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
Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock
国产探花 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
Mitigating heat stress in heifers to prevent stock losses
A three-year pilot project led by 国产探花 has shown installing shade structures in largely treeless paddocks could increase calf survival rates.
19 November 2024
The global macadamia industry may have originated from a single tree taken from Queensland to Hawaii in the 19th century, according to new research.
29 May 2019
The lifeblood of Timor-Leste鈥檚 agricultural sector 鈥� smallholder farming 鈥� is to be bolstered by collaborative University of Queensland-led research.
20 May 2019
A hormone produced by stressed plants could combat damage caused by salty soils, considerably increasing plant growth.
13 May 2019
A new national program to transform food waste into valuable products is being led by a University of Queensland researcher.
9 May 2019
University of Queensland researchers are investigating the use of maggots, locusts and other alternative proteins in a range of specialty foods.
1 May 2019
Thrifty parents in low-income households could be inadvertently encouraging unhealthy fussy eating habits in their children.
17 April 2019
A high-yield Mexican wheat variety identified by University of Queensland researchers is now available to Australian wheat farmers.
9 April 2019
A new centre promoting animal welfare standards internationally is to be established in China, thanks to a University of Queensland-led project.
9 April 2019
Ageing coconut palm trees could be replaced quickly and cheaply by superior cloned coconuts being developed by University of Queensland researchers.
11 March 2019
Gene-editing sugarcane for use in renewable energy and bio-plastics could help secure the industry鈥檚 future.
11 March 2019
The University of Queensland has jumped to the top of the national table in Agriculture and Forestry, and it also ranks first in Australia for Environmental Sciences and Sports-Related Subjects, according to the latest international rankings survey.
28 February 2019
University of Queensland researchers trying to pinpoint the mystery killer behind 鈥榩asture dieback鈥� find their research is fascinating 鈥� but they would much prefer to watch grass grow.
28 February 2019
Caviar will never be the way to Brisbane woman Anna Hendra鈥檚 heart.
5 February 2019
A new collaboration will help feed the world鈥檚 growing demand for poultry and eggs, while minimising the risk to international public health from animal-to-human-diseases.
24 January 2019
University of Queensland researchers are working on a new project to keep smut off our playing fields; but it鈥檚 not the kind of smut that first comes to mind.
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