Children with older fathers are more susceptible to mental health disorders a University of Queensland (UQ) study has found.

22 January 2014
The bigfin squid uses a characteristic bobbing motion to balance-out their visual impairment and precisely target prey.

Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered how a species of squid perceives distance, providing an evolutionary solution to a problem divers regularly encounter in featureless waters.

21 January 2014
UQ's Moreton Bay Research Station provided accommodation for emergency crews and temporary parking for fire trucks in a two-week long firefighting effort.

The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station provided sanctuary for 100 Queensland Fire and Emergency Service staff during North Stradbroke Island bushfires this month.

17 January 2014

More than 140 Indigenous young people are experiencing university life on UQ's St Lucia campus this week for the annual Indigenous Youth Sports Program.

17 January 2014
Nicholas Plant from Mansfield State High School, Bailey Appleton from Everton Park State High School and Mikaela Hourigan - James Nash State High School (Gympie) explore the breadth and depth of science on offer at UQ.

About 120 young science enthusiasts from high schools in south-east Queensland discovered the breadth and depth of science on offer at UQ this week.

17 January 2014
Needle-free vaccine patch - nanopatch.

Scottish physician Alexander Wood first developed the syringe with a needle fine enough to pierce the skin in 1853.

16 January 2014
John Cook: Pipped at the post by a sudoku paper.

A University of Queensland researcher’s work has been ranked 11th in a listing of the world’s top 100 most talked about academic papers of 2013.

16 January 2014
Queensland and European Union laws enacted to stamp out organised crime will be the focus of a University of Queensland Law School seminar on Friday 24 January.

Queensland and European Union laws enacted to stamp out organised crime will be the focus of a University of Queensland Law School seminar on Friday 24 January.

15 January 2014
A potential cancer cell extruding from an epithelium. Courtesy of Selwin Wu, Yap Lab, UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

University of Queensland researchers have discovered a protein in cells that could block the escape route of potentially cancerous cells and stop them spreading to other parts of the body.

15 January 2014
A green turtle grazing on seagrass at Derawan Island in Indonesia (Photo by MJA Christianen).

Green turtle populations have expanded so much in Indonesia’s east coast islands’ marine protected areas (MPAs) that they are adopting new feeding habits, which are degrading the ecosystem and threatening their own conservation.

9 January 2014
Danie Mellor ‘Red, white and blue’, 2008.

An exhibition surveying 10 years of work by award-winning Australian artist Danie Mellor will open at The University of Queensland Art Museum on Saturday 18 January.

6 January 2014

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have made a significant discovery that could one day halt a number of neurodegenerative diseases.

27 December 2013
A freshwater turtle is released into the UQ Lakes

Two freshwater turtles and an eastern water dragon have swapped the hectic life of the inner city for St Lucia’s picturesque University of Queensland Lakes.

23 December 2013

Exercise programs to prevent falls in aged care facilities may be as effective as they are enjoyable for residents, a recent University of Queensland study has shown.

23 December 2013

Women’s perceptions of what is considered normal and desirable female genitalia may be influenced by exposure to modified images, a new study suggests.

20 December 2013