A tech start-up from UQ is set to make efficiencies in the renewable energy sector by detecting faults in solar farm panels.
20 February 2024
UQ researchers have worked with industry to map how Australia could move towards decarbonising its heavy haulage rail network.
2 May 2023
A “game changing” new telescope will soon be blasted into space to embark on a lonely 1.5-million-kilometre orbit around the Sun to provide a clearer view of the ever-expanding universe.
24 December 2021
As silicon-based technology reaches its absolute limits, a material engineered by University of Queensland researchers could herald the next generation of electronics with more memory, faster speeds and advanced features.
8 July 2021
New technologies for a next-generation hybrid rocket that will launch small satellites into low-Earth orbits from 2022 are being developed in Queensland, thanks to a partnership between University of Queensland researchers and Gilmour Space.
10 June 2020
An upgrade of one of the largest expansion tube wind tunnels in the world will allow University of Queensland researchers to test larger scale vehicles at up to seven times the speed of sound.
13 November 2019
Calling all super-powered super-positioners, imminent doom evaders and local uncertainty crash entanglers!
9 September 2019.jpg?itok=n--dpATl "PhD student Mateo Gutierrez explores the potential of bamboo")
A passion for sustainable construction led University of Queensland PhD student Mateo Gutierrez to explore the potential of bamboo as an environmentally friendly local building material.
9 September 2019
A University of Queensland engineer has followed nature’s example and developed whiskers for drones and robots, allowing machines to sense surroundings just as animals do.
15 August 2019
Hundreds of honourable hackers will descend on The University of Queensland this weekend for the world’s largest open data hackathon.
6 September 2018
An engineering breakthrough that can reduce major urban bridgeworks projects from months or even years to just three days is set to save time, money and inconvenience worldwide.
4 June 2018
Easy access to services, institutions and economic opportunities can separate thriving communities from others that are left behind socially and economically.
11 January 2018
A seven-year Australian government investment in quantum engineering has been launched at The University of Queensland.
16 November 2017
One of the world’s biggest “hackathons” is back at The University of Queensland this month and the event’s participants will be targeting Australian government data.
27 July 2017
Timber buildings are a familiar part of Queensland life, and they are about to get taller.
11 July 2016
Affordable open-source prosthetic limbs may be a step closer, thanks to the efforts of UQ Robotics Club students.
14 September 2015
The University of Queensland’s Provost and Senior Vice-President, Professor Max Lu, will this weekend deliver a prestigious chemistry lecture in Kagoshima, Japan.
11 September 2015
Launching satellites into space could soon be easier and cheaper than ever before, thanks to research at The University of Queensland.
10 August 2015
