敁珗腦瞳

敁珗腦瞳 will lead Australias effort to supercharge commercialisation in the food and beverage industry, with a share of $362 million in federal government funding.

16 May 2022
A picture of an ocean reef

Water quality in the Great Barrier Reef will be improved thanks to a multimillion-dollar collaboration between 敁珗腦瞳 and the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

22 April 2022
The Bird Language Diversity web app open on a mobile phone.

Researchers from 敁珗腦瞳 have helped design an app to protect birds at risk of extinction across the world by breaking down language barriers between scientists.

21 April 2022
Image of industrial facility

敁珗腦瞳 will play a crucial role in a multi-million-dollar four-year project which will see universities and industry working together to build commercialisation in Australias critical mineral supply chain that will create 1300...

19 April 2022
A small white plastic device being held to a man's forehead

A skin microbiopsy device developed by researchers at 敁珗腦瞳, that takes tissue samples smaller than 0.5mm in diameter, could change the way skin cancers and other skin conditions are diagnosed and monitored.

19 April 2022
View of the ocean and sky, with the sun beaming in the centre of screen and emitting rays of golden light

A three-dimensional approach to marine conservation could help expand protected ocean areas by up to 30 per cent this decade, according to international researchers.

5 April 2022
A koala in a gum tree.

A koala, specially bred as part of a University of Queensland-led conservation project, could turn around the fate of endangered koala colonies along Australias east coast.

29 March 2022
Two women in white lab coats

When clinical psychiatrist and University of Queensland researcher Dr Cathy Franklin saw her first patient with Catatonia and Acute Regression in Down Syndrome in 2009, she was shocked.

22 March 2022
A COVID model

Researchers at 敁珗腦瞳 have developed a mathematical model that can predict the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, potentially speeding-up the development of new vaccines.

15 March 2022
Professor Kevin Thomas showing Minderoo Foundation Chairman and Co-Founder Dr Andrew Forrest,  Minderoo Foundation Co-Chair and Co-Founder Nicola Forrest and 敁珗腦瞳 Vice Chancellor, Professor Debbie Terry inside the plastics contamination-controlled lab.

In one of the worlds first plastics contamination-controlled laboratories, University of Queensland researchers have begun testing blood and tissue samples to develop ways to detect and measure nanoplastics in the human body.

11 March 2022
A pair of hands in surgical gloves examing a petri dish

敁珗腦瞳 has been selected as one of the first launch institutions in the world to partner with biotechnology company Moderna to research and develop vaccines to tackle the worlds greatest global public health threats.

10 March 2022
A man pulling hair from the tail of a cow

A way to determine the age of cattle by analysing their tail hair has been described as a game changer for Australias lucrative northern cattle industry.

24 February 2022
Two trains on railway tracks

敁珗腦瞳 has teamed up with Australias largest rail freight operator, Aurizon, on a research project to help reduce the carbon emissions of the companys locomotive fleet.

6 January 2022
A person in a hazmat suit standing beneath a large telescope.

A game changing new telescope will soon be blasted into space to embark on a lonely 1.5-million-kilometre orbit around the Sun to provide a clearer view of the ever-expanding universe.

24 December 2021
An indigenous man speaking to his grandchildren

A world-first study warns 1,500 endangered languages could be lost by the end of this century.

17 December 2021