Biodiversity thrives in rare events
UQ research has shown unpredictable environmental events help maintain plant, animal and microbial populations, challenging the belief stability is the key to survival.
17 June 2025
Pioneer varieties of legume for Australian growers
The University of Queensland has developed 5 new varieties of pigeonpea as a step towards the legume being grown more widely in Australia.
17 June 2025
Reawakening ancient grains
Returning locally extinct native grains to Queensland’s grasslands is the goal of Gamilaraay man and UQ PhD candidate Jacob Birch.
16 June 2025
Climate change around Antarctica can severely affect Australia’s rainfall and even influence the distribution of wet and dry zones across southeast Asia, an international study has revealed.
11 May 2017
University of Queensland School of Mathematics and Physics quantum physics researcher Emeritus Professor Gerard Milburn has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
11 May 2017
A website hosting interviews with prominent Papua New Guineans on the period leading up to and following that nation’s independence from Australia in 1975 has been launched today.
10 May 2017
A range of University of Queensland experts is available to comment on issues around the Federal Budget. Journalists can search by topic or name at UQ Experts or contact the following experts.
10 May 2017
Doctors have been warned to be aware that psychological factors could lead them to suggest medical interventions of little or no value to patients, despite campaigns aimed at eliminating unnecessary tests and procedures.
8 May 2017
Dermatologists may need to look further than red hair and freckles when identifying patients who might be genetically predisposed to skin cancer.
8 May 2017
An ancient meteorite that struck Earth 1.85 billion years ago sparked long-lived volcanic eruptions bringing up material from the Earth’s depths, a new international study involving a University of Queensland researcher has revealed.
5 May 2017
University of Queensland students lining up at this month’s 2017 Great Court Race will compete for the largest pool of prize money offered in the event’s 32-year history.
4 May 2017
Her research found that it’s better not to grin when you win, but could she keep the smile from her face when receiving a prestigious psychology award?
3 May 2017
A University of Queensland and World Health Organisation (WHO) research collaboration has found that many of the most common causes of death among children are preventable.
2 May 2017
The brain has its own inbuilt processes for mopping up damaging cellular waste – and these processes may provide protection from stroke and dementia.
2 May 2017
Gold could be discovered more efficiently and extracted from complex materials, thanks to research into “nugget-producing” bacteria.
28 April 2017
The new Queensland Genomics Health Alliance hit a critical milestone today, with the first nine of its funded research projects revealed.
26 April 2017
University of Queensland physiotherapy student Daniel Innes can list salsa dancing as one of his skills when he graduates next year.
21 April 2017
Aiming to demonstrate science’s crucial value to the world, University of Queensland researchers will hit the streets on Saturday in the March for Science.
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