Environment

How ��̽�� researchers turned CO2 emissions into electricity

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

24 June 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.

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Environment

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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?

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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.

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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.

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Agribusiness

Environment

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New high-tech spray holds out hope for native trees

uqccla15 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 02:48:53 +0000

12 February 2024QAAFI researchers have used RNA technology – similar to that in COVID vaccines – to create a highly targeted treatment for myrtle rust: a spray that can restore even severely infected trees to health in around six weeks.

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Environment

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

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Building better bioeconomies

Environment

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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?

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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.

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Environment

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How deep freezing native plants could prevent extinction

uqccla15 — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:48:11 +0000

6 November 2023A process similar to that used to store human embryos is being used by scientists to save native Australian plants under threat from the invasive fungus, myrtle rust.

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Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Environment

PM awards innovation prize to ��̽�� venom researcher

uqccla15 — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 03:05:23 +0000

17 October 2023When Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation recipient Professor Glenn King wanted to develop bee-friendly insecticides, he sought help from unexpected allies. This is his story.

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Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

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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.

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Environment

No boundary: From Brisbane to Perth, Broome and Darwin

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 01:00:56 +0000

18 September 2023PhD candidate Sukirtha Srivarathan from QAAFI has found that edible halophytes have potential as a bushfoods business opportunity.

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Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

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.

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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.

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Designing technology for tomorrow

Environment

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Rising monkey and pig populations pose human disease risk

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 02:05:03 +0000

3 July 2023Exploding wild pig and macaque monkey populations in Southeast Asia are threatening native forests and disease outbreaks in livestock and people.

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Environment

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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

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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.

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Environment

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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

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Bees abuzz for biosecurity in avocados

uqccla15 — Wed, 03 May 2023 23:16:32 +0000

1 April 2023Bees can help prove Australia's valuable avocado crop is free of a pathogen that could be a barrier to exports, according to ��̽�� and the CSIRO.

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Environment

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Predators munch on crown-of-thorns starfish

uqccla15 — Wed, 03 May 2023 23:08:20 +0000

5 April 2023��̽�� scientists have identified natural predators which could help fight outbreaks of the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish.

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Environment

Transforming societies

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.

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Environment

This problem weed is evolving

uqccla15 — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:40:49 +0000

9 March 2023WATCH THE VIDEO: An introduced weed that already costs Australian grain growers more than $90 million a year is becoming an even bigger threat according to University of Queensland-led research.

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Energy, water and resources

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.

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Energy, water and resources

Environment

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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.

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Environment

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Snakes can hear more than you think

uqccla15 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 23:07:37 +0000

15 February 2023A University of Queensland-led study has found that contrary to popular belief, snakes can hear and react to airborne sound.

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Environment

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.

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Environment

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Environment

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Many companies not on track to meet Net Zero

uqccla15 — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 23:27:05 +0000

3 November 2022Only one Australian energy company is on track to comply with the Paris Agreement, ��̽�� research has found. A new tool has been created to help other businesses get there.

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Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

Using native ingredients to create low sugar soft drink

uqccla15 — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 22:52:30 +0000

1 November 2022Reducing the consumption of sugary drinks in remote Indigenous communities is one of the aims of University of Queensland PhD candidate Jessica Cartwright.

Environment

Transforming societies

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.

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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?

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Environment

Research centre to unlock nature’s hidden powers

uqccla15 — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:54:19 +0000

1 September 2022Using deadly spider venom to treat heart attacks and curing chlamydia in koalas are among new discoveries being developed at a national research centre headquartered at ��̽��'s Institute for Molecular Bioscience.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

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.

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Environment

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20 years of citizen science backs up findings on coral bleaching

uqccla15 — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:35:46 +0000

9 June 2022Volunteer-collected data on coral bleaching has been credited with supporting scientific findings about reef health across the globe.

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Environment

Red pandas face a fractured future

uqccla15 — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 22:52:42 +0000

6 June 2022The much-loved red panda is renowned for its tree-climbing ability and adorable nature, but new research shows the endangered mammal is being driven closer to extinction.

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Environment

��̽�� 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

Meet the Researcher: Dr Lida Omaleki

uqccla15 — Wed, 04 May 2022 00:01:28 +0000

4 May 2022Lida Omaleki is a long way from where she grew up in Iran, but the Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine feels right at home in the University of Queensland labs, where she’s completing important work in support of a healthy, efficient chicken meat industry.

