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 2024The University of Queensland has co-led a project to design a cost effective yet robust pen to expand fish farming into deeper ocean areas to help feed the growing global population.
29 February 2024Next-generation milk, cheese and yoghurt ingredients produced using precision fermentation will be among the first developed by Australia’s Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA).
12 October 2023The University of Queensland has been ranked in the global top 20 in five academic subject areas in this year’s QS World University Rankings by Subject, reflecting UQ’s research and teaching capabilities.
24 March 2023University of Queensland researchers have found a way to more efficiently convert sugarcane into a building block of aviation fuel and other products.
17 January 2023Tiny nanoparticles less than a thousandth of a millimetre in size are providing a promising new method to protect sheep against deadly flystrike, according to University of Queensland research.
30 June 2022For many people, nothing beats the taste and texture of a big juicy burger, but how do you recreate that eating experience with sustainable plant-based protein?
12 October 2021Two first-year University of Queensland students are the inaugural recipients of the Warwick Solar Farm – Bright Futures Scholarship, an annual investment in the Southern Downs community.
13 August 2021The chain of command inside human cells is similar to the way a factory is run, two University of Queensland researchers say.
14 December 2020Final-year chemical engineering students at The University of Queensland are investigating how sugarcane can be used as a clean energy source to create hydrogen.
23 October 2020Robots working in abattoirs, sky-high vertical farms, more gene-edited foods in our supermarkets and automated farming systems could all help guarantee food supply in the next pandemic.
31 July 2020University of Queensland chemical engineers have developed a new method to analyse the physical characteristics of potato chips in a bid to develop a tastier low-fat snack.
20 September 2019Easy access to services, institutions and economic opportunities can separate thriving communities from others that are left behind socially and economically.
11 January 2018University of Queensland research projects to develop better batteries for renewable energy and a way of predicting crop yields from space have been funded under a joint Queensland-China scheme.
17 October 2017Researchers say their new knowledge on the inner workings of a bacterium has important implications for Australia’s billion dollar cheese industry.
17 August 2017The growing craft beer industry is about to hop ahead with new University of Queensland research supported by the Queensland Government.
29 March 2017University of Queensland researchers are celebrating a combined multi-million-dollar success in the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.
24 March 2017An open access Water Atlas has gone online, giving the general public a 3D view of groundwater data from eastern Australia’s Surat Basin.
9 December 2016New degradable plastic film that is less than the width of a human hair is helping to regenerate native trees and establish high-value crops.
9 March 2016Until 1997, water supplies in downtown Manila were beset with infrastructure problems such as leaks, widespread unauthorised access and contamination.
11 September 2015- 1 of 2
- next ›