Environment

How ��̽�� researchers turned CO2 emissions into electricity

uqccla15 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 03:42:56 +0000

19 December 2024In the race towards Net Zero 2050, every discovery helps. But this breakthrough could revolutionise energy production and waste consumption. This is how it occurred.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Designing technology for tomorrow

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Transforming societies

Take 5: Our researchers make sense of the world 5 questions at a time

uqccla15 — Mon, 20 May 2024 01:40:48 +0000

20 May 2024Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa is striving to answer the question: how can we produce, process, preserve and protect our food in the most natural way possible?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Social understanding

How first-aid gel made from snake venom could control battlefield bleeding

uqccla15 — Sun, 19 May 2024 22:52:17 +0000

3 May 2024A partnership between the biomaterials research team and the US Department of Defense has harnessed two proteins from deadly snake venom that can help stop bleeding at a faster rate than ever before.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Defence, cyber and space

Designing technology for tomorrow

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

From the outback to the Olympics: how native food is changing how we eat and buy

uqccla15 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:15:32 +0000

26 April 2024Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa has a vision: native food telling the story of Australia's Indigenous culture at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Environment

Impact

Leading healthy lives

Transforming societies

Heavy rain, flash flooding are possible later this year. Here’s why

uqccla15 — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 23:49:35 +0000

25 March 2024Another La Niña is being predicted for later this year – a situation that researchers are calling “unusual”. This is what it would mean for our already rain-soaked nation.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Environment

Social understanding

Bioplastics vital in fight against ‘wicked' plastic pollution

uqccla15 — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:12:38 +0000

31 January 2024Bioplastics can help address the “wicked problem” of plastic pollution, but companies and research institutions need to take a holistic approach, says Associate Professor Steven Pratt.

Health and wellbeing

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Building better bioeconomies

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

8 ways to tone down the Christmas lights to help wildlife – and why we should

uqccla15 — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 04:28:16 +0000

15 December 2023The Australian government has launched a campaign asking people to “switch off light pollution” to protect wildlife. So, what does the science say? Should we rethink Christmas lights?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

We thought we’d find 200 species living in our house and yard. We were very wrong

uqccla15 — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:00:27 +0000

11 December 2023These biodiversity researchers got more than they bargained for during COVID, uncovering an ecosystem in their house and yard.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Social understanding

Home insurance bills are soaring as climate risks grow

uqccla15 — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 01:23:59 +0000

25 September 2023The government should step in to ease the burden of climate-induced cost of living hikes, says a team of ��̽�� researchers.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Groundbreaking report details how Australia can make net zero happen

uqccla15 — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 01:46:32 +0000

21 July 2023Australia will need to speed up and broaden its decarbonisation efforts to achieve net zero by 2050, according to the final report of the Net Zero Australia project.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

Could lasers be the key to forecasting volcanoes?

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:12:35 +0000

11 July 2023New research applies laser technology to read into the chemical composition of erupted magma over time.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Designing technology for tomorrow

Environment

Social understanding

The real cost of your chocolate habit

uqccla15 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 04:10:05 +0000

20 June 2023New research reveals the bittersweet truth of cocoa farming in Africa’s forests.

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Striking a nerve

uqccla15 — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:28:38 +0000

12 June 2023��̽�� researchers have shown for the first time that some of the world’s most painful ant stings target nerves, like snake and scorpion venom.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Public and allied health

Unpacking the 2023 federal budget

uqccla15 — Fri, 12 May 2023 04:45:26 +0000

12 May 2023Our experts explain what the federal budget means for you.

Agribusiness

Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Social understanding

Dirty air diminishes both body and brain

uqnross4 — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 06:04:38 +0000

14 April 2023We all know that polluted air can make it harder to breathe, but did you know that it also makes it harder to think? Even work?

