Placental tissue gives gift of life a second time around

Stem cells from placenta usually discarded after childbirth can now be used to develop treatments for conditions such as diabetes, with each placenta containing enough st
27 August 2014

Needle-free vaccine delivery selected as a technology pioneer

The company responsible for a revolutionary method of delivering vaccines using needle-free technology has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
26 August 2014

UQ to celebrate outstanding alumni

A globally influential Australian investor, one of the only women in the world to run a privatised airport, and leaders in engineering, diplomatic services and agricultur
26 August 2014

UQ researchers team up with police

Social science researchers will evaluate the success of a new mobile community policing van launched at St Lucia in Brisbane.
25 August 2014

UQ Art Museum explores five centuries of melancholia

Five hundred years after the celebrated artist Albrecht Dürer produced his Melencolia I engraving, the historic work will be the centrepiece of an exhibition at The Unive
25 August 2014

German science competition winners visit UQ for research experience

As successful finalists in Germany’s national youth science competition, two secondary-school students received a two-week study visit to The University of Queensland as
25 August 2014

Group bonding halts depression for all walks of life

Becoming a part of a social group can significantly reduce the effects of depression, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
25 August 2014

Researchers get a little wet behind the ears

In good weather for ducks, 20 researchers at The University of Queensland took the plunge and braved the Ice Bucket Challenge in the name of raising funds to fight motor
22 August 2014

Historian and neuroscientist are UQ’s new Australian Laureate Fellows

Two University of Queensland researchers have been announced as Laureate Fellows under the Australian Research Council’s most prestigious research grants scheme.
22 August 2014

UQ’s Centre for Advanced Imaging officially opened

Science Minister Ian Walker opened the new Centre for Advanced Imaging (CAI) at The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus today.
21 August 2014

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