Forget medals, ancient Games athletes battled for olive oil

The Olympics were only one aspect of sport in ancient Greece - often overlooked is that these Games were part of a circuit of 4 international sporting festivals.

9 May 2025
A stone carving featuring a chariot being pulled by four horses.

Researchers to take healthy oats beyond breakfast

Expanding consumption of oats beyond the usual breakfast bowl of porridge is the aim of a $5.6 million project at the Food and Beverage Accelerator.

9 May 2025
a bowl of porridge sits next to a wooden spoon and a jar of uncooked oats
A school student puts her robot to the test at last year's RoboCup Junior Queensland Championships

This weekend, The University of Queensland will welcome hundreds of talented school students and their robots as they compete in the annual RoboCup Junior Queensland Championship.

23 August 2012

The discovery of a synthetic molecule made up of 60 simple components able to reorganise themselves to produce new functions will lead to better understanding of nature’s processes.

22 August 2012

The University of Queensland is committed to ensuring transparency within its operations, and welcomes the opportunity to comment on recent interest around the University of Queensland Union (UQU).

22 August 2012
The University of Queensland's Advanced Engineering Building will provide opportunities for research in undergraduate engineering studies.

More than $740 million worth of building projects are in progress across the campuses and properties of The University of Queensland (UQ), with some completion dates set from early 2013.

22 August 2012
Dr Bruce Redman and Caitlin Holding at the 2012 Ekka.

A University of Queensland (UQ) journalism and arts graduate has been named first runner-up in the Ekka Showgirl competition this year.

22 August 2012
UQ Gatton graduate Garry Sippel encourages enthusiasm for wildlife with his live reptile show

University of Queensland Wildlife Science graduate Garry Sippel returned to the Gatton Open Day to encourage enthusiasm for wildlife with his live reptile show.

22 August 2012

Size really does matter according to scientists looking for ways to cure Alzheimer’s disease.

22 August 2012

The University of Queensland researchers are seeking to identify more effective ways of treating drug addiction to tackle the perceived prevalence of injecting drug use worldwide.

21 August 2012

Life in the world’s oceans faces far greater change and risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, a team of the world’s leading marine scientists has warned.

21 August 2012

The University of Queensland (UQ) is the first university to sign an agreement with the world's largest copper producer – The National Copper Corporation of Chile (CODELCO).

21 August 2012

Measuring the impact of the coal seam gas industry on Australia’s underground water supplies will be one of the initial research projects at The University of Queensland’s Centre for Coal Seam Gas.

21 August 2012