UQ News

Closing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians will remain out of reach without urgent, targeted investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services in capital cities, Indigenous leaders and researchers warn.

A greater focus on roots during plant breeding could ensure staple grain crops continue to feed the world as recycled nutrients substitute conventional fertilisers in the future, a University of Queensland study has found.

Swahili, one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa, is now being taught at UQ.

Leafy vegetables could be used to extract toxic metals from contaminated soil for use in medical technologies and energy projects.