Australian horticultural researchers are helping Fijians to produce a regular source of high quality vegetables to boost supplies in the community as well as in tourist and international markets.
5 December 2012The University of Queensland is well advanced in the nation’s quest to be a major stakeholder in the new Asian Century, a leading UQ scientist said today.
2 November 2012Scientists from The University of Queensland, the Queensland Government and the CSIRO have joined together to form the Northern Beef Research Alliance (NBRA).
16 October 2012A Queensland strawberry-breeding program has uncovered what could become the nutritional power-berry of the strawberry industry.
18 September 2012TWO UQ scientists will lead a new project protecting Australia’s $120 million macadamia industry from a range of damaging plant diseases.
7 September 2012The People’s Republic of China has honoured one of Australia’s most experienced polymer chemists with a new research posting.
7 August 2012UQ scientists are pressing ahead with development of two advanced vaccines that stand to save the Queensland cattle industry more than $340 million a year.
18 July 2012Chronic pain relief, the employment aspirations of recently-arrived refugees, urban water use and improved animal production are among new research projects announced today in which The University of Queensland and industry partners will collaborate.
30 June 2012The University of Queensland congratulates 11 researchers named as 2011-2012 Queensland International Fellows.
27 June 2012The Queensland Government has injected $1.5 million into a $9 million UQ co-ordinated research program that will deliver state-wide returns for northern beef producers.
25 June 2012Medical imaging technologies, diabetes II treatments, animal health vaccines and biomedical implants are among University of Queensland research activities to receive vital Queensland Government support, announced this week.
19 June 2012A leading UQ plant scientist has been awarded one of Australia’s most prestigious agriculture awards, the Farrer Memorial Medal.
7 June 2012UQ and American scientists have developed a quick, new, low-cost way of monitoring the moisture content of peanuts in the shell.
5 June 2012Scientists have discovered that two common mango varieties contain natural compounds that may help to fight flab . . . in the part that most people throw away.
1 June 2012UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
9 May 2012UQ's Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) has bolstered its growing reputation for high-impact science by co-developing innovative new crop technology in consort with one of the world's biggest seed companies.
7 February 2012THE United States Navy’s Director for Operational Energy today visited The University of Queensland for discussions on UQ’s world-leading biofuels research.
6 February 2012Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Food and Agriculture (QAAFI) have acted swiftly to ensure Australia’s next $180 million avocado crop won’t be crippled by a fungus.
1 February 2012QAAFI and Queensland Government scientists have discovered promising new anti-microbial properties in a combination of natural-plant ingredients, including two common native Australian plums.
11 January 2012