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
University of Queensland research has found people are more attracted to those who look like them.
6 July 2023
University of Queensland researchers have used genetics to reveal that much of the risk of developing a common and sometimes fatal intestinal disease is inherited.
5 July 2023
Six University of Queensland staff members are featured on a national NAIDOC Week list of 52 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are changing the world.
4 July 2023Four University of Queensland researchers have been awarded more than $12.8 million through the Australian Research Council (ARC) prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowships.
4 July 2023
A new breeding strategy to reboot Australia’s passionfruit industry is being led by researchers at The University of Queensland.
4 July 2023
Exploding populations of wild pigs and macaque monkeys in Southeast Asia are threatening native forests and disease outbreaks in livestock and people, according to research led by The University of Queensland.
30 June 2023
UQ researchers have reared deadly cone snails in a laboratory aquarium for the first time, uncovering a potential treasure trove of new venoms for drug development.
29 June 2023
A $13.7 million project to unlock digital health data on debilitating diseases could reduce hospitalisations, tackle complications and cut health costs.
28 June 2023
University of Queensland research into the impact of listening to music while studying has been so positive it is now a practical short course offered to all undergraduate students.
28 June 2023_1 620W.jpg?itok=jqY0AYzz "UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry presents at the 2023 World Mining Congress in Brisbane.")
The University of Queensland’s vision for a sustainable future will be at the centre of an international conversation as Brisbane hosts the 2023 World Mining Congress this week.
27 June 2023Promoting the cultivation and use of a nutritious and tasty native plant tuber is the aim of a research project at The University of Queensland.
27 June 2023
Researchers from The University of Queensland have made a dust from baker’s yeast that can detect COVID-19 and could safeguard communities against future pandemics.
26 June 2023
Brisbane is set to become a hub for Paralympic sport with the announcement of a nationally-significant partnership between The University of Queensland and Paralympics Australia.
23 June 2023
University of Queensland researchers have found bottlenose dolphins in Moreton Bay off Brisbane could be teaching other dolphins to ‘beg’ for food from recreational fishers, with the behaviour creating short and long-term risks.
23 June 2023
Researchers have shed light on how a highly infectious virus, that has recently transferred from animals to people, is able to enter human cells.
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