• UQ and ANZ partner to advance key QLD initiatives

    The University of Queensland has partnered with the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) to drive research and training in environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, energy, and agricultural technology.

    28 May 2025
  • a man stands in front of a large rock holding a measuring tape

    Boulder washed inland a sign of Pacific tsunami history

    Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tonnes in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the world, providing new insights into the Pacific region’s history and risk of tsunamis.

    22 May 2025
  • UQ scientist awarded global scientific honour

    A world-leading ecologist from The University of Queensland has been awarded one of science’s highest honours, elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society (UK), the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

    22 May 2025
two black and white birds fly in a blue sky

A UQ study has shown scientific knowledge on the conservation of endangered species is often overlooked when not presented in English.

16 May 2025
Dr Luigi Vandi and Vincent Mathel have successfully tested their biocomposite as a strawberry punnet that biodegrades completely in soil, fresh water, the ocean, and in compost. Photos Aubrey Jonasson

UQ researchers have developed a biodegradable plastic that promises to set a new sustainability standard for mass-produced food packaging such as fruit punnets.

15 May 2025
Dr Juliana Segura-Salazar (left) and Dr Lulit Habte Ekubatsion at UQ's School of Civil Engineering Concrete Laboratory. Credit: Global Centre for Mineral Security (GCMS).

A sustainable mining startup backed by UQ researchers has been recognised among a handful of top global innovators by the World Economic Forum.

12 May 2025
a map of the world with the ocean covered in a grid of blue squares

Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk wildlife.

9 May 2025
a view of forested hills with clouds above the top of the slope

Despite a bad reputation for their destructive abilities, termite ‘transplants’ may be necessary to give regenerated rainforests a boost.

7 May 2025
Divers with their heads out of very blue ocean water

Satellites orbiting Earth offer great potential to better understand the world’s reefs over time beyond the sites visited by researchers, UQ research has found.

30 April 2025
a pile of brown boxes, cups and utensils

Researchers at Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator have developed a roadmap to help Australian food and beverage businesses shift towards more eco-friendly packaging.

29 April 2025
two koalas sleep on thin branches in a gum tree

Queensland is widely known as the land clearing capital of Australia. But what’s not so well known is many of the cleared trees can grow back naturally.

17 April 2025
Woman in yellow jacket blowing her nose in a tissue standing in a city park with trees in the background

A UQ study has revealed Australian capital cities are experiencing longer pollen seasons due to climate change.

9 April 2025
green grass grows in rows in a field with trees in the distance against a blue sky

New sites for field trials of a UQ strategy to combat Phalaris are needed in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

27 March 2025
Single use. white slippers, hand towels and mini shampoo bottles.

Travellers could ‘opt in’ for a lower emissions hotel room and go without single-use shampoo and conditioner, daily towels or room cleaning in an innovative plan by UQ researchers to make tourism more eco-friendly.

25 March 2025
A South East Queensland koala, part of a population that has developed the unique genomic immunity.

Koalas from a population north of the Brisbane River have evolved a unique genomic immunity to the killer retrovirus threatening their species.

13 March 2025
a black and white image of marks on a rock

A UQ researcher has confirmed a boulder at a regional school contains one of the highest concentrations of dinosaur footprints per square metre ever documented in Australia.

12 March 2025
UQ researchers Associate Professor Joe Gattas (left) and PHD student Mahmoud Abu-Saleem with one of their timber-cardboard web-core sandwich (TCWS).

Temporary housing for people displaced by natural disasters could become cheaper, lighter and more sustainable with innovative new timber-cardboard construction panels developed by UQ researchers.

19 February 2025
sunset over a skyline

Mortality rates during heatwaves have been put in the spotlight with research from UQ showing a 20 per cent increase in heatwave-related deaths due to human-induced climate change.

18 February 2025