Mosquito test project wins $100,000 Gates Foundation grant

A University of Queensland project to develop a portable test to detect mosquitoes carrying dengue fever has won a $100,000 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Grand
13 November 2015

Top brain researcher awarded CSL Florey Medal

A world-renowned University of Queensland neuroscientist has received one of Australia’s most prestigious lifetime achievement awards for his research and leadership.
11 November 2015

Are you recycling right?

The average Australian will generate about two tonnes of waste each year – twice as much as 20 years ago – and that figure is still rising.
11 November 2015

Costly bravado target of research grant

The cost of electing and employing overconfident people is one of several University of Queensland psychology studies to receive fresh Australian Research Council (ARC) f
11 November 2015

UQ’s first sustainable building wins national architecture awards

The University of Queensland’s landmark six-star sustainability building has been recognised at the nation’s leading architecture awards.
9 November 2015

$54 million to help take on global health challenges

The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded a total of almost $54 million to 84 projects, fellowships and centres at The University of Queensland.
9 November 2015

Free documentary on the devastating impact of antibiotic resistance

They’re the miracle drug that we take for granted, but antibiotics can’t always save us now, with hundreds of thousands of people worldwide dying each year from infection
6 November 2015

$1.25 million donation to improve health

A generous donation from two University of Queensland alumni will kick-start a new research centre focused on one of Australia’s most pressing problems – providing afford
5 November 2015

Fitness versus fatness

A finding that cardio-respiratory fitness is more important than fat loss for people suffering so-called ‘Syndrome X’ has landed a Queensland researcher a New Investigato
5 November 2015

Scarlet fever making a comeback

An international study led by University of Queensland (UQ) researchers has tracked the re-emergence of a childhood disease which had largely disappeared over the past 10
4 November 2015

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