A new $60-million Biosustainability Hub at UQ will use synthetic biology to help the world’s biggest businesses transition to net zero.
26 August 2024A UQ-led industry survey has found Australian architects are worried about the climate crisis and frustrated by barriers to action but are confident the profession can contribute to a sustainable future.
30 November 2023A tool developed by UQ researchers that measures floodwater depth and velocity will be sold globally after it was licensed to a US-based company.
13 September 2023UQ researchers have worked with industry to map how Australia could move towards decarbonising its heavy haulage rail network.
2 May 2023The use of cocaine and MDMA has fallen in Queensland since COVID-19 disruptions began in 2020, but the use of methylamphetamine or ‘ice’ has increased according to a report from Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC).
26 October 2022Cameras that spy on wildlife could provide the secrets scientists need to save vulnerable species.
17 September 2022A new University of Queensland-led training centre is set to become a hub for world-leading research in ‘green’ plastic.
18 August 2022The University of Queensland will lead Australia’s effort to supercharge commercialisation in the food and beverage industry, with a share of $362 million in federal government funding.
16 May 2022A koala, specially bred as part of a University of Queensland-led conservation project, could turn around the fate of endangered koala colonies along Australia’s east coast.
29 March 2022A world-first real-time bushfire hazard detection and warning system using artificial intelligence (AI) is under development thanks to a new partnership between The University of Queensland and Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm.
11 December 2021A senior lecturer at The University of Queensland is gaining international attention for his innovative efforts to change tertiary level teaching and learning with the help of artificial intelligence.
5 November 2021Fossil footprints found in an Ipswich coal mine have long been thought to be that of a large ‘raptor-like’ predatory dinosaur, but scientists have found they were instead left by a timid long-necked herbivore.
22 October 2021The tropical root vegetable taro, known as the ‘food of the gods’ in the Pacific, is under threat from rising sea levels but wild Australian plants being cultivated by The University of Queensland may help boost food security in the region.
21 October 2021Queensland’s COVID damaged tourism industry is facing another hurdle as operators struggle to find workers.
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