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