A University of Queensland alumnus will fight for biodiversity protection at this month’s United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.

3 September 2019
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Research has found that there is no one “gay gene” – instead, there are many, many genes that influence a person’s likelihood of having had same-sex partners.

30 August 2019

Humans had caused significant landcover change on Earth up to 4000 years earlier than previously thought, UQ researchers have found.

30 August 2019
Artist Elizabeth Willing with some of the wallpapers in the exhibition

A new University of Queensland Art Museum exhibition will explore how visual design, touch, taste and smell can shape our most poignant and powerful memories.

29 August 2019
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt touring UQ's IMB lab

Research into global health issues including antibiotic resistance, inflammatory diseases and stroke has been boosted after The University of Queensland received more than $29.7 million in funding from the National Health and Medical Research...

29 August 2019
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A new figure has been put on the number of women in Australia living with endometriosis.

29 August 2019
Industrial and residential expansion is causing a significant loss of natural habitats for many species of animals, birds, and marine life

The University of Queensland is helping to establish a foundation aimed at preserving Moreton Bay’s unique biodiversity, cultural heritage and aesthetic beauty.

29 August 2019
(L to R):  Professor Trevor Russell, Dr Roma Forbes, Dr Allison Mandrusiak, Katrina Williams, Professor Sandra Brauer

A University of Queensland simulation program that uses trained actors as patients to replicate clinical practice won the Learning Experience category at the Australian Financial Review Higher Education Awards this week.

29 August 2019

A program that reduces loneliness, depression and anxiety caused by social disconnection has been developed by researchers at The University of Queensland.

28 August 2019

University of Queensland students will play alongside members of the Australian Women’s Sevens team in the 2019 Aon Uni 7s Series.

28 August 2019
Minister for Sport Mick de Brenni and UQ Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Dunne shake hands in front of the building plaque

University of Queensland athletes and club members now have access to $4.2 million worth of new sporting and function space amenities at UQ’s St Lucia campus.

27 August 2019
Quantum events can unfold in a "new time order", the researchers say

A University of Queensland-led international team of researchers say they have discovered “a new kind of quantum time order”.

23 August 2019
Dr Richard Bean

One of the most challenging unsolved cryptograms of the Irish Republican Army ̶ created in the 1920s ̶ has been decoded for the first time by a University of Queensland data scientist.

23 August 2019
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Researchers from The University of Queensland and University of Cambridge are exploring ways to help scientists better protect their work from the influence of the food industry.

23 August 2019

Environmental conditions influence our body mass index (BMI) by increasing or decreasing the effect of inherited genetic variations, University of Queensland researchers have discovered.

23 August 2019

Research into the self-destruction of cells in humans and plants could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative brain diseases and the development of disease-resistant plants.

23 August 2019
An innovation in rapid diagnostics is helping fight chlamydia spread among koala populations

A DNA test to rapidly detect chlamydia infection in koalas, offering on-the-spot results within 30 minutes, has been developed by a University of Queensland-led team of researchers.

22 August 2019
UQ's life-size simulated cow - Mrs O'Leary

A life-size simulated cow and calf are enhancing veterinary students’ learning experience at The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus.

22 August 2019

Poo transplants are helping expand koala microbiomes, allowing the marsupials to eat a wider range of eucalypts and possibly survive habitat loss.

21 August 2019
(L-R) Filmmaker Mark Jones, curator Marion Vasseur Raluy, UQ palaeontologist Dr Steve Salisbury and artist Angelika Markul, surrounded by dinosaur tracks on Roebuck Bay. Credit: Damian Kelly.

An award-winning French video artist and sculptor has teamed up with a University of Queensland

21 August 2019