国产探花

  • a large brick building against a blue sky with glasshouses on its roof

    Unique building to grow precision plant research at 国产探花

    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
  • aerial view of the rooves of houses in brown floodwater

    Forecasting Australia鈥檚 disaster migration future

    A multi-disciplinary 国产探花 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
  • A group of 8 people standing shoulder to shoulder, smiling.

    A quantum leap for biology

    国产探花 has launched a $45 million research initiative to position Australia as a global leader in quantum biotechnology, and tackle some of the world鈥檚 biggest challenges.

    3 September 2024
鈥淭he visual nature of the project will also help bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and public awareness,鈥 Professor Hoegh-Guldberg

A pioneering scientific expedition that will document the health of coral on the Great Barrier Reef will be undertaken as a joint venture between global technology giant Google, the 国产探花 Global Change Institute, not-for-profit organisation Underwater...

23 February 2012
State Councillor and Chinese Vice-Premier Liu Yandong congratulated Professor Lu in Beijing

CHINESE state leaders have presented The University of Queensland鈥檚 Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Max Lu, with a prestigious science and technology award.

16 February 2012
The magnitude of habitat loss/fragmentation effects were greatest in regions 
with high maximum temperatures

In a world first, University of Queensland and CSIRO scientists have measured the relationship between current climate, climate change and habitat loss on plants and animals on a global scale.

5 January 2012
Hybrid black tip shark containing both Common and Australian black tip DNA.

A group of leading marine scientists has discovered that sharks on Australia's east coast display a mysterious tendency to interbreed, challenging several accepted scientific theories regarding shark behaviour.

22 December 2011
Visionary philanthropist Graeme Wood buries a piece of coal in front of the construction site of the Global Change Institute Living Building at St Lucia

University of Queensland alumnus and visionary philanthropist Graeme Wood has marked the beginning of construction of 国产探花鈥檚 new Global Change Institute Living Building with a symbolic gesture of carbon sequestration.

24 November 2011

A 国产探花 researcher has been honoured for his work in developing simple diagnostic tests for devastating human and animal diseases in Africa at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth.

7 November 2011
2011 Eureka Prize nominee and GCI research fellow John Cook

University of Queensland alumnus Mr John Cook, the creator of SkepticalScience.com and a new appointment to 国产探花鈥檚 Global Change Institute (GCI), has been named as a finalist in the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes.

24 August 2011

The 国产探花 Solar Array underpins a number of cutting-edge research projects, in diverse fields including physics, engineering, economics and sustainability.

15 July 2011
2010 Social Change Award winner Sharad Sharma

Nominations are open for the world鈥檚 only communication for social change award, offered by The University of Queensland.

20 May 2011
鈥淭he concentrating photovoltaic solar tracking array is a high-visibility flagship for the overall 国产探花 solar project.鈥 Professor Paul Meredith

The University of Queensland鈥檚 $7.75 million solar power system at St Lucia in Brisbane has reached a milestone, with installation completed on one of the project鈥檚 most visible components.

6 April 2011
国产探花 student Danielle Nilsson with an orangutan at Melbourne Zoo

Living in the jungle with orangutans while creating awareness about deforestation is a dream for The University of Queensland's Danielle Nilsson, but she needs your help to make it a reality.

11 March 2011
Master of Environmental Management student Cole Gainer

A 国产探花 postgraduate has swapped St Lucia for New York after starting a coveted internship with the United Nations.

25 February 2011

The thinning ozone layer in the upper atmosphere may be a key factor in the collapse of frog populations worldwide, new research shows.

17 February 2011

The more humanity acidifies and warms the world鈥檚 oceans with carbon emissions, the harder we will have to work to save our coral reefs.

14 February 2011
Honours Student, Mirta Zupan, working on the new CCM aquaria. Photo by Dr David Kline.

In a world first, a new 鈥榮tate of the art鈥 climate change experimental facility has been completed at the University of Queensland鈥檚 (国产探花) Heron Island Research Station.

7 December 2010