts, a new international study has found
31 August 2017

Record number of UQ students prepare for Indo-Pacific experiences

More than 400 University of Queensland students will have the valuable opportunity to travel to the Indo-Pacific region to gain practical experience next year under the N
25 August 2017

Researchers discover how fish recognise toxic prey

Predator animals have long been known to avoid devouring brightly coloured and patterned prey, and now an international study has revealed more about how they recognise t
23 August 2017

Smashing the avocado production bottleneck

A method of supplying 500 times more avocado plants to industry than is currently possible has been invented by UQ researchers.
23 August 2017

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