Dishwashing containers a source of microplastic pollution
Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, UQ researchers have found.
20 May 2025
Newborn vitamin D deficiency linked to higher risk of ADHD, schizophrenia, autism
Newborn babies with a vitamin D deficiency have a higher chance of later developing mental disorders such as ADHD, schizophrenia and autism, a major study involving UQ has found.
15 May 2025
New national guidelines to improve fetal alcohol spectrum disorder diagnosis
Health professionals will have access to national clinical practice guidelines to help assess and diagnose fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, after a 4-year research project led by UQ.
13 May 2025
University of Queensland researcher and clinical lecturer Dr Christopher Freeman is celebrating after being named one of the “12 Most Influential People in Pharmacy”.
28 August 2015
Koala studies may provide important new insights into how chlamydial infections compromise human male infertility, according to new Australian research.
27 August 2015
Stand up and be counted: That’s the message from a University of Queensland study that found more time standing could improve blood sugar and cholesterol levels while lowering fats in the blood.
27 August 2015Tara Shire State College students are being linked directly with health professionals via video, thanks to the latest rollout of UQ’s Health-e-Regions project.
25 August 2015
A young superbug researcher at The University of Queensland is seeking public support in her bid to win the Centenary Institute’s Lawrence Creative Prize people’s choice award.
25 August 2015
University of Queensland researchers now have access to technology that is set to be a game changer in the fight against skin cancer.
23 August 2015
Can the world become a better place if we unravel the motivations that drive people to display compassion?
21 August 2015
Queensland will host 23 of the world’s brightest high school students for the 2015 International Brain Bee neuroscience competition in Cairns from 20-26 August.
19 August 2015
Checking what’s in the bank – the Brisbane Breast Bank, that is – has paid dividends for UQ cancer researchers.
17 August 2015
An international research team led by University of Queensland venomologist Associate Professor Bryan Fry has developed a new technique for ‘milking’ box jellyfish to extract deadly venom for the development into lifesaving drugs.
11 August 2015
A clever new research model being developed at The University of Queensland aims to fast-track new treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS).
10 August 2015
Sports coaches and trainers may soon be pulling the plug on athletes’ ice baths in the off-season after new findings by The University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology.
10 August 2015
Nutrients commonly found in spinach, elk, oysters and crab and the positive effects they may have on people with clinical depression are the focus of a world-first University of Queensland study.
7 August 2015
The quest to find even the slightest advantage has led V8 Supercars team Brad Jones Racing to the University of Queensland.
30 July 2015
A free online course that explores the effectiveness of the law and justice system from a psychological perspective is running for a second time.
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