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Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Solution to world's largest waste stream: Make sand

uqccla15 — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:39 +0000

28 April 2022After water, sand is the most exploited natural resource on the planet. But how can we reduce the amount of mineral waste created during its extraction?

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Energy, water and resources

Environment

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��̽�� 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.

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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.

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Environment

Keeping chickens at home: What's the secret to getting the perfect eggs?

uqccla15 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 22:43:38 +0000

11 April 2022We asked QAAFI's poultry science and animal nutrition experts their top tips on keeping chickens at home.

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Social understanding

Is it possible to select cattle for ‘stayability’?

uqccla15 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:15:11 +0000

27 March 2022Lifetime productivity of cows is one of the major drivers of enterprise profitability – however, there is a difference between longevity and lifetime profitability. ��̽��'s Animal Science research team explains.

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Meet the food fraud detectives

uqccla15 — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:09:13 +0000

6 April 2022Are the meat products you paid top dollar for actually what they are advertised to be? How can you tell? And what about processed, convenience meats such as sausages and patties?

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

WATCH: Bull ant evolves new way to target its pain

uqccla15 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:34:44 +0000

26 March 2022Ever been stung by a bull ant? Hurts, right? Well now researchers have discovered they've found a new way to administer pain to one of their most fearsome predators.

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Environment

Pooling risk to insure against natural disaster

uqccla15 — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 06:30:42 +0000

24 February 2022We have to pivot to a new insurance model for climate change before we go under, warns University of Queensland expert.

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Environment

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Meet Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

uqccla15 — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:48:44 +0000

15 December 2021Professor Sultanbawa grew up in Sri Lanka in a family of seven. She now works in agriculture research and focuses on agribusiness development framework, specifically in the area of food processing, preservation, food safety and nutrition.

Agribusiness

Business transformation

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.

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Environment

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Deep-sea fish eyes are not freaky by accident

uqccla15 — Thu, 27 Jan 2022 22:59:58 +0000

14 January 2022Deep-sea fish may look like creatures from another world, but why they have such unusual eyes seems to be the result of an evolutionary process of specialisation.

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Environment

What will a mining-fuelled energy transition mean for the Pacific Islands?

uqccla15 — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 01:52:28 +0000

30 November 2021As demand for critical metals grows, the impact of increased mining on Pacific Islands nations with critical deposits is to be explored in a new international research project.

Building better bioeconomies

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Back from the brink: helping coral reefs recover

uqccla15 — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 21:59:59 +0000

7 December 2021Stabilising reef rubble may help corals recover faster after being damaged by the impacts of climate change and natural degradation.

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Environment

Turning barren mine waste into productive soil

uqccla15 — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 01:58:35 +0000

2 December 2021Hardy microscopic bacteria are working to turn the red mud by-products from alumina refining into life-sustaining soil.

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Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

WATCH: How smart is an octopus?

uqccla15 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:18:05 +0000

22 November 2021The unique brainpower of octopuses – known for their intelligence and Houdini-like escapes – has been revealed by University of Queensland researchers.

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Environment

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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

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Transforming societies

The butterfly effect

uqccla15 — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:38:56 +0000

18 October 2021How Torres Strait Island butterflies could help conservation efforts.

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Environment

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What lies beneath: volcanic secrets revealed

uqccla15 — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:41:21 +0000

17 September 2021Lava samples have revealed a new truth about the geological make-up of the Earth’s crust and could have implications for volcanic eruption early warning systems.

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Environment

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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.

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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

The secret to sorghum’s adaptability

uqccla15 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 23:02:44 +0000

25 August 2021A world-first development of a sorghum pangenome provides unprecedented insights into the genes that makes sorghum such a hardy and resilient crop.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Pain out of paradise: the tropical snails revolutionising chronic pain

uqccla15 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:54:44 +0000

23 August 2021Chronic pain is a life-altering condition that affects one in five Australians, but the answer to this devastating condition could come from an animal with a deadly sting.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Queensland’s own gympietides hold hope for new painkillers

uqccla15 — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:49:07 +0000

23 August 2021The Gympie Gympie tree, native to Queensland and northern NSW, has become much more than just a bushwalker’s menace.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Using DNA to build cattle tick resistance

uqccla15 — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 23:13:29 +0000

15 August 2021A ground-breaking multi-nation study has shown that breeding strong tick resistance into all cattle breeds is feasible, indicating that cattle tick may be much more effectively managed, or even eradicated.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Energy, water and resources

Environment

'Digital twin' concept boosts food production

uqccla15 — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 23:09:42 +0000

1 August 2021Using technology familiar to computer gamers, University of Queensland scientists are creating ‘digital twins’ of mango and macadamia orchards to help boost food production.

