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Three men in suits standing in UQ's Great Court.

An urgent increase in policy support and investment would be needed for carbon capture and storage (CCS) to achieve the scale needed to meet global decarbonisation goals, according to ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland and Princeton ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë researchers.

26 October 2021
Revegetation underway at a red mud site near Gladstone

Technology that could rehabilitate mine waste back to useful soil is entering full-scale trials at two Queensland sites.

16 September 2021
Two men standing in front of a staircase

Two first-year ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland students are the inaugural recipients of the Warwick Solar Farm – Bright Futures Scholarship, an annual investment in the Southern Downs community.

13 August 2021
Collage of various synchrotron X-ray fluorescence microscopy images of hyperaccumulator plants. The colours denote different elements. This data was acquired on the X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy beamline of the Australian Synchrotron (part of ANSTO), Victoria, Australia.

Harvesting plants that can absorb metal from the ground may offer a sustainable solution for mining and rehabilitation according to research underway at The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland.

12 August 2021
An artists impression of the new material, with nitrogen atoms included in two layers of honeycomb-patterned graphene.

As silicon-based technology reaches its absolute limits, a material engineered by ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland researchers could herald the next generation of electronics with more memory, faster speeds and advanced features.

8 July 2021
Researchers hold up the battery with a pair of tweezers

Faster-charging and more sustainable batteries with a life up to three times greater than lithium ion are being built with technology developed at The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland.

23 April 2021

Growing demand for metals necessary for the transition to a low carbon future will lead to more mining in high-risk areas, according to ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland research.

28 September 2020

Indigenous teenagers at remote schools rarely have opportunities to envision themselves in science, technology, engineering and maths careers – but one young Wiradjuri woman has found a path.

20 August 2020
A photo of a row of solar panels at a solar farm, with a bright blue sky in the background.

Australia’s renewable energy research capacity has been boosted with the completion of UQ's 64 megawatt solar farm at Warwick in the state’s south east.

17 July 2020
Faure Island in Shark Bay, Western Australia (Credit: Graham Fulton)

Artificial watering points in rangelands are posing an increasing threat to surrounding biodiversity long after the removal of livestock, according to ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland research.

7 July 2020
UQ's battery bank is lit green when it is charging. When discharging, it lights up blue.

Installing the state’s largest behind-the-meter battery has saved The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland almost $74,000 in electricity costs in three months.

20 May 2020

A consortium led by The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland and The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Western Australia has secured $30 million from the Federal Government to help regional communities transition to sustainable futures after their local mines close.

13 March 2020

The future of the world’s energy supply is a challenge that excites ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland graduand, Rhianna Cardamone.

11 December 2019
A worker jumps for joy at the Warwick Solar Farm project,

The ÄôСÓêÊÓƵ3·Ö25Ãë of Queensland has won a coveted Australasian Green Gown Award for its commitment to sustainability through the Warwick Solar Farm project in the inaugural 2030 Climate Action category.

19 November 2019

A rare element discovered in Great Barrier Reef coral skeletons will help scientists understand the environmental history of nearby regions.

21 October 2019