Building better bioeconomies

Take 5: Our researchers make sense of the world 5 questions at a time

uqccla15 — Mon, 20 May 2024 01:40:48 +0000

20 May 2024Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa is striving to answer the question: how can we produce, process, preserve and protect our food in the most natural way possible?

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

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Business transformation

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Social understanding

From the outback to the Olympics: how native food is changing how we eat and buy

uqccla15 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 03:15:32 +0000

26 April 2024Professor Yasmina Sultanbawa has a vision: native food telling the story of Australia's Indigenous culture at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Environment

Impact

Leading healthy lives

Transforming societies

Ola has left Australia. What does it mean for the future of ridesharing in Australia?

uqccla15 — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:33:24 +0000

15 April 2024Indian rideshare giant Ola announced in April that it would cease operations in Australia. What does it mean for the cost of rideshare fares?

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Social understanding

Bioplastics vital in fight against ‘wicked' plastic pollution

uqccla15 — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:12:38 +0000

31 January 2024Bioplastics can help address the “wicked problem” of plastic pollution, but companies and research institutions need to take a holistic approach, says Associate Professor Steven Pratt.

Health and wellbeing

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Building better bioeconomies

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Addressing the challenge of water scarcity in Chile

uqccla15 — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:25:41 +0000

2 March 2023Rainfall in Central Chile has dropped by a third in the past decade. It's a major climate issue that needs urgent attention, and SMI's researchers believe they have a solution.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

The desert lab and its spinifex secrets

uqccla15 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 22:54:04 +0000

1 February 2023A new desert-based laboratory has tapped into traditional knowledge to develop nanomaterials from spinifex.

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Materials and advanced manufacturing

Is coffee going extinct? Here’s how it could impact you.

uqccla15 — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:15:22 +0000

28 September 2022By 2050, experts predict that climate change could kill off the 2 main coffee varieties we drink daily while also jeopardising 60 per cent of the planet’s 124 wild coffee plants.

Agribusiness

Building better bioeconomies

Environment

�첥ɫ��Ƭ research to revolutionise pest control around the world

uqccla15 — Mon, 16 May 2022 21:44:56 +0000

17 May 2022Our scientists have developed an environmentally friendly spray which could prove to be a game-changer for the agricultural industry.

Agribusiness

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Energy, water and resources

Environment

What’s fuelling the surge in petrol prices?

uqccla15 — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 23:08:57 +0000

31 March 2022�첥ɫ��Ƭ experts explain the soaring prices at the pump, the history of energy wars in Australia and options for a secure energy future.

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Social understanding

Why it's profitable to put your customers first over products

uqccla15 — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 22:49:47 +0000

14 March 2022Associate Professor Tim Kastelle says all businesses must think of themselves as delivering a service to thrive, regardless of their product offerings.

Building better bioeconomies

Business transformation

Food systems and the bioeconomy

uqccla15 — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:54:41 +0000

13 September 2021Modern food systems must take into consideration the complexities of sustainably producing nutritious food while reducing the use of increasingly scarce and fragile resources to meet the needs of consumers, writes Professor Matthew Morell.

Achieving resilient environments and livelihoods

Building better bioeconomies

Energy, water and resources

Environment

Transforming societies

A sustainable approach to hotel happiness

uqccla15 — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:37:50 +0000

9 August 2021From eco-tourism hotels in Slovenia to luxury chains in Australia, a �첥ɫ��Ƭ Business School researcher is working with operators to change the way tourism tackles sustainability, while making it fun for guests.

Building better bioeconomies

Environment

Leading healthy lives

Social understanding