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
Flowers in the Atacama desert with water in the background

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
green bushes with small yellow flowers and clusters of seed pods
View from Great Court across to cloisters at UQ St Lucia campus

The University of Queensland is continuing to climb the world rankings, with new figures showing an improvement across all broad subject areas compared to last year.

7 April 2022
Anxious-looking young girl leaning her head against a metal fence railing

Hereditary factors are partly responsible for childhood anxiety and depression that persists into adulthood, according to University of Queensland researchers.

7 April 2022
View of the ocean and sky, with the sun beaming in the centre of screen and emitting rays of golden light

A three-dimensional approach to marine conservation could help expand protected ocean areas by up to 30 per cent this decade, according to international researchers.

5 April 2022
The Holohan family sitting on a couch, with four children on their parents' laps

What fathers eat has a lasting effect on the future health of their unborn children, new research has revealed.

5 April 2022
A woman holding a metal rod, with a man in suit looking on.

A Brisbane startup company founded on University of Queensland technology to monitor the health of electricity network transformers has been acquired by French multinational Schneider Electric in a multi-million-dollar deal.

5 April 2022
Vital of Japanese encephilities vaccine on a white table with label clearly visible

A potential new approach to administering an existing Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine could make it more affordable and increase dose numbers in Australia.

1 April 2022
Professor Tamara Davis AM

An unorthodox documentary about carbon, which features one of The University of Queensland’s leading scientists, is hitting cinemas today and is set to spark conversations about the world’s future.

31 March 2022
Australian currency piled up going from $100 bill downwards in denominations

Tax cuts, fuel excise and measures to address to cost of living were the big ticket items in the 2022 Federal Budget, handed down in the shadow of COVID-19, Russia invading Ukraine, and the impact of severe floods in Queensland and northern New...

30 March 2022
Man's hand holding quantity of mungbean, green in colour

From ancient, ‘gassy’ legume to low-carbon, nutritional powerhouse, mungbeans are being given a global makeover, led by researchers at The University of Queensland.

30 March 2022
A koala in a gum tree.

A koala, specially bred as part of a University of Queensland-led conservation project, could turn around the fate of endangered koala colonies along Australia’s east coast.

29 March 2022
A teenager wearing a headset, while playing a computer game.

Whether it is watching television or playing electronic games, teenagers are experiencing serious physical and mental health consequences after just two hours of screen use, according to University of Queensland-led research.

29 March 2022