Changing your mind increases your chances of success, a new study from the University of Queensland reveals, yet people seldom do so. According to the researchers, people tend to change their mind to correct an error they made. "If you ...

Australian universities have shone against international competitors in the latest round of global subject rankings. Monash University, Curtin University and the Australian National University all secured top spots in the twelfth annual QS World University Rankings 2022.  Monash has emerged ...

A survey launched last week in London by the National Centre for Entrepreneurial Education reported on the priorities for UK higher education leaders as they emerge from the pandemic. It reported that the greatest challenge involves predicting the longer-term scenarios for ...

Vice Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry AO of the University of Queensland outlines how a refresh of a Group of Eight university strategy in the depths of the pandemic was energised and inspired by the awarding of the Olympic Games to ...

The University of Queensland has uncovered a near 200-year-old first edition of the first known vampire novel in one of its libraries, which could well have been the travel reading of Charles Sturt as he voyaged to Australia. Vampire stories ...

New research has found that vaping cannabis is on the rise among teens in Canada and the US, and experts believe a similar rise could be on the cards for kids in Australia. Research by the University of Queensland found ...

Women in Labor could soon have another alternative for pain relief — water. Researchers at the University of Queensland are conducting research into whether labor pain could be reduced by water injections thanks to a new round of federal funding. ...

A team of University of Queensland researchers have analysed a fossil of a dragon-like reptile that soared above the inland sea that covered much of outback Queensland around 100 million years ago. Known as a pterosaur, it was Australia’s largest ...

Researchers have found a potentially life saving treatment for people who have suffered a heart attack, thanks to a deadly Arachnid. A team from the University of Queensland used a drug developed from the venom of the deadly Fraser Island ...

Australian scientists have discovered rice can contain trace amounts of potentially harmful microplastics during a world-first study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials. Researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) have detected an average 100g single serve of uncooked rice can contain ...