Capturing PFAS chemicals for better battery technology
Technology developed at UQ can remove harmful ‘forever chemicals’ from water so they can be used in renewable batteries.
4 September 2024
Reef tourism encourages climate action
°ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ research has revealed that informing tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef about climate impact doesn’t negatively affect their experience and can help encourage climate action.
3 September 2024
Transitioning the world’s biggest companies to net zero
A new $60-million Biosustainability Hub at UQ will use synthetic biology to help the world’s biggest businesses transition to net zero.
26 August 2024
Australia’s environmental laws are failing to stop high rates of tree clearing to make way for agriculture, development and mining, according to University of Queensland research.
21 August 2024
A °ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ library – full of hailstones instead of books – is helping researchers to better understand and predict damaging storms.
16 August 2024
Leading scientists have found that sea surface temperatures on the Great Barrier Reef have reached a 400-year critical level, with human-induced climate change to blame.
8 August 2024
A research effort to flip carbon dioxide from a climate change problem to a solution has been launched at UQ.
31 July 2024
As Paris prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the sustainability of the event is coming under scrutiny.
26 July 2024
Researchers have uncovered an under the sea phenomenon where coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish larvae have been feasting on blue-green algae bacteria known as ‘sea sawdust’.
18 July 2024
°ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ-led research has found migrating humpback whales off Australia’s east coast became less stressed over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
5 July 2024A unique method of monitoring river health has uncovered an army of tiny organisms fighting to protect the Brisbane River.
28 June 2024
°ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ researchers have outlined 5 key steps needed to speed up Australia’s transition to electric vehicles.
30 May 2024
Scientists are one step closer to combatting coral-destroying crown-of-thorns starfish, following a University of Queensland study into the pest’s genetics.
15 May 2024
°ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ researchers have received $3.6 million from the Federal and Queensland governments to improve water quality monitoring in Great Barrier Reef catchments.
8 May 2024
Turning kerbside carparks into cycling lanes could improve city accessibility and liveability without affecting business revenue, University of Queensland research has found.
7 May 2024
A native bushfood has proven to be a promising natural alternative to synthetic chemicals used to preserve meat, according to University of Queensland research.
24 April 2024
°ÄÃÅÆßÐÇͼ researchers have built a generator that absorbs carbon dioxide to make electricity.
18 April 2024
Remote cameras and conservation dogs will be deployed as part of a University of Queensland research project aiming to conserve four threatened Queensland reptile species.
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