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Public and allied health

Tales from the reef: wild encounters in a marine wonderland

uqccla15 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 22:05:52 +0000

10 March 2023Sir David Attenborough called it "the most magical place". Here's what our researchers and other observers said about ��̽��'s renowned research station on Heron Island.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Addressing the challenge of water scarcity in Chile

uqccla15 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:25:41 +0000

2 March 2023Rainfall in Central Chile has dropped by a third in the past decade. It's a major climate issue that needs urgent attention, and SMI's researchers believe they have a solution.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

Could fungi really be the last of us?

uqccla15 — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 23:00:08 +0000

28 February 2023Inside the threat of Cordyceps — the very real fungus at the centre of the latest TV smash hit.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Transforming societies

The desert lab and its spinifex secrets

uqccla15 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 22:54:04 +0000

1 February 2023A new desert-based laboratory has tapped into traditional knowledge to develop nanomaterials from spinifex.

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Why fly larvae could be the future of sustainable meat

uqccla15 — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:45:37 +0000

23 January 2023Would you eat a burger patty made of fly larvae? Professor Louw Hoffman from The University of Queensland has – and he thinks it could help future-proof our food supply.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Social understanding

Sowing seeds of support

uqccla15 — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 00:48:50 +0000

20 January 2023When COVID-19 and extreme weather events wreaked havoc on global supply chains, it was small-scale local food systems that proved to be more resilient. If we want a future that sustains the world, we must learn to serve nature first.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Energy, water and resources

Environment

How well to humpback whales hear?

uqccla15 — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 22:10:12 +0000

24 November 2022In 2017, a research team discovered air guns used for marine exploration were loud enough to affect humpback whales up to 3 kilometres away, potentially changing their movement patterns as they migrate.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

In disasters, people are abandoning official info for social media

uqccla15 — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 02:42:08 +0000

14 November 2022In an emergency, where do you turn to find out what’s going on and what you should do to stay safe? Associate Professor Stan Karanasios answers.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Public and allied health

How AI and mobile weather radars are preparing us for bushfire season

uqccla15 — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 23:35:18 +0000

26 October 2022This ��̽�� project aims to arm firefighters around the world with portable weather radars, giving them the ability to predict where embers might land.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Digital technology

Environment

Is coffee going extinct? Here’s how it could impact you.

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:15:22 +0000

28 September 2022By 2050, experts predict that climate change could kill off the 2 main coffee varieties we drink daily while also jeopardising 60 per cent of the planet’s 124 wild coffee plants.

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Environment

Why more spring rain will bring more financial pain

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:57:09 +0000

27 September 2022Australians are bracing for the third La Niña in as many years, bringing about the possibility of more heavy rain and natural disasters. So, what does this mean for you financially?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Unearthing Australia's giants

uqccla15 — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:13:39 +0000

15 August 2022Hidden in rocks and dirt just three hours north-west of Brisbane, the fossilised remains of prehistoric megafauna that roamed the Australian continent millions of years ago lie waiting to be unearthed.

Environment

Transforming societies

Jolt needed to drive electric-vehicle uptake

uqccla15 — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:09:43 +0000

23 August 2022St Baker Fellow in Electromobility Dr Kai Li Lim takes a look at what needs to happen before electric vehicles become more viable in Australia.

Designing technology for tomorrow

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Transforming societies

What’s it like being bitten by a venomous snake?

uqccla15 — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 04:35:31 +0000

14 July 2022Dr Christina Zdenek and her husband Chris Hay share a rare bond – they have both been bitten by two of the world’s deadliest snakes. Read what it’s like as the panic sets in and the venom begins to take over your whole body.

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding

Superworms: how plastic-eating larvae sparked a scientific breakthrough

uqccla15 — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:43:58 +0000

17 June 2022Superworms — beetle larvae that can eat and digest plastic — set the world alight this week. Now go behind the scenes to learn how Dr Christian Rinke made this incredible discovery.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

��̽�� research to revolutionise pest control around the world

uqccla15 — Mon, 16 May 2022 21:44:56 +0000

17 May 2022Our scientists have developed an environmentally friendly spray which could prove to be a game-changer for the agricultural industry.

