Conspiracy mentality drives misinformation about EVs

A UQ-led study has found misinformation about electric vehicles has taken root in society and is primarily fuelled by mistrust and conspiracy theories.

10 June 2025
A photo of the back of a red car, with the word 'electric' on the bodywork.

Children’s screen time and socio-emotional problems fuel each other over time

Children who spend more time on screens are at a higher risk of developing future social and emotional problems, researchers have found.

10 June 2025
Upset child sits away from cell phone device
This painting by Michael Zavros, portraying a thoroughbred horse draped with the skin of a panther, features at the ANIMAL/HUMAN exhibition at the UQ Art Museum. The exhibition explores the animal-human relationship.

Visitors to a new exhibition at The University of Queensland Art Museum will come face-to-face with animals and be prompted to consider how we relate with them.

4 May 2012

The University of Queensland’s Rugby Football Club is set to re-launch its clubhouse on Saturday May 5.

4 May 2012
The winning act at Gatton's Got Talent.

An 80s rock duo topped the field of talent at the The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus recently.

4 May 2012

The University of Queensland’s Information Technology Services has raised email quotas to 4GB for all UQ staff.

4 May 2012
UQ alumnus Yassmin Abdel-Magied won the international Speaking Out for Engineering competition in Singapore.

By engaging an international audience with tales of mechanical engineering, an alumna of The University of Queensland has won a global communication title.

3 May 2012

Banning biker gangs and criminalising membership of outlaw motorcycle groups will not be an effective way to combat organised crime says legal expert Dr Andreas Schloenhardt of UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law.

3 May 2012
The Forgan Smith building at the UQ St Lucia campus is lit up red in support of MS Awareness Month.

The University of Queensland will glow red for the month of May to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis, a debilitating disease that researchers at the university are working to combat.

2 May 2012

UQ School of Tourism Senior Lecturer Dr Lisa Ruhanen and graduate Ms Leonie Bowles have joined forces to research best practices in ecotourism on behalf of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

1 May 2012

University of Queensland researchers have planted five hectares of Pongamia trees at Hope Vale, north Queensland in a bid to create a commercially viable plantation for sustainable regional development and biofuel production in northern Australia.

1 May 2012

Queensland mums are being given the opportunity to have their voices heard on maternity care in Queensland.

1 May 2012

Australian and US scientists have developed a new technology for studying the genetics of a common roundworm used to understand nerve development and nerve degeneration.

30 April 2012