Agribusiness

Designing technology for tomorrow

Digital technology

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Plants that absorb metal could help provide a sustainable future for mining

uqccla15 — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 21:14:50 +0000

12 August 2021Harvesting plants that can absorb metal from the ground may offer a sustainable solution for mining and rehabilitation according to research underway at The University of Queensland.

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

WATCH: Spear-mouthed pterosaur that soared over dinosaurs in outback Queensland

uqccla15 — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 01:35:48 +0000

10 August 2021Australia’s largest flying reptile has been uncovered, a pterosaur with an estimated seven-metre wingspan that soared like a dragon above the ancient, vast inland sea once covering much of outback Queensland.

Digital technology

Environment

Social understanding

Transforming societies

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

The climate impact of wild pigs greater than a million cars

uqccla15 — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 22:35:59 +0000

20 July 2021By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually across the globe, the equivalent of 1.1 million cars.

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

Net Zero Australia study launches

uqccla15 — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 22:44:32 +0000

4 June 2021A two-year collaboration has begun to analyse how Australia can achieve a net zero economy by 2050.

Environment

Corals and fruit flies aid understanding of anaesthesia

uqccla15 — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 22:39:20 +0000

3 June 2021Using light-emitting corals, fruit flies and powerful microscopy, Queensland Brain Institute researchers are working to better understand the effects of general anaesthesia on the brain.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

It’s crystal clear: crushed glass could save our sand

uqccla15 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 03:42:59 +0000

31 May 2021Crushed wine bottles and other recycled glass could replace sand in vital tunnelling supports, cutting construction costs and improving the sustainability of sand mining.

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Rediscovering South East Queensland's eucalypt toolbox

uqccla15 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 03:22:21 +0000

1 June 2021South East Queensland’s eucalypt trees can provide everything from medicines to tools, traps and building materials, according to rediscovered records of regional Indigenous knowledge.

Environment

Social understanding

Getting stoned: revealing the mysteries of stonefish venom

uqccla15 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 03:16:28 +0000

1 June 2021University of Queensland scientists working to unlock the mysteries Australia’s deadly stonefish have made a discovery which could change how sting victims are treated in the future.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

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

Early research suggests climate change could lead to more stillbirths

uqccla15 — Mon, 24 May 2021 01:04:22 +0000

24 May 2021Scientists are investigating whether rising global temperatures may lead to more stillbirths, saying further study is needed on the subject as climates change.

Environment

Public and allied health

Native forest logging makes bushfires worse

uqccla15 — Mon, 24 May 2021 01:01:34 +0000

20 May 2021New research shows that a crown fire – the most extreme type of bushfire behaviour, in which tree canopies burn – is more likely in logged native forests.

Environment

Real-time satellite system to monitor global reef bleaching

uqccla15 — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:56:11 +0000

19 May 2021In a world first, a satellite-based global coral reef bleaching monitoring system will scan the Earth’s oceans for coral-killing bleaching events in real-time.

Environment

Scientists rewrite the genesis of mosquito-borne viruses

uqccla15 — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:52:43 +0000

17 May 2021Better designed vaccines for insect-spread viruses like dengue and Zika are likely after researchers discovered models of immature flavivirus particles were originally misinterpreted.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

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

Indigenous opportunity sprouts from desert discovery

uqsackfu — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:21:18 +0000

5 January 2018��̽�� nanotechnologists are working with remote Indigenous communities to process native spinifex grass into diverse commercial applications, from super-strong roads and tyres to super-thin condoms and surgical gloves.

Agribusiness

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. In an effort to save them, the team has revealed the importance of banning illegal hunting activities and expanding protected forests.

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

The 50 beautiful Australian plants at greatest risk of extinction — and how to save them

uqccla15 — Wed, 12 May 2021 21:45:02 +0000

13 May 2021To help prevent the loss of any native plant species, a team of researchers has assembled a massive evidence base for more than 750 plants listed as critically endangered or endangered. Of these, we’ve identified the 50 at greatest risk of extinction.

