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src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_landscape/333410/MC QA conference 620W Adobe.jpg?itok=SDGnilcX" alt="Backs of an audience in a dark conference room facing the stage." title="Internationally recognised experts will gather in Brisbane in March 2025 for the Quantum Australia Conference. Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/queensland-home-of-quantum">Queensland the home of Quantum</a></h3> <p class="summary">Growing Australia’s quantum ecosystem will be the focus when hundreds of delegates from government, industry and research converge in Brisbane next year. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">19 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class=""><div class="feature list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-landscape"><a href="/news/article/2024/11/facebook-ads-targeting-people-risk-of-harm-under-scrutiny"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_landscape/333330/MC Gambling Social Media Study Adobe Option 2 Width 530 .jpg?itok=D2psOnp0" alt="Two hands lean on a desktop holding a phone" title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/facebook-ads-targeting-people-risk-of-harm-under-scrutiny">Facebook ads targeting people at risk of harm under scrutiny </a></h3> <p class="summary">A UQ-led study has revealed how alcohol and gambling companies target people with Facebook advertising for addictive products.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">18 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </li> <li class=""><div class="feature list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-landscape"><a href="/news/article/2024/11/traffic-safety-start-gains-global-traction"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_landscape/333190/UniQuest traffic safety startup 530W Adobe.jpg?itok=2Y25YZTE" alt="An AI overlay of traffic direction and movement as cars zoom on a freeway at dusk." title="Image: Adobe. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/11/traffic-safety-start-gains-global-traction">Traffic safety start-up gains global traction</a></h3> <p class="summary">A Brisbane-based software start-up formed by Uniquest and using AI to improve road safety has been acquired by Canadian company Transoft Solutions.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">15 November 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="view-footer"> <hr /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-race-anti-doping-detection-quantum-sensor-technology">UQ to lead race in anti-doping detection with quantum sensor technology</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-race-anti-doping-detection-quantum-sensor-technology"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331843/UQ-Quantum-Challenge-anti-doping-athletics-generic.jpg?itok=3u-LDOR5" alt="Generic image of a sprinters getting ready to start a race on an athletics track." title="Image: Adobe." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-race-anti-doping-detection-quantum-sensor-technology">UQ to lead race in anti-doping detection with quantum sensor technology</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ will pioneer quantum sensory methods that could improve the detection of performance-enhancing drugs in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">15 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-quantum-evolution-29m-10-new-projects">UQ to lead quantum evolution with $29m for 10 new projects</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-quantum-evolution-29m-10-new-projects"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331350/Quantum funding announcement 620w.jpg?itok=RhpAJeo9" alt="Male researcher under red light in a quantum physics lab." title="Dr Tyler Neely, Program Coordinator of the Master of Quantum Technology at UQ." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/uq-lead-quantum-evolution-29m-10-new-projects">UQ to lead quantum evolution with $29m for 10 new projects</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">The University of Queensland will be at the forefront of developing quantum technologies on a global stage, after securing more than $29 million through the Queensland Quantum and Advanced Technologies Strategy.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">4 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/unique-building-grow-precision-plant-research-uq">Unique building to grow precision plant research at UQ</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/10/unique-building-grow-precision-plant-research-uq"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/331160/MC Plant Futures Facility 620W.jpg?itok=9xip8o76" alt="a large brick building against a blue sky with glasshouses on its roof" title="The Plant Futures Facility at UQ's St Lucia campus. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/10/unique-building-grow-precision-plant-research-uq">Unique building to grow precision plant research at UQ</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A high-tech building with rooms to mimic environments from rainforests to deserts will help Australian plant scientists and industry improve crop productivity and secure future food supplies. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">4 October 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/capturing-pfas-chemicals-better-battery-technology">Capturing PFAS chemicals for better battery technology </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/08/capturing-pfas-chemicals-better-battery-technology"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/328052/AIBN PFAS filter battery still 620W.jpg?itok=c5_xKTK8" alt="hands in blue gloves hold a small vial containing yellow liquid and white hose" title="PFAS chemicals extracted from contaminated water by the filter." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/capturing-pfas-chemicals-better-battery-technology">Capturing PFAS chemicals for better battery technology </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Technology developed at UQ can remove harmful ‘forever chemicals’ from water so they can be used in renewable batteries.