Global study finds Australians are third most prolific swearers

Australians swear online less frequently than Americans or the British, according to new research on how English-speaking countries use vulgar language.

23 May 2025
A page in the dictionary displaying the word "profanity"

Boulder washed inland a sign of Pacific tsunami history

Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tonnes in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the world, providing new insights into the Pacific region’s history and risk of tsunamis.

22 May 2025
a man stands in front of a large rock holding a measuring tape

The State Government budget delivered recently shows funding will be cut to Queensland Drug Courts, but UQ School of Psychology lecturer Dr Genevieve Dingle believes this will do more harm than good.

24 September 2012

The University of Queensland has committed to the development of a major online open learning environment.

23 September 2012

A project aimed at boosting international student travel to the Gold Coast has received $25,000 in Federal Government funding to help develop initiatives that will stimulate investment and increase tourism.

21 September 2012

Research and Information Technology (IT) professionals will converge in Sydney next month to help shape the future of eResearch.

20 September 2012

Partners of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel deployed multiple times were as physically and mentally well as those who had fewer deployments, a University of Queensland study shows.

20 September 2012
Dr Da-Wei Wang's work on prolonging battery life has won him a Research Excellence Award from The University of Queensland (UQ).

A Queensland researcher, who is developing high-energy batteries that can keep smartphones charged longer, has won a Research Excellence Award from The University of Queensland (UQ).

20 September 2012

In a world-first, a team of University of Queensland researchers has developed a laboratory aimed at unpacking and understanding the political implications of news television programs.

20 September 2012
UQ's Shazia Sadiq, Helen Huang and Margaret Mayfield enjoy success at the recent Women in Technology Gala Awards.

The University of Queensland (UQ) academics shone at this year’s Women in Technology (WiT) Gala Awards.

20 September 2012

Academics in UQ’s School of Political Science and International Studies (POLSIS), and its Asia- Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, have been helping to improve the diplomacy and conflict resolution skills of our neighbours in Africa.

20 September 2012

At four years old Dr Fiona Barlow told her mother she would make improving race-relations in Australia a priority.

20 September 2012
Winner of UQ's 3MT final Ms Amanda Pearce

University of Queensland PhD student Amanda Pearce of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will represent UQ at the 3MT Trans-Tasman Final on October 11, 2012 after winning the UQ Final yesterday.

19 September 2012