Technology that could rehabilitate mine waste back to useful soil is entering full-scale trials at two Queensland refineries. Researchers at The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) developed the bio-engineering … [Read more...]

Increasing reforestation efforts in coastal regions could substantially reduce the amount of sediment run-off reaching coral reefs and improve their resilience, a University of Queensland-led study has found. The study analysed more than 5,500 … [Read more...]

All of the world’s shallow coral reefs have been digitally mapped, thanks to a three-year project combining two million satellite images, enormous amounts of field data and University of Queensland-developed mapping techniques. The Allen Coral … [Read more...]

The University of Queensland has climbed to its best global position yet in the respected Times Higher Education University World Rankings. UQ jumped eight places from last year’s ranking to sit at equal 54th in the world, and moved up to equal … [Read more...]

A little more than twenty years ago, eliminating cervical cancer would have seemed an impossible dream, but now the achievable goal of halting the disease worldwide is the focus of a feature documentary film. Conquering Cancer stars cervical … [Read more...]