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">4 September 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/quantum-leap-biology">A quantum leap for biology</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/08/quantum-leap-biology"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/329304/MC QUBIC launch 530W.jpg?itok=31QlnEKM" alt="A group of 8 people standing shoulder to shoulder, smiling." title="(L-R) Adjunct Professor Christine Williams, Dr Alan Finkel AC FAA FTSE, The Honourable Gabrielle Upton, Dr Richard Johnson, Professor Warwick Bowen, Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Professor Deborah Terry AO, Rachael Birks." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/quantum-leap-biology">A quantum leap for biology</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ has launched a $45 million research initiative to position Australia as a global leader in quantum biotechnology, and tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">3 September 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/technology-has-helped-para-athletes-compete-decades-it-can-also-create-unfair">Technology has helped para athletes compete for decades. But it can also create an unfair advantage</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/09/technology-has-helped-para-athletes-compete-decades-it-can-also-create-unfair"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/329097/Conversation- paralympics Sheetal Devi.jpg?itok=-7e_Q_J3" alt="a woman sits in a chair and draws a bow with her foot and mouth" title="Indian archer Sheetal Devi. Image: Felix Scheyer/AP" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/09/technology-has-helped-para-athletes-compete-decades-it-can-also-create-unfair">Technology has helped para athletes compete for decades. But it can also create an unfair advantage</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Technology has enabled athletes with disabilities to reach incredible heights but it has also introduced new challenges, particularly in ensuring fairness and equity in competition.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">2 September 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/uq-project-sweetens-sewers-extend-pipe-life">UQ project sweetens sewers to extend pipe life</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/08/uq-project-sweetens-sewers-extend-pipe-life"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/328747/MC not smelly sewers 620W.jpg?itok=BB4MP8jH" alt="some wires and tech equipment sits inside a concrete-surrounded hole in the ground" title="The UQ technology predicts and monitors hydrogen sulphide gas before calculating a precise dose of control chemicals." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/08/uq-project-sweetens-sewers-extend-pipe-life">UQ project sweetens sewers to extend pipe life</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ research has won an international innovation award for successfully tackling odour and corrosion in sewers.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">29 August 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/07/harnessing-co2-better-world">Harnessing CO2 for a better world</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/07/harnessing-co2-better-world"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/327221/MC GETCO2 launch Professor Zhang 620W.jpg?itok=_6TCU8uL" alt="A man stands at a lectern with his hand raised." title="Professor Xiwang Zhang at the launch of GETCO2 at UQ. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/07/harnessing-co2-better-world">Harnessing CO2 for a better world</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A research effort to flip carbon dioxide from a climate change problem to a solution has been launched at UQ.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">31 July 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/07/timber-venues-river-swimming-and-re-use-how-paris-olympics-going-green-%E2%80%93-and-what-it">Timber venues, river swimming and re-use: how the Paris Olympics is going green – and what it’s missing</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/07/timber-venues-river-swimming-and-re-use-how-paris-olympics-going-green-%E2%80%93-and-what-it"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/327007/Conversation-Heynen green olympics.jpg?itok=9oMLbIGq" alt="an aerial view of a stadium with raised seating surrounded by green parkland" title="A temporary stadium in the Champ-de-Mars, Paris. Ekaterina Pokrovsky/Shutterstock" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/07/timber-venues-river-swimming-and-re-use-how-paris-olympics-going-green-%E2%80%93-and-what-it">Timber venues, river swimming and re-use: how the Paris Olympics is going green – and what it’s missing</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">As Paris prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the sustainability of the event is coming under scrutiny.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">26 July 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/05/high-voltage-technology-supercharge-mining-industry">High-voltage technology to supercharge the mining industry</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/05/high-voltage-technology-supercharge-mining-industry"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/322512/SMI high voltage pulse1 edit 620W.jpg?itok=5oEUQmI6" alt="Bright light over rocks showing voltage being discharged " title="The High Voltage Pulse technology being used to break mineralised ores." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/05/high-voltage-technology-supercharge-mining-industry">High-voltage technology to supercharge the mining industry</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Zapping rocks with a high-voltage pulse – similar to a lightning strike – could be the answer to decarbonising the mining industry according to researchers from The University of Queensland.