Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES), The University of Queensland and the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) are undertaking an Australian-first research project to study bushfires in an effort to better protect lives and property.
18 December 2014Efforts to improve the welfare of animals worldwide have netted The University of Queensland graduate, Dr Peter Thornber, the UQ Gatton Gold Medal.
17 December 2014A University of Queensland and Monash University sponsorship has enabled six Australian high school students to attend an international supercomputing conference in New Orleans, USA last week.
11 December 2014Researchers at The University of Queensland are part of a global team that has identified a new type of artificial stem cell.
10 December 2014Within a few decades, astronomers will become “know-it-alls”. Literally. In that time frame, it will be possible to see almost everything in the Universe that can be seen, according to astrophysicist Associate Professor Tamara Davis of The...
3 December 2014Australia’s first mobile weather radar has been enlisted by University of Queensland researchers to track some of the country’s most dangerous summer storms. In a bid to improve the accuracy of storm forecasting, UQ’s Geographical Sciences PhD...
1 December 2014One of UQ’s leading materials science experts, Professor Chengzhong (Michael) Yu, has been awarded a high-profile prize from the Australian Academy of Science.
24 November 2014University of Queensland scientists have discovered that genes switch off as memories are being formed, allowing for new connections between nerve cells. The discovery could eventually lead to a key for treating conditions such as autism and...
21 November 2014Queensland scientists delving into newspaper archives have discovered that catch rates for Queensland’s pink snapper fishery have declined almost 90 per cent, since the nineteenth century.
17 November 2014A University of Queensland researcher’s respected career designing unmanned aerial vehicles based on biologically inspired systems has seen him elected onto the Australian Academy of Science Council.
17 November 2014Deforestation is both a boon and a bane for wetlands, according to new research by The University of Queensland. The study found that human impacts on the environment, such as deforestation, do not always have negative consequences, and can provide...
17 November 2014Something strange is happening within the world-famous pitch drop experiment with the latest drop forming much faster than the last couple of drops. There have been nine drops so far and all attention is now on trying to observe the tenth,...
10 November 2014University of Queensland marine neuroscientists are plunging to new depths in submersibles on the Great Barrier Reef and in the Coral Sea.
30 October 2014Fluorescent fruit flies have helped University of Queensland researchers take a critical step toward understanding the human brain’s neuronal “wiring” and how it can go awry.
30 October 2014Queensland scientists will play a key role in a new Australian research centre working to increase major food crop yields. University of Queensland researchers will form the Queensland node of the $22 million Australian Research Council Centre of...
24 October 2014University of Queensland researchers will play a key role in a new $39 million research centre working to unravel the secrets of the immune system.
20 October 2014Australia’s first Centre of Research Excellence in Chronic Kidney Disease will be established at The University of Queensland with a $2.5 million grant announced today.
17 October 2014University of Queensland researchers have gained new insights into how the body sorts and transports protein ‘cargo’ within our cells, in a finding that could eventually lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and...
9 October 2014University of Queensland researchers are using computer modelling to predict the most effective way to help cerebral palsy patients walk and move more easily.
30 September 2014A supermassive black hole discovered in an ultracompact dwarf galaxy has prompted researchers to question if similar massive light-sucking objects may be far more common than previously believed.
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