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

��̽�� researchers saving an Aussie icon

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:54:16 +0000

19 April 2022How a new management approach could prevent the extinction of one of our most beloved creatures.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Breeding season for bilbies

uqccla15 — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 04:04:30 +0000

14 April 2022This Easter there’s frisky business involved in restoring Australia’s endangered bilby population.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Climate is changing our mental health

uqccla15 — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 03:31:18 +0000

7 February 2022Associate Professor Fiona Charlson answers your questions about 'eco-anxiety' and explains why climate change is affecting how you feel.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Social understanding

Australia's oldest dinosaur was a peaceful vegetarian, not a fierce predator

uqccla15 — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:08:02 +0000

22 October 2021Researchers have reanalyse a sequence of 220-million-year-old tracks from the Ipswich Coal Measures, thought to have belonged to a carnivorous dinosaur. They actually belonged to an early herbivore.

Environment

Social understanding

Transforming societies

Food systems and the bioeconomy

uqccla15 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:54:41 +0000

13 September 2021Modern food systems must take into consideration the complexities of sustainably producing nutritious food while reducing the use of increasingly scarce and fragile resources to meet the needs of consumers, writes Professor Matthew Morell.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

Mapping a better future for coral reefs

uqrwestb — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 23:20:13 +0000

9 September 2021How a ��̽�� researcher used satellite imagery to create habitat maps of every coral reef in the world for the first time ever.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Environment

Impact

How magical are Australia’s native magic mushrooms?

uqccla15 — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:23:21 +0000

30 August 2021A ��̽�� researcher believes the global magic mushroom industry is where the medical cannabis industry was 15 years ago. Could they be used medically in future?

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Social understanding

A sustainable approach to hotel happiness

uqccla15 — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:37:50 +0000

9 August 2021From eco-tourism hotels in Slovenia to luxury chains in Australia, a ��̽�� Business School researcher is working with operators to change the way tourism tackles sustainability, while making it fun for guests.

Building better bioeconomies

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding

The world’s favourite fruit needs a genetic boost

uqccla15 — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 02:54:07 +0000

23 July 2021The Cavendish variety of banana is under threat from a range of fungal diseases, writes ��̽��'s Professor André Drenth.

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Is Australia really doing enough for the Great Barrier Reef?

uqccla15 — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 04:30:44 +0000

9 July 2021Why criticisms of UNESCO’s ‘in danger’ recommendation don’t stack up.

Environment

Net zero by 2050? This is how

uqrwestb — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 06:03:41 +0000

2 July 2021When Dr Chris Greig was approached by Princeton University to help conduct a world-leading study into achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, he had no idea of how impactful his work would become.

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Q&A with Professor Peter Mumby

uqccla15 — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 22:55:14 +0000

28 June 2021Meet the ��̽�� researcher working to restore the Great Barrier Reef.

Environment

Could a healthier environment change our lives?

uqccla15 — Fri, 28 May 2021 01:33:37 +0000

28 May 2021Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences director, Kevin Thomas, speaks to Research News about the environmental stressors that are affecting our existence.

Environment

Social understanding

Wild encounters

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 05:34:18 +0000

20 March 2019��̽�� researchers have partnered with some of the world’s most popular wildlife attractions to develop strategies and tools to enhance the experiences of more than 700 million visitors each year – while also boosting their conservation efforts.

Business transformation

Environment

Impact

The race to save the Reef

uqsackfu — Thu, 27 May 2021 02:03:42 +0000

10 September 2018To celebrate Research Week 2018, ��̽�� is proud to share how ��̽�� research is creating change, right across the world, every day. Find out how our researchers are collaborating with research partners both in Australia and abroad in the race to save the Great Barrier Reef.

Environment

Impact

A calculated approach

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:41:17 +0000

20 April 2018A team of ��̽�� researchers has developed a biodiversity offset assessment calculation approach that mitigates the toll that development takes on our environment – which is now being used around the world.

Environment

Impact

Stop polluting our children's future

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:32:34 +0000

6 January 2018��̽�� researchers are working at the intersection of science, education and policy to better understand and reduce pollution’s impact on children’s health.

