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  • Animal-inspired liquid metal 'spines' in focus being held with tweezers with a researcher wear safety goggles in the background.

    Giving animal strength to medical robotics

    ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ researchers have developed a 3D printing method to produce shape-shifting liquid metal robotics with musculoskeletal qualities inspired by animal physiology.

    19 December 2024
  • Backs of an audience in a dark conference room facing the stage.

    Queensland the home of Quantum

    Growing Australia’s quantum ecosystem will be the focus when hundreds of delegates from government, industry and research converge in Brisbane next year.

    19 November 2024
  • Two hands lean on a desktop holding a phone

    Facebook ads targeting people at risk of harm under scrutiny

    A ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ-led study has revealed how alcohol and gambling companies target people with Facebook advertising for addictive products.

    18 November 2024
An AI overlay of traffic direction and movement as cars zoom on a freeway at dusk.

A Brisbane-based software start-up formed by Uniquest and using AI to improve road safety has been acquired by Canadian company Transoft Solutions.

15 November 2024
Generic image of a sprinters getting ready to start a race on an athletics track.

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ will pioneer quantum sensory methods that could improve the detection of performance-enhancing drugs in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

15 October 2024
Male researcher under red light in a quantum physics lab.

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ will be at the forefront of developing quantum technologies on a global stage, after securing more than $29 million through the Queensland Quantum and Advanced Technologies Strategy.

4 October 2024
a large brick building against a blue sky with glasshouses on its roof

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
hands in blue gloves hold a small vial containing yellow liquid and white hose

Technology developed at ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ can remove harmful ‘forever chemicals’ from water so they can be used in renewable batteries.

4 September 2024
A group of 8 people standing shoulder to shoulder, smiling.

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ has launched a $45 million research initiative to position Australia as a global leader in quantum biotechnology, and tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.

3 September 2024
a woman sits in a chair and draws a bow with her foot and mouth

Technology has enabled athletes with disabilities to reach incredible heights but it has also introduced new challenges, particularly in ensuring fairness and equity in competition.

2 September 2024
some wires and tech equipment sits inside a concrete-surrounded hole in the ground

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ research has won an international innovation award for successfully tackling odour and corrosion in sewers.

29 August 2024
A man stands at a lectern with his hand raised.

A research effort to flip carbon dioxide from a climate change problem to a solution has been launched at ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ.

31 July 2024
Bright light over rocks showing voltage being discharged

Zapping rocks with a high-voltage pulse – similar to a lightning strike – could be the answer to decarbonising the mining industry according to researchers from ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ.

14 May 2024
two researchers looking at a large machine

A range of hyper accurate cancer drugs is in production at a newly opened research and manufacturing hub at ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ.

8 May 2024
A cyclist rides across a busy road in the Brisbane suburb of West End, with a car passing in the other lane.

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 diagram showing co2 clouds descending into four discs and electricity symbolised by lightening bolts flowing along wires

¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ researchers have built a generator that absorbs carbon dioxide to make electricity.

18 April 2024
A four wheeled rover with an excavator attachment on a sandy field

A team of aspiring students from ¿ì²¥É«ÇéƬ has won a share in honours in an international space competition.

3 April 2024