A long train travels on a track with fields and open country either side of it.

UQ researchers have worked with industry to map how Australia could move towards decarbonising its heavy haulage rail network.

2 May 2023
Two trains on railway tracks

The University of Queensland has teamed up with Australia’s largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, on a research project to help reduce the carbon emissions of the company’s locomotive fleet.

6 January 2022
Professor Paul Colditz and Professor Roslyn Boyd with the first preterm baby to be scanned using the MR compatible incubator, which is used to detect cerebral palsy.

University of Queensland research to battle superbugs, save koalas, produce advanced manufacturing materials, help infants with cerebral palsy and more has attracted $4.87 million in Queensland Government funding.

19 September 2016
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Peter Silburn (right) talks with a patient about to undergo deep brain stimulation, as neurosurgeon, Dr Terry Coyne, implants the microelectrodes that will deliver the treatment.

UQ's foundation Professor of Clinical Neuroscience Peter Silburn really likes looking into people's brains. In fact, with the assistance of neurosurgeon Dr Terry Coyne and a team of researchers, he's been deeper into the human brain than most...

26 March 2009

The University of Queensland has secured $810,000 in funding to produce new technology that will help reduce power consumption, maintenance and other operational costs in the manufacturing industry.

17 August 2008

For suffers of neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, daily trembling and shaking can be unbearable however, new UQ research could assist in helping patients regain control.

16 July 2008

While industry spends billions bending and shaping sheets of metal, a team in this year's UQ Business School Enterprize competition claims that it can do it better – and cheaper.

20 September 2007

A new damage detection monitor for draglines could boost mine production rates by about 30 percent and minimise maintenance costs.

25 October 2005

Like bumps in a road, corrugations on a train line can be annoying, costly to fix and dangerous.

22 December 2004