Environment

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

The carbon footprint of Airbnb is likely bigger than you think

uqccla15 — Tue, 11 May 2021 23:02:37 +0000

12 May 2021A study involving a ��̽�� researcher, and published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, suggests Airbnb has a bigger carbon footprint than many realise.

Environment

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

Brisbane’s car-free iconoclasts

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:45:43 +0000

27 April 2021The motivations of a rebellious class of car-free citizens in the sprawling, low-density city of Brisbane have been investigated by researchers at ��̽��.

Environment

Climatic factors linked to asthma prevalence

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:39:39 +0000

27 April 2021Climate may play a role in the prevalence of asthma, with a University of Queensland study suggesting more sunshine potentially reduces the incidence.

Environment

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Urgent need to safeguard mental health in climate change

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:29:51 +0000

28 April 2021The mental health risks of climate change are now well established, and new research is urgently needed to guide responses that will safeguard mental health.

Environment

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Life in a wheatbelt oasis

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:21:37 +0000

27 April 2021WA’s wheatbelt is a biodiversity desert, but the remaining wildlife – surviving in ‘wheatbelt oases’ – may offer insights for better conservation everywhere, according to ��̽�� researchers.

Environment

How lobed brain corals are helping solve the mystery of what general anaesthesia does to the brain

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:11:55 +0000

27 April 2021Although humans have used general anaesthesia for more than 150 years, we still don’t fully understand how it affects the brain.

Environment

Public and allied health

'Living fossil' provides key clues to brain evolution

uqccla15 — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:36:10 +0000

9 April 2021The rare Queensland lungfish, often called a living fossil, is helping Queensland Brain Institute researchers challenge our scientific understanding of brain evolution.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Human land use wasn’t always at nature’s expense

uqccla15 — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 04:11:54 +0000

20 April 2021Nearly three-quarters of Earth’s land had been transformed by humans by 10,000BC, but new research shows it largely wasn’t at the expense of the natural world.

Environment

Social understanding

Tiny cat-sized stegosaur leaves its mark

uqccla15 — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:50:56 +0000

16 April 2021A single footprint left by a cat-sized dinosaur around 100 million years ago has been discovered in China by an international team of palaeontologists.

Digital technology

Environment

Researchers call for cautious progress in deep sea mining

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 04:23:25 +0000

4 January 2021��̽�� researchers have urged for regulatory caution in a new paper that emphasises just how little is known about the potential impacts of deep sea mining.

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Coral fish develop deep-sea eyesight

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:51:29 +0000

9 February 2021To see – and survive – at night, some coral fish have developed visual adaptations that are similar to those of their cousins living in the ocean’s darkest depths, new research shows.

Environment

Spitting cobra venoms evolved to cause extreme pain

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:46:25 +0000

22 January 2021Venom from spitting cobras has evolved to cause predators’ extreme pain as a form of self-defence, rather than for capturing prey, according to new research.

Environment

Researchers hunt venom clues in deadly jellyfish

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:42:19 +0000

4 February 2021The deadly toxins of box jellyfish remain a mystery, ��̽�� researcher says.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Environment

Fleeing marine life could trigger mass extinction event

uqclayt — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 01:44:29 +0000

8 April 2021As species flee to cooler water towards the poles, it’s likely to have profound implications for marine ecosystems and human livelihoods.

Environment

A silver swining: ‘destructive’ pigs help build rainforests

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:37:55 +0000

3 March 2021Wild pigs are often maligned as ecosystem destroyers, but a ��̽�� study has found they also cultivate biodiverse rainforests in their native habitats.

Environment

Pollen forecasting research a boost for asthma and hay fever sufferers

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 03:20:50 +0000

12 March 2021New research has revealed a potential link between pollen from certain grass species and respiratory health issues such as asthma and hay fever.

Environment

Public and allied health

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

Mapping the ‘hidden’ eighth continent Zealandia

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:49:49 +0000

24 March 2021The ‘hidden’ continent of Zealandia is being partially mapped, thanks to a deepwater mapping expedition led by ��̽�� in collaboration with Schmidt Ocean Institute.

Environment

Essential oils may help gut health of new-age chicks

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 02:03:56 +0000

30 March 2021Popular native Australian essential oils including tea tree oil and eucalyptus are being studied to determine if they better equip chicken embryos and hatchlings to fight disease.

