Research co-led by UQ has found sharing real-time air quality readings in developing countries can reduce air pollution and lead to lower mortality rates.
25 October 2022It might not look like much, but this tool could improve the next generation of lasers - and with it, industries from telecommunications to car manufacturing.
12 September 2022A new University of Queensland-led training centre is set to become a hub for world-leading research in ‘green’ plastic.
18 August 2022Studying ancient ocean floors could help discover minerals needed to produce electric cars and solar panels.
3 June 2022All eyes will be on Glasgow over the first two weeks of November as world leaders meet at the most important international climate summit in the past decade.
2 November 2021As 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 2021Faster-charging and more sustainable batteries with a life up to three times greater than lithium ion are being built with technology developed at The University of Queensland.
23 April 2021Indigenous teenagers at remote schools rarely have opportunities to envision themselves in science, technology, engineering and maths careers – but one young Wiradjuri woman has found a path.
20 August 2020Australia’s renewable energy research capacity has been boosted with the completion of The University of Queensland’s 64 megawatt solar farm at Warwick in the state’s south east.
17 July 2020When scientists examine very small and swift objects they see the laws of physics working wildly differently than in the everyday “normal-sized” world.
27 February 2019With rising sales of electric cars, a new company developing more efficient production of essential battery materials is raising funds to build a demonstration plant.
9 July 2018University of Queensland researchers are celebrating a combined multi-million-dollar success in the Queensland Government’s Advance Queensland Fellowships scheme.
24 March 2017Issues critical to communities across the world will be discussed at an international symposium in Brisbane from September 22 to 25.
20 September 2016Termite guts could contribute to mining site rehabilitation and pay big dividends for the planet, thanks to University of Queensland research.
22 April 2016Sunshine is being turned into energy and knowledge at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus, where the state’s largest solar array was switched on today.
27 March 2015An international team of theoretical quantum physicists is working on a way of absorbing light and storing it as energy.
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