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    Unique building to grow precision plant research at ¹ú²ú̽»¨

    A high-tech building with rooms to mimic environments from rainforests to deserts will help Australian plant scientists and industry improve crop productivity and secure future food supplies.

    4 October 2024
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    Forecasting Australia’s disaster migration future

    A multi-disciplinary ¹ú²ú̽»¨ project aims to quantify how many Australians will be forced to relocate because of climate change disaster scenarios in the next 25 years.

    2 October 2024
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    A quantum leap for biology

    ¹ú²ú̽»¨ has launched a $45 million research initiative to position Australia as a global leader in quantum biotechnology, and tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.

    3 September 2024

The University of Queensland's School of Political Sciences and International Studies will host a symposium on the Politics of Climate Change in Australia on November 28-9.

12 November 2012

A study by a scholar at The University of Queensland reveals that the ‘green revolution’ advertised by the world’s biggest brands and corporations is misleading consumers.

10 October 2012

A modelling study from an international collaboration involving German, Canadian and Australian scientists has concluded that increasing global temperatures to 2 degrees above pre-industrial global temperatures will be too hot for two thirds of the...

16 September 2012

The diverse topics of biofuels and religion will be explored at a public lecture in Brisbane next week.

10 September 2012

Life in the world’s oceans faces far greater change and risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, a team of the world’s leading marine scientists has warned.

21 August 2012

The Australian Research Council has awarded Australian Laureate Fellowships to two of The University of Queensland’s brightest stars – marine biologist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and economist Professor John Quiggin.

30 July 2012

Coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Great Barrier Reef, recover faster from major stresses than their Caribbean counterparts, leading marine scientists said today.

11 July 2012

John Pandolfi keeps his optimism alive despite the grim scientific evidence he confronts daily that the world’s coral reefs are in a lot of trouble – along with 81 nations and 500 million people who depend on them.

10 July 2012

The cost of transforming the world’s energy systems to address rising carbon dioxide levels is little more than one-tenth of one per cent of growth in global gross domestic product per annum, according to a University of Queensland researcher.

8 July 2012
The 2012 Rotary World Peace Fellows will graduate on July 17.

A soccer coach pursuing peace education through sport, a coffee fanatic from Kansas, and a cowboy with a passion for humanitarian work are among the peace graduates from ¹ú²ú̽»¨ this July.

25 June 2012

Three figures associated with The University of Queensland have received the highest award in today’s Queen’s Birthday honours list.

11 June 2012

Australia’s influence on international scientific research and innovation was recognised today with ecologist Ove Hoegh-Guldberg of The University of Queensland named one of the world’s top scientists.

30 May 2012

The most accurate estimate to date for the impact of the carbon price on retail electricity prices reveals the burden will vary considerably, depending on a household’s location.

16 April 2012

With aquaculture on track to overtake global fisheries, a new aquaculture book from The University of Queensland will help industry and students look to the future.

13 April 2012

Sea levels have risen about 20cm in the South West Pacific since the late 19th century, a new scientific study shows.

12 April 2012