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A certificate III in Rural Operations will be delivered full-time at Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Gatton Campus next year.

4 November 2013

The Earth’s richest areas for biodiversity – northern South America and the western Pacific Ocean – are threatened by future fossil fuel extraction.

25 October 2013
Professor Paul Meredith ... "a game-changing project forAustralia"

Õ¬Äе¼º½ has signed a contract with First Solar (Australia) Pty Ltd for the construction of a solar photovoltaic research facility at Gatton.

23 October 2013

A student from Õ¬Äе¼º½ has been analysing a collection of almost 900 dead whalebirds, which were marooned on New Zealand’s west coasts after a storm in 2011 killed hundreds of thousands of them.

21 October 2013
Dr Claudia Vickers ... limonene one day could be a renewable, clean aviation fuel.     Photo: David Sproule

A University of Queensland researcher hopes to use a chemical found in lemons and other citrus fruits to make clean, renewable jet fuel.

9 October 2013
Dr Da-Wei Wang.

Developing better batteries has won a young researcher from Õ¬Äе¼º½ a prestigious international award.

3 October 2013

The world’s seagrass meadows are in trouble – but Australian scientists say early action can save them, even as sea levels rise.

25 September 2013
Professor Maree Smith . . . has two game-changing pain therapies close to being available on the global market

A vaccine against cervical cancer, a global parenting program, new forms of pain relief, better yielding crops and improved medical imaging are some of many high-impact outcomes of University of Queensland research.

19 September 2013

Manta rays are hard to miss - big and black, stretching up to seven metres wide, but scientists are concerned about the survival of the world’s largest ray.

9 September 2013

Green turtles are swallowing plastic at twice the rate they did 25 years ago, according to a University of Queensland study.

7 August 2013

A University of Queensland scientist’s quest to chart the best approach to environmental conservation has received a major boost through a $2.4m Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowship award announced yesterday.

10 July 2013
UNESCO World Heritage Site of Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, St Kitts and Nevis.

A cultural heritage expert from Õ¬Äе¼º½ Law School is working with UNESCO to protect historically significant shipwrecks in the Caribbean.

8 July 2013

A team led by a University of Queensland researcher has proven that the fearsome Komodo dragon is a victim of bad press.

25 June 2013

Leading solar energy pioneer and Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s (Õ¬Äе¼º½) Professor Paul Meredith has received the top honour at this year’s Premier’s Sustainability Awards.

19 June 2013
Prominent US energy expert Professor Eric McFarland will lead the new multimillion Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation at Õ¬Äе¼º½.

In a coup for Queensland, prominent US energy expert, Professor Eric McFarland will lead the new multimillion Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation at Õ¬Äе¼º½ (Õ¬Äе¼º½).

11 June 2013