Maxing out chemical-free crop protection with dsRNAmax

A software package developed and validated at UQ can tailor safe, effective and chemical-free crop protection using RNA interference.

7 July 2025
two men in white coats stand by a microscope with a light

Why we cheer louder for homegrown heroes

Recognising outstanding performance with sports awards is a question of identity, not just ability, UQ researchers have found.

3 July 2025
A gold trophy being help un in a stadium.
Oliver She

It has been called “The Super Bowl” of piano pieces and was immortalised in the movie Shine, and now Rachmaninov’s famous Concerto No. 3 will take centre stage for another reason in Brisbane on Friday.

26 August 2009

The anti-organised crime law proposed by Queensland’s Premier and Attorney-General is counterproductive and may make the suppression and prevention of organised crime more difficult, according to a University of Queensland law academic.

26 August 2009

A $1million funding boost for the Queensland Centre for Health Data Services will assist development of ‘report cards’ on health service delivery.

26 August 2009

As part of UQ’s commitment to environmental sustainability the University has become a signatory to the international Talloires Declaration. Please include a link to the declaration.

26 August 2009

Teacher-librarians from more than 80 secondary schools visited UQ recently to discuss how to engage with students better in a networked world.

26 August 2009
Front L-R: Madeleine Soroka, Isabella Hunt, Michelle Kim
Back L-R: Sharon Sugirtha, Genevieve Sargent

Technology and The University of Queensland have long gone hand in hand, but it is not usually school students who provide the know-how on campus.

26 August 2009

We all know that parents tend to treat their children the way their parents treated them, but why? UQ PhD candidate and developmental paediatrician Dr Lane Strathearn may have found the answer in mothers’ brains.

26 August 2009
Dr Tamara Davis

An astrophysicist from The University of Queensland’s School of Mathematics and Physics has been awarded the prestigious L’Oréal Women in Science Award for 2009.

25 August 2009

UniQuest Pty Limited, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, will celebrate 25 years of taking Australian research innovations and expertise to the world, at gala cocktail event tomorrow August 26.

25 August 2009

UQ’s TC Beirne School of Law students will be treated to a formidable double act when both the Speaker and the Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives present guest lectures at the University of Queensland next week.

25 August 2009

Australians need to know what is going on in Iran, rather than relax because it is so far away, a lecturer from The University of Queensland has warned.

25 August 2009