Why medium-sized animals are better built for speed
Researchers have taken a giant step towards solving the mystery of why intermediately sized animals are the fastest.
19 December 2024
Corals depend on near neighbours to reproduce
A new study reveals corals must be within only a few metres of each other to successfully reproduce, leaving them vulnerable in a warming world.
17 December 2024
Tourism leads the pack in growing carbon emissions
A UQ-led study shows greenhouse gas emissions from tourism have been growing more than 2 times faster than those from the rest of the global economy.
11 December 2024
The newly launched ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture is cultivating the next crop of plant science experts.
17 August 2022
Scientists have put a dollar figure on the cost of recovery and restoration of native flora and fauna after the 2019-2020 summer bushfires.
16 August 2022
University of Queensland, Oxford and Princeton researchers have developed a 鈥渢est鈥� to measure if businesses are on track to meet Paris Agreement climate action goals, and so far the results are not promising.
11 August 2022
Tiny nanoparticles less than a thousandth of a millimetre in size are providing a promising new method to protect sheep against deadly flystrike, according to University of Queensland research.
30 June 2022Scientists at the University of Queensland are buzzing about a new citizen science project investigating some of Australia鈥檚 native bee species in our own backyards.
28 June 2022
An international leader in audiology and an Indigenous author and poet are among an extensive list of University of Queensland representatives who have been named on the Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours List this year.
13 June 2022
A species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale.
10 June 2022
Volunteer-collected data on coral bleaching has been credited with supporting scientific findings about reef health across the globe.
9 June 2022
University of Queensland scientists have cracked a problem that鈥檚 frustrated chemists and physicists for years, potentially leading to a new age of powerful, efficient, and environmentally friendly technologies.
9 June 2022
The much-loved red panda is renowned for its tree-climbing ability and adorable nature, but new research shows the endangered mammal is being driven closer to extinction.
6 June 2022
Studying ancient ocean floors could help discover minerals needed to produce electric cars and solar panels.
3 June 2022
A new garden at the University of Queensland鈥檚 Herston campus is growing a connection between staff, students and visitors with Australia鈥檚 Indigenous culture and history.
31 May 2022.jpg?itok=gNHEdohc "Water in the Great Barrier Reef was much dirtier eight thousand years ago. Image: Gregory Webb")
A group of Australian scientists have for the first time unravelled the history of climate change upheaval on the Great Barrier Reef over the past eight millennia. Led by University of Queensland graduate Dr Marcos Salas-Saavedra, the team analysed...
30 May 2022
An AIDS-like virus plaguing Australia鈥檚 koala population is leaving them more vulnerable to chlamydia and other threatening health conditions, University of Queensland research has found.
25 May 2022
The ALP will rightly bask in this election victory. As the party鈥檚 Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek put it Saturday night: a win is a win is a win.
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