Concentrating at work can be hard at the best of times, but imagine how difficult it would be when infected with parasites.
8 March 2018People locked out of the renewable energy market by cost, knowledge barriers or restrictive housing arrangements, such as renters, could benefit from emerging community energy schemes.
5 March 2018Equality, diversity and saving the planet – these are just a few things on the to-do list for University of Queensland Professor Kerrie Wilson, who has been appointed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Committee.
2 March 2018Scientists are calling for immediate action to secure the world’s remaining intact forests, with a study finding most are at serious risk of being lost in the near term.
27 February 2018Queensland data science, user-experience design and power systems experts are working to develop a world-first data platform that will harness information from potentially millions of households.
12 February 2018Laws intended to protect Queensland’s most-threatened forests are failing, with the most vulnerable forests falling even faster than other forests.
29 January 2018The continued survival of one of Australia’s rarest rodents, the water mouse, could hinge on significantly increasing the size of development buffer zones around their habitats.
25 January 2018Animal carnivores living in and around human habitation are declining at an unprecedented rate – but they may provide crucial benefits to human societies.
19 January 2018Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Õ¬Äе¼º½x Massive Open Online Course program has reached two million enrolments, and is set to continue growing as it expands its MicroMasters offerings.
12 January 2018No net loss – a buzz phrase in environmental policy – is an approach that aims to neutralise negative environmental impacts from human activities.
12 January 2018Fleas from domestic pets are infesting native wildlife and feral animals in all continents except Antarctica, a new study reveals.
8 January 2018The power of pee as a potential sustainable source of fertiliser is about to be tested for the first time.
15 December 2017Maps of the world’s most important wilderness areas are now freely available online following a University of Queensland-led study published today.
13 December 2017Skyrocketing prices for rare animal products can push species to extinction even when their populations are abundant, researchers say.
5 December 2017Just three per cent of the Great Barrier Reef’s corals may hold the key to regenerating reefs damaged after major disturbances, new research reveals.
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