News and events

School’s out, uni’s in: Qld teens head to QUT Future You Summit
More than 330 of Queensland’s smartest Year 11s and 12s are swapping school for university over their winter holidays to supercharge their future at the annual QUT Future You Summit in Brisbane.

Report outlines blueprint to grow Australia’s bioeconomy
A QUT report published today into Australia’s bioeconomy has called for a national strategy and outlined the five key steps needed to grow a sustainable economic future.

Prestigious prize for international air quality expert
Distinguished Professor Lidia Morawska has been awarded a Honoris Causa Doctorate from Lublin University of Technology (LUT) in Poland for her globally significant work in air quality research and its effect on human health and the environment.

Bovotica secures $3.4m to reduce methane emissions from cows
Bovotica, a pioneering agtech spinout from QUT, has successfully raised $3.4 million in its seed funding round.

Smart energy: Green hydrogen project receives national award
A seven-year QUT green energy project that successfully designed, built and tested a hydrogen pilot plant in Brisbane has received national recognition following the project’s completion.

Crystal clues on Mars point to watery and possibly life-supporting past
A QUT-led study analysing data from NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered compelling evidence of multiple mineral-forming events just beneath the Martian surface – findings that bring scientists one step closer to answering the profound question: did life ever exist on Mars?