See the most recent research updates from QUT this month including Australia's first lunar rover, Roo-ver, QUT researchers named AAHMS fellows, Indigenous STEM students set for NASA missions, two QUT researchers celebrated at the Women in Technology Awards, a $1.5M grant to harness AI to improve health outcomes and Australia's first grid-connected sodium-sulfur battery.
Roo-ver reveal at QUT in World Space Week
The new model of Australia's first lunar rover, Roo-ver, was unveiled today at the QUT Yandiwanba lunar test facility as part of World Space Week. Read more.
$1.5M grant to harness AI to improve health outcomes
Professor Steven McPhail, from QUT’s School of Public Health and Social Work, has been awarded an NHMRC grant of $1,491,992.40 for the project, Building AI Launch Pads in Health Services: Accelerating Safe, Scalable, Evidence-Based AI Implementation and Sustainment. Read more.
Prestigious award for reshaping psychological research on anxiety disorders
Dr Luke Ney has been awarded the prestigious Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia’s 2026 Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research. Read more.
QUT-led project delivers Australia's first grid-connected sodium-sulfur battery
Bushfire smoke increasingly impacting Queensland city air quality: QUT study
Bushfire smoke is affecting Queensland urban air quality more often and more severely than previously understood, with new QUT-led research revealing bushfire-impacted hours have almost tripled in recent years, increasing health risks for communities. Read more.
Simple scale improves understanding of how empathy influences our behaviour
QUT researchers have developed a short, practical scale that measures how people experience empathy, distinguishing between understanding another person’s feelings and sharing either their positive or negative emotions. Read more.
QUT Indigenous STEM students set for NASA mission
Two QUT students are among the eight Indigenous Australian students who will travel to the United States for a 10-week placement at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Read more.
QUT researchers named AAHMS Fellows
Distinguished Professor Lyn Griffiths AM and Distinguished Professor Yuantong Gu have been named Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS). Read more.
QUT researchers celebrated at Women in Technology Awards
Two researchers and educators from the QUT Faculty of Science have been honoured for their groundbreaking work at the 2026 Women in Technology (WiT) Awards. Read more.
QUT researchers awarded more than $15 million in ARC Future Fellowships
QUT researchers have secured more than $15 million in Australian Research Council Future Fellowship funding, with 13 researchers awarded support for projects spanning renewable energy, robotics, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, education, environmental science and disaster resilience. Read more.
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