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A photo of a row of solar panels at a solar farm, with a bright blue sky in the background.

Australia’s renewable energy research capacity has been boosted with the completion of UQ's 64 megawatt solar farm at Warwick in the state’s south east.

17 July 2020
MRI image - white matter fibres in the human brain

A portable MRI device which could offer safe diagnostic imaging to patients who are unable to be moved, travel or have medical implants is a step closer following a $1 million federal government grant.

3 July 2020
A pile of worms covered in sand on a beach.

The humble marine sandworm may help in the hunt for a new class of antibiotics after ΢Åĸ£Àûresearchers improved a molecule in the sand-dwelling animal which kills superbugs.

26 June 2020
Human eye with computer screening image on top of it

΢Åĸ£Àû Business School is working with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to address the growing challenges created by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

24 June 2020
If guests agree to forgo their full daily room clean, it saves money and the environment. Image: Pexels.

It’s not every week a researcher finds the actual answer to her academic challenge is to offer free drinks all round – then wins a global prize for the discovery.

16 June 2020
Computer-generated image of Gilmour Space's new rocket, Eris.

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
Five scientists in white lab coats stand in a row.

A landmark partnership will help to accelerate the future development, manufacture and distribution of a University of Queensland COVID-19 vaccine.

5 June 2020

A spinout company developing technology based on innovative University of Queensland research has announced two partnerships that could revolutionise the manufacture and delivery of vaccines.

1 June 2020

Researchers are raising a glass to a Queensland first: beer brewed using wild fermented yeast, hand-picked from a jacaranda tree at ΢Åĸ£Àû.

5 May 2020

There is no playbook for parenting in a pandemic, but parents now have a podcast they can turn to for help.

24 April 2020

A consortium led by ΢Åĸ£Àû and The University of Western Australia has secured $30 million from the Federal Government to help regional communities transition to sustainable futures after their local mines close.

13 March 2020
A researcher at work. ΢Åĸ£Àûimage.

A University of Queensland team has met a key milestone in their fast-tracked research to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19.

21 February 2020
A fisherman fishes on the rocks

A collaborative research project, including University of Queensland scientists, is under way to identify and measure the effects of environmental drivers on several key Queensland fishery species – snapper, pearl perch, and spanner crab.

20 January 2020

A potential therapy targeting difficult-to-treat immune system disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis will progress to clinical trials next year after securing $20 million in Series A funding.

1 November 2019

University of Queensland engineering researchers have developed a database of building materials to help industry professionals assess the risk of combustible cladding and boost the safety of our homes and workplaces.

25 October 2019