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The harlequin tuskfish is a predatory wrasse found on the Great Barrier Reef. It was found to express four classes of opsins, including the UV-sensitive SWS1 opsin, despite having UV-blocking ocular media. Photo: Steve Parish.

Understanding how fish "see" is helping a team of international scientists increase their knowledge of the Great Barrier Reef's biodiversity.

24 November 2015
Rousey's fight build-up was criticised for displays of cockiness.

It was more than just a tactical error that led to the demise of UFC champ Ronda Rousey, according to a Queensland sports scientist who specialises in mixed martial arts (MMA).

23 November 2015
Associate Professor Geoffrey Faulkner in the lab.

Do genetic mutations in individual brain cells influence how people form memories? Are diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s caused by these genetic mutations?

23 November 2015
A mantis shrimp in a defensive position, on its back with its legs, head and heavily-armoured tail closed over. The red colour indicates areas of reflected circular polarising light. Credit Yakir Gagnon/QBI

The ocean is lighting up with secret forms of communication between marine animals that may have applications in satellite remote sensing, biomedical imaging, cancer detection and computer data storage, a team of Australian and international...

20 November 2015
Aedes vigilax. Credit Stephen Doggett (NSW Health Pathology)

Australian scientists have discovered a new virus carried by one of the country’s most common pest mosquitoes.

18 November 2015

Brisbane and Moreton Bay locals will have the chance to get up close and personal with a host of Australian animals when The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station opens its doors to the public on Saturday (21 November).

17 November 2015

Climate forecasts to 2050 suggest sorghum is set to remain Queensland’s top crop as temperatures rise and rainfall decreases across the State.

16 November 2015

A University of Queensland project to develop a portable test to detect mosquitoes carrying dengue fever has won a $100,000 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Grand Challenges grant.

13 November 2015
Dr Yeo was the first scientist to identify that severe mutations in brain genes can cause human obesity.

How much does your genetic make-up have to do with your weight? A University of Cambridge scientist will discuss the issue at a public lecture at The University of Queensland on 2 November.

26 October 2015

Textbooks on methane-metabolising organisms might have to be rewritten after researchers in a University of Queensland-led international project today (23 October) announced discovery of two new organisms.

23 October 2015

Today marks the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrive in the fictional future in Back to the Future II. What about the film’s other predictions of the year 2015?

21 October 2015
Photograph: Reading names from the Book of Remembrance at the 2014 ¹ú²ú̽»¨ Thanksgiving Ceremony.

The 183 people who generously donated their bodies to medical science at The University of Queensland in the past year will be honoured at a ceremony next week.

21 October 2015

For the second year running a ¹ú²ú̽»¨ researcher has been recognised by Life Sciences Queensland for their work into regenerative medicine.

15 October 2015

¹ú²ú̽»¨'s Dr Alysha Elliott swabbed people’s hands and common workplace surfaces to expose some of the germiest places around the office as part of Global Handwashing Day.

15 October 2015
Professor David Craik said plants could be like biofactories for producing next-generation pharmaceuticals.

Taking medicine in the future could be as simple as eating a sunflower seed or drinking a cup of tea, thanks to an award to a University of Queensland researcher.

14 October 2015