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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
Phillip Vaughan head and shoulders in front of a brown background

University of Queensland has appointed accomplished people and culture leader Phillip Vaughan to the position of Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO).

30 March 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 ¹û¶³´«Ã½ and the national science agency CSIRO.

30 March 2023

¹û¶³´«Ã½ community is celebrating a half-century of graduations, music, concerts, exams, lectures, protests and exhibitions in Mayne Hall.

29 March 2023

Two University of Queensland researchers have been selected to attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany in June.

28 March 2023
Thomas Scanlan, a young Indigenous man, with Kev Carmody, an older Indigenous man. They are standing in front of a large mural of Kev playing guitar.

The inaugural recipient of ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Kev Carmody Scholarship met the celebrated singer-songwriter at the official unveiling of a mural at the St Lucia campus.

28 March 2023
A woman with her back to the camera standing with a field with her arms raised

University of Queensland researchers have found compassion could reduce self-criticism, body shaming and depression in overweight or obese adults.

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

¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have led a national study on the four main bacteria that cause sepsis, providing new targets for developing antibiotics.

28 March 2023
three people stand next to a table of wires and electronic equipment

A team of University of Queensland engineers which has designed a sustainable and affordable 3D printed rocket engine has won two awards at an annual event celebrating entrepreneurship.

27 March 2023

¹û¶³´«Ã½ has been ranked in the global top 20 in five academic subject areas in this year’s QS World University Rankings by Subject, reflecting ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s research and teaching capabilities.

24 March 2023
An artist's impression of a rectangular, cream building.

The Queensland Government and ¹û¶³´«Ã½ have each committed $44 million funding to establish a world-leading Paralympic Centre of Excellence at ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s St Lucia campus.

22 March 2023
Three ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers in the Great Court

Two University of Queensland researchers have shared more than $500,000 in funding from the Westpac Scholars Trust to tackle major sustainability challenges facing Australia.

22 March 2023

University of Queensland researchers have secured almost $31 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to tackle health and medical challenges in Australia and around the world.

21 March 2023
Two scientists wearing protective equipment in a science laboratory.

Recruitment is underway for a pivotal proof-of-concept human trial of ¹û¶³´«Ã½â€™s second-generation molecular clamp vaccine.

20 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 green tree python with a tube down its throat and its mouth held open with a wooden tool

Gloria, a beloved pet green tree python, bit off more than she could chew and ingested a puppy pee pad along with her dinner.

17 March 2023
Minister Stirling Hinchliffe with ¹û¶³´«Ã½ recipients of the Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships.

Eleven researchers from ¹û¶³´«Ã½ (¹û¶³´«Ã½) have been awarded more than $3.1 million through the 2022 Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships.

16 March 2023
Seven members of the Sleep for Strong Souls project team pose for photo. Image, ¹û¶³´«Ã½

¹û¶³´«Ã½ and Beyond Blue have partnered to deliver culturally responsive sleep health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents in Queensland.

16 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