The University of Queensland received the equal highest number of Highly Cited Researcher (HCR) awards in Australia.

22 November 2024
Collage of various synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy images of hyperaccumulator plants. The colours denote different elements. This data was acquired on the X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy beamline of the Australian Synchrotron (part of ANSTO), Victoria, Australia.

Harvesting plants that can absorb metal from the ground may offer a sustainable solution for mining and rehabilitation according to research underway at The University of Queensland.

12 August 2021
UQ's new Laureate Fellows - Professor Alan Rowan, left, and Professor Paul Burn

The University of Queensland has received $24.5 million in the competitive Australian Research Council grants announced in Canberra today, securing a greater share of the pool than any other university.

6 May 2016
Small-scale miners sifting through crushed rock in Sierra Leone. Image supplied courtesy of the Sierra Leonean Broadcasting Company

Staff at The University of Queensland’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining have created a video on mining in Sierra Leone, Africa that has become the frontrunner in an international video competition.

2 April 2013

Two UQ researchers have devised new methods to save tropical forests and improve rural poverty.

9 December 2005

University of Queensland experts have been awarded more than $1.8 million funding and in-kind support to discover ways of rehabilitating degraded forests in Vietnam.

2 October 2002