Agribusiness

Environment

A genetic solution to ensure sorghum stands firm

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:50:17 +0000

31 March 2021After decades of study, ��̽�� researchers have identified a genetic solution to the problem of sorghum lodging and falling down, which affects 10 per cent of crops each year.

Agribusiness

Environment

Earlier evidence of human rituals and innovation found in ancient rocks

uqclayt — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 01:17:16 +0000

31 March 2021The discovery of unexpected artefacts in Africa’s Kalahari Basin has challenged conventional knowledge about the beginnings of human culture and innovation.

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Social understanding

Queenslanders to get their hands dirty to save lives

uqclayt — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 07:21:28 +0000

26 March 2021Queenslanders are being asked to “dig deep” in an Australian-first project, with the next “ground-breaking” medicine potentially hiding in their backyard – Soils for Science is a citizen science project that aims to unearth new antibiotics in backyards, gardens and farms across the state.

Agribusiness

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

Queensland wastewater provides an early-warning system for COVID-19

uqsoutra — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 02:45:55 +0000

28 September 2020Trips to the toilet are creating an early-warning system that could be a key to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland.

COVID-19

Health and wellbeing

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Public and allied health

Social understanding

Renewable energy can save the natural world – but if we're not careful, it will also hurt it

uqsoutra — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 01:10:55 +0000

2 September 2020A vast transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is crucial to slowing climate change. But building solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable energy infrastructure requires mining for materials. If not done responsibly, this may damage species and ecosystems.

Energy, water and resources

Environment

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

New high-tech spray holds out hope for native trees

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

How deep freezing native plants could prevent extinction

PM awards innovation prize to ����̽�� venom researcher

Home insurance bills are soaring as climate risks grow

No boundary: From Brisbane to Perth, Broome and Darwin

Groundbreaking report details how Australia can make net zero happen

Could lasers be the key to forecasting volcanoes?

Rising monkey and pig populations pose human disease risk

The real cost of your chocolate habit

Striking a nerve

Unpacking the 2023 federal budget

Bees abuzz for biosecurity in avocados

Predators munch on crown-of-thorns starfish

Dirty air diminishes both body and brain

Tales from the reef: wild encounters in a marine wonderland

This problem weed is evolving

Addressing the challenge of water scarcity in Chile

Could fungi really be the last of us?

Snakes can hear more than you think

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

Many companies not on track to meet Net Zero

Using native ingredients to create low sugar soft drink

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

Research centre to unlock nature’s hidden powers

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

20 years of citizen science backs up findings on coral bleaching

Red pandas face a fractured future

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

Meet the Researcher: Dr Lida Omaleki

Solution to world's largest waste stream: Make sand

����̽�� researchers saving an Aussie icon

Breeding season for bilbies

Keeping chickens at home: What's the secret to getting the perfect eggs?

Is it possible to select cattle for ‘stayability’?

Meet the food fraud detectives

WATCH: Bull ant evolves new way to target its pain

Pooling risk to insure against natural disaster

Meet Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa

Climate is changing our mental health

Deep-sea fish eyes are not freaky by accident

What will a mining-fuelled energy transition mean for the Pacific Islands?

Back from the brink: helping coral reefs recover

Turning barren mine waste into productive soil

WATCH: How smart is an octopus?

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

The butterfly effect

What lies beneath: volcanic secrets revealed

Food systems and the bioeconomy

Mapping a better future for coral reefs

How magical are Australia’s native magic mushrooms?

The secret to sorghum’s adaptability

Pain out of paradise: the tropical snails revolutionising chronic pain

Queensland’s own gympietides hold hope for new painkillers

Using DNA to build cattle tick resistance

'Digital twin' concept boosts food production

Plants that absorb metal could help provide a sustainable future for mining

WATCH: Spear-mouthed pterosaur that soared over dinosaurs in outback Queensland

A sustainable approach to hotel happiness

The world’s favourite fruit needs a genetic boost

The climate impact of wild pigs greater than a million cars

Is Australia really doing enough for the Great Barrier Reef?

Net zero by 2050? This is how

How ��̽�� researchers turned CO2 emissions into electricity

PM awards innovation prize to ��̽�� venom researcher

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

��̽�� researchers saving an Aussie icon