green eucalypt leaves against a blue sky

South East Queensland’s eucalypt trees can provide everything from medicines to tools, traps and building materials, according to rediscovered records of regional Indigenous knowledge.

1 June 2021
A young girl in close up as a dentist checks her teeth with instruments

Almost 70 per cent of low-income households aren’t claiming up to $1000 in child dental benefits they are eligible for, according to University of Queensland and Telethon Kids Institute research.

25 May 2021

The incidence of alcohol-related violence fell in Queensland’s key nightlife areas while business continued to grow after the Queensland Government’s Tackling Alcohol Fuelled Violence (TAFV) policy was introduced, independent research has found.

21 May 2021
The Allen Coral Atlas Monitoring System, New Caledonia on April 26, 2021

In a world first, a satellite-based global coral reef bleaching monitoring system will scan the Earth’s oceans for coral-killing bleaching events in real-time.

19 May 2021
Hands washing with soap.

Only one in three adolescents are practising appropriate hand hygiene, a new global study involving University of Queensland researchers has found.

18 May 2021
A reconstruction of the Binjari virus, which will help reimagine the architecture of immature flaviviruses. Image credit: Dr Natalee Newton

Better designed vaccines for insect-spread viruses like dengue and Zika are likely after researchers discovered models of immature flavivirus particles were originally misinterpreted.

17 May 2021
People spraying pesticides in rice fields.

Sri Lanka is reducing its pesticide-attributable deaths and overall suicide mortality using research from The University of Queensland.

10 May 2021
The cave in the forest in Kenya with the excavation team working at the mouth

The remains of a child buried almost 80,000 years ago under an overhang at Panga ya Saidi cave in Kenya is providing important new details about the development of complex social behaviours.

6 May 2021
Group shot of Pitch Night finalists on stage with Ashley Hanger, the winner, in the middle holding the trophy

A University of Queensland startup ready to help 1.7 million Australian diabetics has won UQ’s top entrepreneurship program, Ventures ilab Accelerator, Pitch Night.

22 April 2021
Indigenous villagers in the heavily forested state of Odisha, India, with the forest behind them

Nearly three-quarters of Earth’s land had been transformed by humans by 10,000BC, but new research shows it largely wasn’t at the expense of the natural world.

20 April 2021
A femaile scientists pipettes from a vial of vaccine

University of Queensland scientists have published the clinical trial data confirming their molecular clamp-stabilised vaccine technology was safe and potentially effective.

20 April 2021
picture of pills in capsule form with happy faces drawn on them

The decision to stop prescribing long-term anti-depressants should be made only after careful preparation by GPs and their patients, University of Queensland research has found.

20 April 2021
woman in exercise gear lying on a yoga mat in front of a lap top, doing scissor kicks

Increased physical activity could reduce the chance of heavy menstrual periods in women who are overweight or obese, a University of Queensland-led study has found.

19 April 2021
Man with feet on scale with tape measure in front.

COVID-19 patients who are overweight or obese have more severe symptoms and are highly likely to require invasive respiratory support, according to a new international study.

16 April 2021
Dr Benjamin Schoville at the archeological site.

The discovery of unexpected artefacts in Africa’s Kalahari Basin has challenged conventional knowledge about the beginnings of human culture and innovation.

31 March 2021

Vital information on how COVID-19 spreads though communities will soon be gleaned from a real-life trial of The University of Queensland-led Safe Blues program and app.

31 March 2021
Sorghum crop lodging, with stalks fallen over onto the ground

After decades of study, University of Queensland researchers have identified a genetic solution to the problem of sorghum lodging and falling down, which affects 10 per cent of sorghum crops each year.

31 March 2021

Traits that allow cancer cells to escape the body’s natural defence system and develop into tumours are actually a good indicator to a patient’s survival prognosis, according to University of Queensland researchers.

24 March 2021
A woman smiles in front of a large ship

The ‘hidden’ continent of Zealandia is being partially mapped, thanks to a deepwater mapping expedition led by The University of Queensland in collaboration with Schmidt Ocean Institute.

24 March 2021
Two photographs of woman, side-by-side, representing personality disorders

Schizophrenia and personality disorders are the most disabling mental health conditions to live with, according to scientists from The University of Queensland.

19 March 2021