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 ...

University of Auckland staff and students will be 'infected' with virtual tokens to help study the way COVID-19 spreads through communities. The study will see the University of Queensland-led “virus spreading” Safe Blues app uploaded to between the phones of ...

Activist Drew Pavlou painted himself as a victim and the university as a villain amid ongoing tensions between the former student and the University of Queensland, its chancellor has told a senate inquiry. The university suspended Pavlou after he held rallies against human rights abuses in ...

Universities Australia (UA) chair Professor Deborah Terry will address the National Press Club today to highlight the importance of university experts delivering evidence-based, trusted advice to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis, commissioned by UA and conducted by ...

The University of Queensland announced today that it will not progress its COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the next stage of clinical trials due to an unexpected finding in phase 1. Data revealed that participants returned false positive HIV test results. ...