Biorobotics reveal the secret lives of bugs and bees
Technology that combines infrared lighting, robotics and a retroreflective marker is allowing scientists to follow and film insects as they fly in their natural environment.
5 December 2024
Coral adaptation unlikely to keep up with global warming
Coral adaptation to global warming will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions in global greenhouse gasses, according to an international team of scientists.
29 November 2024
Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock
UQ researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency as they search for the ultimate genotype.
20 November 2024
A research effort to flip carbon dioxide from a climate change problem to a solution has been launched at UQ.
31 July 2024
As Paris prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the sustainability of the event is coming under scrutiny.
26 July 2024
Researchers have uncovered an under the sea phenomenon where coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish larvae have been feasting on blue-green algae bacteria known as ‘sea sawdust’.
18 July 2024
UQ-led research has found migrating humpback whales off Australia’s east coast became less stressed over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
5 July 2024A unique method of monitoring river health has uncovered an army of tiny organisms fighting to protect the Brisbane River.
28 June 2024
UQ researchers have outlined 5 key steps needed to speed up Australia’s transition to electric vehicles.
30 May 2024
Scientists are one step closer to combatting coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a University of Queensland study into the pest’s genetics.
15 May 2024
UQ researchers have received $3.6 million from the Federal and Queensland governments to improve water quality monitoring in Great Barrier Reef catchments.
8 May 2024
Turning kerbside carparks into cycling lanes could improve city accessibility and liveability without affecting business revenue, University of Queensland research has found.
7 May 2024
A native bushfood has proven to be a promising natural alternative to synthetic chemicals used to preserve meat, according to University of Queensland research.
24 April 2024
UQ researchers have built a generator that absorbs carbon dioxide to make electricity.
18 April 2024
Remote cameras and conservation dogs will be deployed as part of a University of Queensland research project aiming to conserve four threatened Queensland reptile species.
12 April 2024
Some deeper areas of the Great Barrier Reef are insulated from harmful heatwaves but that protection will be lost if global warming continues, according to research by UQ and University of Exeter.
9 April 2024
UQ sampling during and after the February 2022 Brisbane River flood has sounded a warning about the future of Moreton Bay with climate change predicted to bring more extreme weather.
25 March 2024
UQ researchers estimate there could be up to 7000 tonnes of microplastics polluting vital ecosystems in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay.
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