Building better bioeconomies

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

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

Ola has left Australia. What does it mean for the future of ridesharing in Australia?

uqccla15 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:33:24 +0000

15 April 2024Indian rideshare giant Ola announced in April that it would cease operations in Australia. What does it mean for the cost of rideshare fares?

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

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

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Building better bioeconomies

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Hemanshi Galaiya: STEM for kids and building a future for Kenya

uqccla15 — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 23:18:23 +0000

6 October 2023A Q&A with Hemanshi Galaiya, who is completing her PhD with the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.

Building better bioeconomies

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Transforming societies

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

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

Stem cells, growing brains, and the quest to cure deadly diseases

uqccla15 — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:16:08 +0000

2 December 2022The problem, according to Professor Ernst Wolvetang, is that the brain he wants to study is usually still inside someone’s skull. So that’s why he grows his own.

Biomedical and clinical sciences

Building better bioeconomies

��̽�� partners in global vaccine hub in Queensland

uqccla15 — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:14:06 +0000

5 December 2022Queensland will become a global mRNA vaccine hub with a $280 million Translational Science Hub to be established in the state.

Building better bioeconomies

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

��̽�� 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 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

What’s fuelling the surge in petrol prices?

uqccla15 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:08:57 +0000

31 March 2022��̽�� experts explain the soaring prices at the pump, the history of energy wars in Australia and options for a secure energy future.

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Social understanding

Why it's profitable to put your customers first over products

uqccla15 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 22:49:47 +0000

14 March 2022Associate Professor Tim Kastelle says all businesses must think of themselves as delivering a service to thrive, regardless of their product offerings.

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

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

The new challenge facing the COVID-hit tourism industry

uqccla15 — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 21:35:36 +0000

17 September 2021Associate Professor Richard Robinson is investigating the impact of COVID-19 on Queensland’s tourism workforce and developing a crisis resilience and recovery plan with the support of the state government.

COVID-19

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

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.

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Energy, water and resources

Environment

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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

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.

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Environment

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding

Researchers smash avocado production bottleneck

uqccla15 — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:24:51 +0000

17 June 2021If you enjoy avocado on your toast in the morning, you will soon be thanking University of Queensland researchers for keeping up the supply of your favourite breakfast fare.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Transforming societies

Building better bioeconomies

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

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

Ola has left Australia. What does it mean for the future of ridesharing in Australia?

Bioplastics vital in fight against ‘wicked' plastic pollution

Hemanshi Galaiya: STEM for kids and building a future for Kenya

Addressing the challenge of water scarcity in Chile

The desert lab and its spinifex secrets

Stem cells, growing brains, and the quest to cure deadly diseases

����̽�� partners in global vaccine hub in Queensland

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

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

Meet the food fraud detectives

What’s fuelling the surge in petrol prices?

Why it's profitable to put your customers first over products

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

The new challenge facing the COVID-hit tourism industry

Food systems and the bioeconomy

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

A sustainable approach to hotel happiness

Researchers smash avocado production bottleneck

��̽�� partners in global vaccine hub in Queensland

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