Environment

Impact

Fuelling the future

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 06:07:39 +0000

6 January 2018��̽�� researchers are harnessing the sun's energy through photosynthesis to find innovative replacements for finite fossil-fuels.

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Impact

Veer right; safe flight

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 05:15:44 +0000

5 January 2018Drawing inspiration from nature, studying how bees and birds make decisions to test navigation and safety strategies for unmanned aircraft.

Digital technology

Environment

Impact

Breath of Life

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:19:39 +0000

5 January 2018��̽��'s Professor David Cliff is working to help stop deadly black lung disease before it begins.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Impact

Toppling the crown

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 02:11:33 +0000

5 January 2018The crown-of-thorns starfish is one of the Great Barrier Reef’s fiercest enemies, a voracious predator of the corals that build the reef. For an already struggling reef, these starfish pose an enormous threat.

Environment

Impact

Spray-on protection

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 01:56:42 +0000

5 January 2018��̽�� scientists have joined forces to develop a breakthrough that has the potential to bolster global food security.

Agribusiness

Environment

Impact

Sky's the limit for voluntary carbon offsetting

uqsackfu — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:51:06 +0000

3 January 2018��̽�� Business School researchers are partnering with a major airline to educate travellers on the benefits and positive impact of offsetting.

Business transformation

Environment

Impact

Building awareness of Aboriginal Architecture

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:56:15 +0000

29 March 2019A ��̽�� research group has spent decades working to improve the lives of Australia’s Indigenous people, enhancing the awareness and emphasising the importance of culturally appropriate designs.

Environment

Impact

Social understanding

Saving Australia’s migratory shorebirds from extinction

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:55:45 +0000

25 March 2019A major discovery about habitat changes that are threatening many of Australia’s migratory bird species has led to widespread policy changes and influenced coastal development decisions both in Australia and abroad.

Environment

Impact

Mapping Australia's environment

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:55:10 +0000

22 March 2019Land mapping tools developed by ��̽��’s Joint Remote Sensing Research Program have been adopted by multiple Australian states and industry bodies, helping inform effective environmental management policies at local, state and national levels.

Digital technology

Environment

Impact

Uneasy waters

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:51:13 +0000

1 August 2019A team of ��̽�� researchers is working tirelessly to find an environmental engineering solution for a very human problem in the Solomon Islands, where the lives of entire communities are in turmoil thanks to drastic sea level rises.

Environment

Impact

Defeating the ultimate survivor

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:38:38 +0000

19 September 2019��̽�� researchers use ingenuity to help remove destructive crown-of-thorns from the Great Barrier Reef

Environment

Impact

Seeing is believing

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:28:44 +0000

5 January 2018��̽��’s Global Change Institute is creating a record of the world’s coral reefs. Through their research and the publicity generated, they aim to impact policy on ocean management.

Environment

Impact

The tree of shelf-life

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:17:17 +0000

5 January 2018A food scientist from ��̽�� is working with Indigenous communities to unlock a lucrative industry – using Kakadu plum to extend the storage life of food.

Agribusiness

Environment

Impact

Microbiome, macro result

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:13:41 +0000

1 October 2019Exploring the power of the soil and nature's littlest helpers, ��̽�� researchers are relying on science – not hype – to help farmers produce high-yielding crops with minimal environmental impact.

Agribusiness

Environment

Impact

At peace with the forest

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:13:21 +0000

5 January 2018Findings from the ��̽��-Borneo Futures Research Initiative have led to the Bornean Orangutan now being recognised as Critically Endangered on the Red List of Threatened Species.

Environment

Impact

Out of Africa

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:11:51 +0000

3 April 2020How an African herbal tea launched a revolutionary line of medicine.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Impact

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

uqccla15 — Wed, 12 May 2021 04:19:41 +0000

12 May 2021Researchers at ��̽��’s Centre for Superbug Solutions believe they may have found a new class of antibiotics effective against drug-resistant bacteria – all from being asked to help characterise an acne cream.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Public and allied health

Batteries on wheels

uqccla15 — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:20:25 +0000

30 April 2021If electric vehicles stored energy from the grid that you could sell later for a profit, would you be more likely to want one?

