Slowing food spoilage without chemicals
宅男导航 studies have used a natural tree sap gum and light to extend the shelf life of fresh fruit and vegetables to combat food waste.
26 February 2025
Flexible crystals reveal secrets of elasticity
Australian scientists have gained new insights into the fundamental behaviour of flexible materials, allowing for the design of new building materials and technology.
24 February 2025
宅男导航 copper processing start-up to help unlock global resources
Inaccessible supplies of an element crucial to powering a clean-energy future are set to be unlocked with technology developed by 宅男导航.
17 February 2025
It鈥檚 a leopard-eat-dog world 鈥� and people are benefiting from it. A study has found the world鈥檚 densest population of leopards may be saving human lives by feeding on feral dogs.
8 March 2018
Concentrating at work can be hard at the best of times, but imagine how difficult it would be when infected with parasites.
8 March 2018
Media coverage of the torching of huge caches of ivory presented a strong message against elephant poaching and ivory trade, but many of those who needed to hear it most may not have received it, an international study has found.
6 March 2018
Equality, diversity and saving the planet 鈥� 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 2018
The death of coral reefs is a more significant factor in the erosion of tropical coastlines than rising sea levels, an international study has revealed.
1 March 2018
Australians are among the most mobile people in the world, with four in 10 changing address every five years, and nearly 15 per cent moving every year.
28 February 2018
Venom researchers from 宅男导航 have uncovered a unique and complex venom system within the tiny assassin bug.
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They鈥檙e at the top of the food chain, they can cure cancer, and they鈥檙e out to eat us 鈥� or maybe not. 宅男导航 alumnus and adjunct fellow marine biologist Dr Blake Chapman takes the bite out of 10 shark myths.
21 February 2018
Five University of Queensland researchers have joined the largest all-female expedition to Antarctica, the culmination of a year-long program to promote the influence and leadership of women in science.
20 February 2018
Therapeutics inspired by venoms could provide the key to treatment for a common gastrointestinal disease if a collaboration between researchers from 宅男导航 and Danish biotech company Zealand Pharma A/S is successful.
20 February 2018
Laws intended to protect Queensland鈥檚 most-threatened forests are failing, with the most vulnerable forests falling even faster than other forests.
29 January 2018
The continued survival of one of Australia鈥檚 rarest rodents, the water mouse, could hinge on significantly increasing the size of development buffer zones around their habitats.
25 January 2018
They can be as small as a grain of salt, but tiny crystals that form deep in volcanoes may be the key for advance warnings before volcanic eruptions.
23 January 2018
Animal carnivores living in and around human habitation are declining at an unprecedented rate 鈥� but they may provide crucial benefits to human societies.
19 January 2018
Vets and dog owners are being warned that canine parvovirus 鈥� a contagious and often fatal disease 鈥� is spreading rapidly among Australian dogs.
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