A purple, red and yellow graphic depicting motor neurons degenerating.

Research at The University of Queensland could eventually help develop viable treatments - and ultimately a cure - for motor neuron disease (MND).

27 April 2023
A elephant calf surrounded by two adult elephants

University of Queensland researchers have found African elephants use their acute sense of smell as a form of communication.

3 April 2023
a close-up of a bee on a cluster of small, yellow flowers

Bees can help prove Australia's valuable avocado crop is free of a pathogen that could be a barrier to exports according to research by The University of Queensland and the national science agency CSIRO.

30 March 2023

The University of Queensland community is celebrating a half-century of graduations, music, concerts, exams, lectures, protests and exhibitions in Mayne Hall.

29 March 2023
A gloved hand holds a petrie dish with two different forms of bacteria - one white, the other pink with red dots.

UQ researchers have led a national study on the four main bacteria that cause sepsis, providing new targets for developing antibiotics.

28 March 2023
Koala joey in tree

Mortality rates of orphaned koala joeys could be greatly reduced by a non-invasive stress test kit being trialled by University of Queensland researchers.

20 March 2023
Person charging their electric vehicle.

Queensland’s brightest minds in electric transport will descend on Brisbane for the State’s inaugural Electric Transport Industry Transformation Forum on Friday 17 March.

17 March 2023
A grey aerodynamic submarine submerged in blue water

The issue of nuclear non-proliferation is back in the headlines, thanks to details announced yesterday at a US navy base of a deal involving Australia’s purchase of nuclear submarines.

15 March 2023
A stack of around a dozen Australian novels, with their spines showing.

UQ's AustLit project, to catalogue and celebrate Australia’s literary history, this week officially marks one million records.

15 March 2023
close up of a person's hand holding two small white capsules in the background is their other hand holding a glass of water

A company launched from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has passed an important milestone in developing an oral treatment for the common skin disease psoriasis.

15 March 2023

Four researchers from The University of Queensland have been recognised by the Australian Academy of Science for outstanding contributions in their fields.

14 March 2023
A warehouse with tables piled with illicit drug parcels and a desk light shining down.

UQ hosts an international research and learning initiative putting transnational organised crime under the spotlight.

27 February 2023
a woman with short grey hair looks to the left on a black background, a white superimposed drawing of a brain is on her head

Researchers from the University of Queensland have identified that a gene associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s Disease also contributes to a build-up of cell debris in the brain.

24 February 2023
a group of piglets stand in straw with a bale of straw behind them

Scientists at The University of Queensland have developed a novel vaccine for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in pigs, to help stop the spread of the disease in Australia.

16 February 2023
A snake with a light orange-coloured head and a brown striped body on a dirt ground at night. Its head and neck are raised off the ground.

A University of Queensland-led study has found that contrary to popular belief, snakes can hear and react to airborne sound.

15 February 2023
Lion's mane mushrooms growing in greenhouse. Image, UQ

Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered the active compound from an edible mushroom that boosts nerve growth and enhances memory.

10 February 2023
Many pills of different colours scattered all over a surface

University of Queensland researchers have found a range of commonly prescribed antidepressants can increase bacteria’s resistance to antibiotic medications.

1 February 2023
A close-up of several human cells

University of Queensland researchers have identified a pathway in cells that could be used to reprogram the body’s immune system to fight back against chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases.

19 January 2023
Associate Professor Tim Mercer wearing a lab coat and safety goggles holding a bottle containing orange liquid

A University of Queensland team has become the biggest supplier of experimental mRNA vaccines and therapies in Australia, with burgeoning demand from research and industry across the country.

11 January 2023

Researchers from The University of Queensland have secured more than $31 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) to progress life-changing health and medical research.

15 December 2022