Designing technology for tomorrow

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Transforming societies

Deforestation taking a heavy toll on international bird haven

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:07:11 +0000

18 March 2021An analysis has found deforestation is severely affecting forest bird species in Colombia, home to the greatest number of bird species in the world.

Environment

Queensland Science making a difference

uqsoutra — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 04:25:07 +0000

13 October 2020WATCH: Discover how ��̽�� researchers are contributing to some of the biggest challenges the world faces – the health of our communities, and environments; the quality and quantity of food available; abundant clean energy; and sustainable economies.

Agribusiness

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Digital technology

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Public and allied health

Using lots of plastic packaging during the coronavirus crisis? You’re not alone

uqsoutra — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 23:22:31 +0000

28 April 2020In eight years, US environmentalist and social media star Lauren Singer had never sent an item of rubbish to landfill. But last month, in an impassioned post to her 383,000 Instagram followers, she admitted the reality of COVID-19 has changed that.

Environment

Environment

How ����̽�� researchers turned CO2 emissions into electricity

Take 5: Our researchers make sense of the world 5 questions at a time

How first-aid gel made from snake venom could control battlefield bleeding

From the outback to the Olympics: how native food is changing how we eat and buy

Heavy rain, flash flooding are possible later this year. Here’s why

Bioplastics vital in fight against ‘wicked' plastic pollution

8 ways to tone down the Christmas lights to help wildlife – and why we should

We thought we’d find 200 species living in our house and yard. We were very wrong

Home insurance bills are soaring as climate risks grow

Groundbreaking report details how Australia can make net zero happen

Could lasers be the key to forecasting volcanoes?

The real cost of your chocolate habit

Striking a nerve

Unpacking the 2023 federal budget

Dirty air diminishes both body and brain

Tales from the reef: wild encounters in a marine wonderland

Addressing the challenge of water scarcity in Chile

Could fungi really be the last of us?

The desert lab and its spinifex secrets

Why fly larvae could be the future of sustainable meat

Sowing seeds of support

How well to humpback whales hear?

In disasters, people are abandoning official info for social media

How AI and mobile weather radars are preparing us for bushfire season

Is coffee going extinct? Here’s how it could impact you.

Why more spring rain will bring more financial pain

Unearthing Australia's giants

Jolt needed to drive electric-vehicle uptake

What’s it like being bitten by a venomous snake?

Superworms: how plastic-eating larvae sparked a scientific breakthrough

����̽�� research to revolutionise pest control around the world

����̽�� researchers saving an Aussie icon

Breeding season for bilbies

Climate is changing our mental health

Australia's oldest dinosaur was a peaceful vegetarian, not a fierce predator

Food systems and the bioeconomy

Mapping a better future for coral reefs

How magical are Australia’s native magic mushrooms?

A sustainable approach to hotel happiness

The world’s favourite fruit needs a genetic boost

Is Australia really doing enough for the Great Barrier Reef?

Net zero by 2050? This is how

Q&A with Professor Peter Mumby

Could a healthier environment change our lives?

Wild encounters

The race to save the Reef

A calculated approach

Stop polluting our children's future

Fuelling the future

Veer right; safe flight

Breath of Life

Toppling the crown

Spray-on protection

Sky's the limit for voluntary carbon offsetting

Building awareness of Aboriginal Architecture

Saving Australia’s migratory shorebirds from extinction

Mapping Australia's environment

Uneasy waters

Defeating the ultimate survivor

Seeing is believing

The tree of shelf-life

Microbiome, macro result

At peace with the forest

Out of Africa

From cannabis cream to antibiotic dream

Batteries on wheels

Deforestation taking a heavy toll on international bird haven

Queensland Science making a difference

Using lots of plastic packaging during the coronavirus crisis? You’re not alone

How ��̽�� researchers turned CO2 emissions into electricity

��̽�� research to revolutionise pest control around the world

��̽�� researchers saving an Aussie icon