A new Centre for Horticultural Science will be launched at The University of Queensland in 2018 to respond to the demand for plant-based foods, vegetables, fruit and nuts that improve human health.
20 November 2017
Minimising the impact of viruses upon the pig industry is a major objective of a $3.83 million grant to international scientific collaborators, including a team from Queensland.
30 August 2017
Researchers say their new knowledge on the inner workings of a bacterium has important implications for Australia’s billion dollar cheese industry.
17 August 2017
Nanango State High School outgrew all the competition in this year’s annual sunflower competition, taking the overall grand champion and an additional four awards.
16 May 2017
The growing craft beer industry is about to hop ahead with new University of Queensland research supported by the Queensland Government.
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University of Queensland researchers are celebrating a combined multi-million-dollar success in the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.
24 March 2017
The welfare of millions of animals in China – which raises and slaughters more livestock than any other nation – is the focus of a project led by the University of Queensland’s School of Veterinary Science.
3 March 2017
The genes of 50 top bulls have been sequenced in an effort to understand how genes from temperate cattle have influenced important production traits in the modern Brahman breed.
15 February 2017
Feral cats cover more than 99.8% of Australia’s land area, including its islands.
5 January 2017
Around 10,000 pets each year in Australia are treated for paralysis ticks, which are common all year round but are most active in spring and summer during humid and moist weather.
23 December 2016
Sharing is not caring when it comes to your pets at Christmas with many tasty festive delights on the naughty list for furry family members.
22 December 2016
Three University of Queensland professors have been appointed to the Australian Research Council College of Experts for 2017.
25 November 2016
Friendly bacteria may be introduced to bagged salad leaves to help ward off the possibility of salmonella and listeria outbreaks.
14 November 2016
Marine scientists have proposed a prosperity path for Melanesia, in a report that values the region’s ocean assets at more than half a trillion US dollars.
18 October 2016
A new photosynthesis discovery at The University of Queensland may help breed faster-growing wheat crops that are better adapted to hotter, drier climates.
17 August 2016
Native bees are falling victim to bad press, with the media glorifying European honey bees at the expense of hard-working Australian pollinators.
22 June 2016
Discovering the secrets of how one of the world’s most popular prawn species produces sperm and transfers it to create the next generation could help free aquaculture from reliance on brood stock from the wild.
16 May 2016
Forests are the lungs of the planet, so surely planting more of them could only be a good thing.
15 February 2016
A non-invasive pregnancy test for tigers developed at The University of Queensland has played a key role in the latest tiger cub births at Dreamworld on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
10 February 2016
Climate forecasts to 2050 suggest sorghum is set to remain Queensland’s top crop as temperatures rise and rainfall decreases across the State.
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