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University of Queensland (UQ) researchers are helping workers in developing countries make the agribusiness sector fairer and better value.

A massive international research effort has led to development of a genetic model for the ‘ultimate’ chickpea, with the potential to lift crop yields by up to 12 per cent.

Meet Abia Akram, an alumna of the UQ-led Women in Executive Leadership Development short course, working to reduce the risk of disasters we face in the Asia-Pacific.

UQ International Development wins 2021 UQ Awards for Excellence in the category of Service.

Cracked phone screens could become a thing of the past thanks to breakthrough research conducted at The University of Queensland.

In partnership with the Australia-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, National Australia Bank and the Investment NSW, and The University of Queensland is delighted to feature in the second Rethink, Reset 2021 report on ‘The Road to Net Zero.’

Latin American Colloquium (LAC) panellist, Martha Jimenez, is an international student from Peru in the School of Earth, and Environmental Sciences. Martha reflects on how the global pandemic changed her views on education.

As part of a three-year Australian Research Council project in partnership with US-based Motif FoodWorks, University of Queensland engineers and food scientists are creating plant proteins that mimic the taste and textures of real meat.

The University of Queensland’s Dr Benjamin Pope and colleagues at the Dutch national observatory ASTRON have been searching for planets using the world’s most powerful radio telescope Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) situated in the Netherlands.

Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders have increased by more than 25 per cent worldwide, according to a world-first study of the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.

A UQ researcher is examining residents’ perceived wellbeing and life satisfaction in Ichikawa City in Japan in response to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games and government management of COVID-19.

Two innovative and sustainable projects have been approved for US$20,000 in funding in the 2021 Emory-UQ Collaborative Partnership Research Grant.

Agricultural professionals and researchers in the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) partner countries will soon be able to rapidly advance their skills and improve their research through ‘ACIAR Learn’. 

Increasing access to cost effective, evidence-based treatment for alcohol and drug use is the focus of a University of Queensland-led Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

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.

Martha Adjorlolo manages the University of Ghana’s dairy processing unit. After completing an agribusiness course designed by The University of Queensland (UQ), she taught vulnerable single mothers the business skills needed to support themselves and their families.

MD-PhD candidate Rosie Stoke has won The University of Queensland’s 2021 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition and will go on to represent UQ in the Asia-Pacific 3MT Competition next month.

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.

Both Presidents and Vice-Chancellors of The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), Professor Deborah Terry AO and Professor Lalith Gamage, met virtually to sign an International Cooperation Agreement and Recognition of Prior Learning Agreement on 7 September 2021.

Bird species across the globe are suffering and dying from a type of malaria and while these strains are not infectious to humans, they’re spreading quickly through global transmission hotspots.