Tiny 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 2022Australia’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 2020Two University of Queensland environmental scientists have been named 2020 Australian Laureate Fellows.
9 July 2020Healthy mangroves can help fight the consequences of climate change on coral reef fisheries, according to a University of Queensland-led study.
13 November 2019A phenomenon that makes coral spawn more than once a year is improving the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef.
6 August 2019The fate of coral reefs under climate change could improve if management efforts take evolution and adaptation into account, according to an international study.
2 July 2019The Great Barrier Reef is losing its ability to recover from disturbances, but effective local management could revive its capacity to bounce back.
19 July 2018The University of Queensland is set to become the first major university in the world to offset 100 per cent of its electricity usage through its own renewable energy asset.
7 June 2018Queensland data science, user-experience design and power systems experts are working to develop a world-first data platform that will harness information from potentially millions of households.
12 February 2018Just three per cent of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals may hold the key to regenerating reefs damaged after major disturbances, new research reveals.
29 November 2017Global US food and animal safety company Neogen Corporation is establishing an animal genomics facility at The University of Queensland Gatton campus in a move that will reinforce UQ’s capacity to support the livestock industry and animal breeders.
1 September 2017A University of Queensland and World Health Organisation (WHO) research collaboration has found that many of the most common causes of death among children are preventable.
2 May 2017University of Queensland researchers are celebrating a combined multi-million-dollar success in the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.
24 March 2017Millions of people who depend on fisheries will benefit if targets to protect coastal marine areas in reserves are doubled or trebled.
6 January 2017The University of Queensland’s Associate Professor Kerrie Wilson has been awarded one of this year's Prime Minister's Prizes for Science – the Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year.
19 October 2016Issues critical to communities across the world will be discussed at an international symposium in Brisbane from September 22 to 25.
20 September 2016As a 12-year-old in Western Australia, Kristy Guerin wanted to become a vulcanologist – despite the absence of volcanoes in Australia.
19 July 2016A multi-million dollar research and development program launched today will provide a massive boost to Australia’s vital northern beef cattle industry.
23 June 2016Regulating overfishing could protect Pacific coral reefs from strangulation by seaweed, according to new findings by a University of Queensland scientist.
23 June 2016Urban and small island communities facing major social and environmental challenges will be the first to benefit from close to half a million dollars of joint investment by The University of Queensland and Indonesia’s national research organisation...
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