UQ first year pharmacy students Ms Ila Patel (accelerated student); Ms Natasha Kissoon and Ms Mandeep Kaur Rao (accelerated students) received their white coats at a recent welcoming ceremony.

The University of Queensland’s first year pharmacy students received their white coats at a recent welcoming ceremony.

20 March 2013
Did earthquakes cause this? New research demonstrates a link between seismic activity and the precipitation of gold.

An Australian authored research paper published today in the pre-eminent Nature Geoscience Journal is attracting international attention for its findings that demonstrate a link between seismic activity and the precipitation of gold and other trace...

19 March 2013

A University of Queensland researcher is applying human medical techniques to soil in a project likely to save sugar producers money and help protect the Great Barrier Reef.

18 March 2013
Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro, ‘Future Remnant’ 2011, dinosaur fossil replica, IKEA furnishings, cable binding, 285 x 180 x 485 cm irreg. 
Courtesy of the artists and Nature Morte, Berlin and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney and © the artists

An entire aeroplane arrived at The University of Queensland, piece by piece, to feature in the first Australian survey exhibition of collaborative artists, Claire Healy and Sean Cordeiro.

14 March 2013
In the early stages of the scramjet's assembly, Dr Sandy Tirtey of UQ and Dr Roberto Gardi of Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) attach winglets made of a ceramic material which will be tested on its flight in Norway this year.

An exotic ceramic material that could one day be used to build hypersonic flight craft will be hitching a ride on a free-flying scramjet flight experiment built by The University of Queensland’s SCRAMSPACE flight team.

13 March 2013

Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations was a meaningful step for some Indigenous Australians, but action is still needed to progress reconciliation, a University of Queensland researcher has found.

13 March 2013

A unique Rural Birth Summit with the aim of bringing birth services back to the bush will be held in Rockhampton today (Thursday 14 March).

13 March 2013

QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman has today announced a $4 million international collaboration to improve sorghum productivity under drought conditions.

12 March 2013

To celebrate Brain Awareness Week, the Australian Brain Bee Challenge opens the first round of its nation-wide competition this week.

11 March 2013

The University of Queensland will host a screening of Switch, a documentary aimed at building a balanced national understanding of energy, from solar to coal, biofuels to oil.

8 March 2013

Athletes often plunge into cold water to assist recovery after exercise, but there is little research available to explain how the technique works.

7 March 2013

A leading Australian university will collaborate with one of Indonesia’s largest national universities to examine the way laws and informal processes deal with community conflict in Indonesia.

7 March 2013

The effect that global warming will have on plants is now better understood thanks to advanced modelling provided by The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Professor Graeme Hammer, one of Australia’s leading crop scientists.

4 March 2013

An innovation expert who is an Honorary Professor at The University of Queensland Business School has been appointed as Vice-President of Imperial College London, one of the world’s top 10 universities.

1 March 2013

Two scientists from The University of Queensland are leading a call to legalise international trade in rhinoceros horn in a bid to save the animals from extinction.

28 February 2013