Coral skeleton rubble.

Stabilising reef rubble may help corals recover faster after being damaged by the impacts of climate change and natural degradation.

2 December 2021
A futuristic Tesla car sits in a showroom with blue lights in the background

The University of Queensland has launched a world-first international trial to see if the spare battery capacity in electric vehicles (EV) could be used to support the uptake of renewable energy, support the grid, and potentially power homes in the...

18 November 2021
Three men in suits standing in UQ's Great Court.

An urgent increase in policy support and investment would be needed for carbon capture and storage (CCS) to achieve the scale needed to meet global decarbonisation goals, according to University of Queensland and Princeton University researchers.

26 October 2021
Syringe needle tip going into container of vaccine with blurred background

The Australian government is urgently deploying 8,000 vaccine doses to Papua New Guinea's health workers – but poor electricity access means there are serious questions over PNG’s broader vaccine roll-out.

19 March 2021
A man adds artificial sweetener tablets to a mug of tea

Common artificial sweeteners such as saccharine and aspartame could speed up the spread of antibiotic resistance, according to University of Queensland research.

26 February 2021
Sheafs of wheat with a blue sky behind

The numbers – and the engineering – may stack up for the Bradfield Scheme, according to final-year civil engineering students from The University of Queensland.

28 October 2020
Hydrogen fuel pump

The University of Queensland will add two hydrogen fuel cell buses to its fleet by 2022, expected to be the first of their kind in the state.

2 October 2020
Host, Kartikee Gupta, is a civil and structural engineer and Women in Engineering advocate at UQ.

There’s much more to engineering than hard hats and building bridges, so The University of Queensland’s new podcast seeks to answer the question, But Seriously, What is Engineering?

17 September 2020
Professor Justin Cooper-White ... viscoelasticity is crucial to future biomedical implants

Tissue engineering experts say future biomaterials will need to mimic the human body’s “stretch and squidge” properties.

17 September 2020
UQ Space, the number one student rocketry organisation, holding their Project Athenia prototype

The University of Queensland could soon be the first university to fly a student-built rocket into space next year.

28 August 2020

University of Queensland researchers have developed biosensors that use nanoengineered porous gold which more effectively detect early signs of disease, improving patient outcomes.

25 August 2020
Cartoon image of people sitting on public transport

Researchers from The University of Queensland are recruiting people living with dementia, along with their carers, to help with a study exploring emerging transport technologies.

5 August 2020

Australia’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 2020
Computer-generated image of Gilmour Space's new rocket, Eris.

New technologies for a next-generation hybrid rocket that will launch small satellites into low-Earth orbits from 2022 are being developed in Queensland, thanks to a partnership between University of Queensland researchers and Gilmour Space.

10 June 2020
Professor Peta Ashworth. UQ image.

The University of Queensland has appointed Professor Peta Ashworth OAM as inaugural director of the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership.

4 February 2020

The future of the world’s energy supply is a challenge that excites University of Queensland graduand, Rhianna Cardamone.

11 December 2019
(L-R) Professor Peter Halley, Javan McGuckin, Lilly Van Gilst, Flynn Pearman, Victoria Barnes, James Orman, Professor Vicki Chen.

Five future engineering leaders and problem-solvers have become the first to receive scholarships created by the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership.

14 November 2019

An upgrade of one of the largest expansion tube wind tunnels in the world will allow University of Queensland researchers to test larger scale vehicles at up to seven times the speed of sound.

13 November 2019
From left, UQ's Dr Michael Heitzmann, Mark Butler MP, and UQ's Dr Nasim Amiralian with the ACE-EV electric van.

University of Queensland researchers are developing a new generation of sustainable composite materials designed specifically for electric vehicles.

30 October 2019

Research modelling coastal erosion on Bribie Island has won a University of Queensland civil engineering student the prestigious D.N Foster Award.

16 October 2019