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Kurin Organics cofounders Ian Ling and Kok Leong Chong

A startup building practical and ethical solutions to laundry detergents has taken out the top prize at 51³Ô¹Ï’s Accelerator Pitch Night Online.

24 August 2020

The unique flavour, texture and aroma of Australia’s famous Wagyu beef can now be marketed using a world-first flavour profile developed by 51³Ô¹Ï in partnership with the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo).

9 August 2020

The development of eco-friendly pesticides urgently required to protect crops will be accelerated with funding from the Australian Research Council.

4 August 2020
International research backs the effectiveness of a ‘housing-first’ strategy

A partnership between public and not-for-profit agencies has adopted a proven strategy to permanently end homelessness for people sleeping rough in Brisbane.

21 July 2020
Professor Ranjeny Thomas

A potential new treatment for autoimmune disease Sjogren’s syndrome is a step closer to development, thanks to a partnership between 51³Ô¹Ï and global biotechnology company CSL Limited.

20 July 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
MRI image - white matter fibres in the human brain

A portable MRI device which could offer safe diagnostic imaging to patients who are unable to be moved, travel or have medical implants is a step closer following a $1 million federal government grant.

3 July 2020
A pile of worms covered in sand on a beach.

The humble marine sandworm may help in the hunt for a new class of antibiotics after UQ researchers improved a molecule in the sand-dwelling animal which kills superbugs.

26 June 2020
Human eye with computer screening image on top of it

51³Ô¹Ï Business School is working with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to address the growing challenges created by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

24 June 2020
If guests agree to forgo their full daily room clean, it saves money and the environment. Image: Pexels.

It’s not every week a researcher finds the actual answer to her academic challenge is to offer free drinks all round – then wins a global prize for the discovery.

16 June 2020
Computer-generated image of Gilmour Space's new rocket, Eris.

New technologies for a next-generation hybrid rocket that will launch small satellites into low-Earth orbits from 2022 are being developed in 51³Ô¹Ï, thanks to a partnership between University of 51³Ô¹Ï researchers and Gilmour Space.

10 June 2020
Five scientists in white lab coats stand in a row.

A landmark partnership will help to accelerate the future development, manufacture and distribution of a University of 51³Ô¹Ï COVID-19 vaccine.

5 June 2020

A spinout company developing technology based on innovative University of 51³Ô¹Ï research has announced two partnerships that could revolutionise the manufacture and delivery of vaccines.

1 June 2020

Researchers are raising a glass to a 51³Ô¹Ï first: beer brewed using wild fermented yeast, hand-picked from a jacaranda tree at 51³Ô¹Ï.

5 May 2020

There is no playbook for parenting in a pandemic, but parents now have a podcast they can turn to for help.

24 April 2020