Replanted rainforests may benefit from termite transplants

Despite a bad reputation for their destructive abilities, termite ‘transplants’ may be necessary to give regenerated rainforests a boost.

7 May 2025
a view of forested hills with clouds above the top of the slope

Light conversion tech to power wearable X-rays for children

Light conversion technology developed by UQ researchers will be used for wearable X-ray devices that make respiratory scans more comfortable for young children.

6 May 2025
UQ reseachers examining light conversion technology in a lab.
Pteropus poliocephalus colony: image Justin Welbergen

Minimising the impact of viruses upon the pig industry is a major objective of a $3.83 million grant to international scientific collaborators, including a team from Queensland.

30 August 2017
How will time judge these common forms of household technology?

What items in your home do you think deserve to end up in a museum in 30 years’ time?

29 August 2017

Self-compassion is an important part of recovery for people with eating disorders, University of Queensland researchers have found.

29 August 2017

Queensland researchers have shown that single crystals, typically thought of as brittle and inelastic, are flexible enough to be bent repeatedly and even tied in a knot.

29 August 2017

Common anti-anxiety drugs including Xanax and Valium have been implicated in half of all non-fatal injected drug overdoses in a new study.

28 August 2017
UQ beat Bond University 15-5 in the final

The University of Queensland has won the opening round of the history-making Aon Uni 7s Series, scoring victory in all five of its games at the University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston.

28 August 2017
The nanoemulsions team is examining the characteristics of milk fat crystals

Imagine low-fat cream that’s easier to whip, cold butter that’s more spreadable, and dairy cream powders that can be tailored for a range of products from milk to cheese to yoghurts.

28 August 2017

More than 400 University of Queensland students will have the valuable opportunity to travel to the Indo-Pacific region to gain practical experience next year under the New Colombo Plan Mobility program.

25 August 2017
Goniobranchus_splendidus: fish use the yellow rim to identify the danger. Photo: Anne Winters

Predator animals have long been known to avoid devouring brightly coloured and patterned prey, and now an international study has revealed more about how they recognise toxic species.

23 August 2017
Queensland is responsible for 50 per cent of Australia’s high-value avocado crop

A method of supplying 500 times more avocado plants to industry than is currently possible has been invented by UQ researchers.

23 August 2017
Corals on a subtropical reef off eastern Australia. Credit: Brigitte Sommer.

The vulnerability and conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef - regarded as climate change refuges – has been highlighted in a new study.

23 August 2017