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The Queensland node of the centre will be led by Professor Graeme Hammer from Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation.

Queensland scientists will play a key role in a new Australian research centre working to increase major food crop yields. University of Queensland researchers will form the Queensland node of the $22 million Australian Research Council Centre of...

24 October 2014

A leading environmental researcher from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will offer an insight into mineral wealth in Congo during a visit to Õ¬Äе¼º½ next week.

28 August 2014
An artist’s impression of a ring of interacting absorbers tuned correctly to absorb light particles (photons) at much faster rate than any one absorber alone.(c) 2014 Simon Benjamin

An international team of theoretical quantum physicists is working on a way of absorbing light and storing it as energy.

22 August 2014

Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Centre for Coal Seam Gas (CCSG) has attracted $3.25 million in funding to further its research capabilities.

15 August 2014
The collapse of corroded concrete sewer pipes can cause major infrastructure damage, such as this sinkhole created in San Francisco. Picture source: AP via AAP/George Nikitin

A team of University of Queensland researchers has found a way to save water providers hundreds of millions of dollars a year by reducing sewer corrosion.

14 August 2014
An artist's impression of the solar research facility at Õ¬Äе¼º½ Gatton on completion. Image: Wilson Architects

Õ¬Äе¼º½ and First Solar have begun construction on a 3.275 megawatt solar photovoltaic research facility at Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Gatton campus.

6 August 2014
Traditional lifestyles are being challenged by the mining boom in Mongolia.

New research from Õ¬Äе¼º½ has helped find practical solutions to gender-based violence issues stemming from Mongolia’s mining boom.

16 June 2014

Professor John Foster, Director of Õ¬Äе¼º½â€™s Energy Economics and Management Group, is available to comment on electricity changes.

3 June 2014
Photo of Professor Clive L Bell here

A lifelong commitment to sustainable mining has brought recognition for a highly accomplished and long-serving University of Queensland academic, Emeritus Professor Clive L. Bell.

23 May 2014

Researchers at Õ¬Äе¼º½ (Õ¬Äе¼º½), the Harvard Kennedy School, and Clark University have uncovered that conflict with communities is costing mining companies billions of dollars.

13 May 2014
Waste metals could provide up to 70 per cent of Australia’s metal consumption each year.

Researchers from Õ¬Äе¼º½ are looking at an untapped vein of metals, potentially worth $2 billion a year, but it won’t be found in a mine.

28 March 2014

Õ¬Äе¼º½ (Õ¬Äе¼º½) is moving to ensure the results of its research are widely available.

7 February 2014
Global Change Institute scientists are working with local communities to monitor sea level rise in the Solomon Islands, a region which has experienced some of the highest climate change-related sea level rise in the world. Photo: Dr Javier Leon.

Most of the Earth’s remaining fossil fuels must be left in the ground to avoid disastrous consequences for today’s young people and for future generations, according to research published today.

4 December 2013

Australia’s power system needs a combination of a carbon price supported by direct action incentives aimed at businesses if it is to withstand future supply and price shocks.

21 November 2013

Fair negotiation of landowner compensation for coal seam gas extraction is one of the much-needed projects at the heart of Queensland’s new mining law research centre, to be officially launched tonight.

7 November 2013