Online tool connecting businesses and universities
Researchers from UQ have developed an online tool to help small businesses work with universities to innovate their products and expand their trade.
13 June 2025
Bitter ‘supertaster gene’ linked to increased health risks
People who carry a bitter ‘supertaster gene’ have been linked to various health conditions including bipolar disorder and poor kidney function, UQ researchers have found.
12 June 2025
Conspiracy mentality drives misinformation about EVs
A UQ-led study has found misinformation about electric vehicles has taken root in society and is primarily fuelled by mistrust and conspiracy theories.
10 June 2025
Researchers say almost half of Australian families tracked in a 30-year study have experienced poverty at least once.
24 January 2018
A major shortfall in funding to restore Indonesia’s degraded peat forests means the country is facing a difficult environmental decision, an international study has found.
19 January 2018
Tiger sharks appear to be genetically monogamous – and it could be putting the species at risk.
17 January 2018
No net loss – a buzz phrase in environmental policy – is an approach that aims to neutralise negative environmental impacts from human activities.
12 January 2018
A new understanding of the complex ways in which general anaesthetics act on the brain could eventually lead to improved drugs for surgery.
10 January 2018
Mimicking sleep processes in the awake brain of elderly people could prevent age-related decline in brain function.
3 January 2018
NASA experiments to grow wheat in space were the inspiration for University of Queensland scientists to develop the world’s first ‘speed breeding’ procedures here on planet Earth.
2 January 2018
The degradation of coral reefs might have short-term benefits for some fish groups, but would be bad for fisheries long-term, according to a University of Queensland-led study.
22 December 2017
Listening to white noise can increase your ability to learn new words, a study by The University of Queensland has revealed.
21 December 2017
Neck pain is a common condition among office workers, but regular workplace exercises can prevent and reduce it, a University of Queensland study has found.
15 December 2017
The debate over whether legal trading of ivory should be allowed to fund elephant conservation, or banned altogether to stop poaching has raged for decades without an end in sight.
15 December 2017
Goannas have overtaken foxes as the number one predator of the endangered loggerhead turtle at its second largest Queensland nesting beach.
14 December 2017
A new and improved version of the ‘love hormone’ oxytocin has been developed by University of Queensland researchers.
12 December 2017
Sunshine Coast residents are being asked to tune in to the sounds of a local threatened frog population to help preserve the local biodiversity.
6 December 2017
Skyrocketing prices for rare animal products can push species to extinction even when their populations are abundant, researchers say.
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