Dishwashing containers a source of microplastic pollution

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, UQ researchers have found.

20 May 2025
Fingers holding microplastics shown through a magnifying glass

The UQ law students helping the vulnerable and disadvantaged

UQ's pro bono team will take to the streets today to raise funds so vulnerable and disadvantaged people can access legal help.

20 May 2025
Professor Tamara Walsh at The University of Queensland

The art of shoeing a horse will not be a lost tradition at The University of Queensland with the Gatton campus poised to set-up a new workshop in the farrier skill.

29 October 2012
Joannah Underhill and Dr Nick Hamilton. Photo: Clare Smith, Lucid Photography

A year-long collaboration between an artist who survived cancer and a scientific imaging expert has resulted in a series of stunning artworks that will be on show on Friday, November 2 at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular...

29 October 2012
Top row (left to right): Dr Sebastian Kaempf, Mr Michael Jennings, Dr Ann Peterson. Bottom row (left to right): Dr Gwen Lawrie, Dr Carlie Driscoll, Associate Professor Shazia Sadiq and Dr Pamela Meredith

A group of outstanding teachers has been recognised at The University of Queensland’s 2012 UQ Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards ceremony tonight.

29 October 2012

University of Queensland agribusiness student Josh Rich recently organised The UQ Gatton Walkway Markets as part of his work experience.

29 October 2012

UQ’s main commercialisation company UniQuest will promote the business benefits of partnering with the latest research innovations and expertise from Australian universities at this year’s AusBiotech conference in Melbourne from 30 October to 2...

26 October 2012
MND and Me Founder Scott Sullivan, QBI Development Board Chair Jeff Maclean, and QBI Director Professor Perry Bartlett

UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has welcomed the support of the MND and Me Foundation in its quest to improve the understanding of Motor Neuron Disease (MND).

26 October 2012

A project based at The University of Queensland is helping women who have survived breast cancer to lose weight and live healthier, longer lives.

26 October 2012
AMT Executive Director Professor Peter Taylor accepts the official IOI flag at this year’s closing ceremony held in Lake Garda, Italy, last month. Australia will be hosting next year’s Olympiad, to be held at UQ’s St Lucia campus. (Image courtesy of Daniel Graf)

As the curtain closes on the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) 2012 in Lake Garda, Italy, and the world’s best and brightest young computer talents return home with their medals, all eyes are now on Australia – host of next year’s Olympiad.

26 October 2012
DVD cover of The Magic Glasses, which aims to improve child health in China and the Philippines

Almost $1.5 million in funding has been awarded to researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) who are working to reduce one of the world’s most common chronic infections.

25 October 2012

Leading minds in nanotechnology, medicine, environmental engineering and academia were honoured by the University of Queensland (UQ) at its annual alumni awards ceremony in Brisbane on Tuesday night.

25 October 2012

Queensland is currently hosting the world’s first ever population-wide survey of what it’s like to parent or work with a child with a disability.

24 October 2012