UQ has launched a $45 million research initiative to position Australia as a global leader in quantum biotechnology, and tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.
3 September 2024Zapping rocks with a high-voltage pulse – similar to a lightning strike – could be the answer to decarbonising the mining industry according to researchers from The University of Queensland.
14 May 2024UQ researchers have worked with industry to map how Australia could move towards decarbonising its heavy haulage rail network.
2 May 2023It might not look like much, but this tool could improve the next generation of lasers - and with it, industries from telecommunications to car manufacturing.
12 September 2022A new University of Queensland-led training centre is set to become a hub for world-leading research in ‘green’ plastic.
18 August 2022Faster-charging and more sustainable batteries with a life up to three times greater than lithium ion are being built with technology developed at The University of Queensland.
23 April 2021Australia’s renewable energy research capacity has been boosted with the completion of The University of Queensland’s 64 megawatt solar farm at Warwick in the state’s south east.
17 July 2020With rising sales of electric cars, a new company developing more efficient production of essential battery materials is raising funds to build a demonstration plant.
9 July 2018University of Queensland researchers are celebrating a combined multi-million-dollar success in the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.
24 March 2017Shanghai-based Baosteel Group will provide approximately $10 million in additional funds to continue the momentum of a successful research and development centre that combines the expertise of four Australian universities with the industrial...
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