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">14 May 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-11 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/05/uq-hub-enable-new-range-of-precision-cancer-treatments">UQ hub to enable new range of precision cancer treatments </a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/05/uq-hub-enable-new-range-of-precision-cancer-treatments"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/321932/20240430-GlennHuntPhoto-620W.jpg?itok=GSb9zQKZ" alt="two researchers looking at a large machine" title="Image: Glenn Hunt " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/05/uq-hub-enable-new-range-of-precision-cancer-treatments">UQ hub to enable new range of precision cancer treatments </a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A range of hyper accurate cancer drugs is in production at a newly opened research and manufacturing hub at The University of Queensland. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">8 May 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-12 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/04/replacing-kerbside-carparking-bike-lanes-robin-hood-planning-idea">Replacing kerbside carparking with bike lanes: a Robin Hood planning idea</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/04/replacing-kerbside-carparking-bike-lanes-robin-hood-planning-idea"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/322542/MC Boundary St West End 530W.jpg?itok=-6lbu3g8" alt="A cyclist rides across a busy road in the Brisbane suburb of West End, with a car passing in the other lane." title="The research showed most visitors to Boundary Street in West End had travelled less than 10 kilometres. Image: The University of Queensland. " /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/04/replacing-kerbside-carparking-bike-lanes-robin-hood-planning-idea">Replacing kerbside carparking with bike lanes: a Robin Hood planning idea</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">Turning kerbside carparks into cycling lanes could improve city accessibility and liveability without affecting business revenue, University of Queensland research has found.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">7 May 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-13 views-row-odd"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/04/uq-turns-co2-sustainable-power">UQ turns CO2 into sustainable power</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/04/uq-turns-co2-sustainable-power"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/320766/MC nanogenerator 620W.jpg?itok=E3yS3GGg" alt="a diagram showing co2 clouds descending into four discs and electricity symbolised by lightening bolts flowing along wires" title="The UQ-developed technology absorbs carbon dioxide and generates electricity." /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/04/uq-turns-co2-sustainable-power">UQ turns CO2 into sustainable power</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ researchers have built a generator that absorbs carbon dioxide to make electricity. </p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">18 April 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-14 views-row-even"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/04/uq-space-makes-successful-landing-australian-rover-challenge">UQ Space makes successful landing at Australian Rover Challenge</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/04/uq-space-makes-successful-landing-australian-rover-challenge"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/320519/MC-rover-drupal.jpg?itok=wbXxXU2-" alt="A four wheeled rover with an excavator attachment on a sandy field" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/04/uq-space-makes-successful-landing-australian-rover-challenge">UQ Space makes successful landing at Australian Rover Challenge</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">A team of aspiring students from The University of Queensland has won a share in honours in an international space competition.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">3 April 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-15 views-row-odd views-row-last"> <div class="row tease list-item uq-core-article has-image" > <div class="twelve columns"> <div class="title-above"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/03/study-reveals-flood-mud-burden-moreton-bay">Study reveals flood mud burden on Moreton Bay</a></h3> </div> <div class="image-crop uq-core-medium-square"><a href="/news/article/2024/03/study-reveals-flood-mud-burden-moreton-bay"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/filething/get-styled/uq_core_medium_square/318859/MC Moreton mud 620W.jpg?itok=lS1Qc0Eu" alt="an aerial image of suburbs and a river with brown water coming out of it" /></a></div> <div class="content"> <div class="content-inner"> <div class="title-below hide"><h3><a href="https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/03/study-reveals-flood-mud-burden-moreton-bay">Study reveals flood mud burden on Moreton Bay</a></h3> </div> <p class="summary">UQ sampling during and after the February 2022 Brisbane River flood has sounded a warning about the future of Moreton Bay with climate change predicted to bring more extreme weather.</p> <span class="date-display-single"><span class="date-display">25 March 2024</span></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div class="item-list"><ul class="pager"><li class="pager-previous first"> </li> <li class="pager-current">1 of 28</li> <li class="pager-next last"><a href="/news/t/engineering-technology?page=1">older articles ›</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sub-content" class="twelve columns"> <div class="region region-sub-content"> <div id="block-feeds-link-topic-rss" class="block block-feeds-link"> <div class="block-content"> <div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a 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