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Biorobotics reveal the secret lives of bugs and bees

uqebla11 — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:58:15 +0000

Technology that combines infrared lighting, robotics and a retroreflective marker is allowing scientists to follow and film insects as they fly in their natural environme

5 December 2024

Collaboration key to ultimate genotypes in plants and livestock

uqebla11 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 02:49:40 +0000

ҹɫ��Ƶ researchers are setting the agenda for breeding high yield, heat tolerant and disease-resistant crops and low emission cattle with excellent feed conversion efficiency

20 November 2024

Mitigating heat stress in heifers to prevent stock losses

uqccla12 — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 03:17:55 +0000

A three-year pilot project led by ҹɫ��Ƶ has shown installing shade structures in largely treeless paddocks could increase calf survival rates.

19 November 2024

Fermenting a future for food in Australia

uqnroock — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:30:16 +0000

Forming a National Food Plan and appointing a food minister are among the key recommendations of a white paper into growing a precision fermentation industry in Australia

18 November 2024

Researchers target sorghum breeding to boost grain crops

uqccla12 — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 05:35:24 +0000

A research team led by ҹɫ��Ƶ is on track to solve a major problem for Australian farmers using targeted breeding to improve yields for sorghum crops.

28 October 2024

Aussie avocado technology to hit Latin America

uqmjon20 — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:52:45 +0000

A tissue-culture propagation technology developed at ҹɫ��Ƶ to grow hundreds of plants from a single cutting is set to bolster avocado production across Latin America.

9 October 2024

Unique building to grow precision plant research at ҹɫ��Ƶ

uqnroock — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 01:16:36 +0000

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

4 October 2024

ҹɫ��Ƶ model predicts tick cases in Queensland pets

uqnroock — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 06:14:09 +0000

For the first time ҹɫ��Ƶ scientists have been able to make a prediction about the severity of upcoming tick seasons to help vet surgeries and pet owners prepare.

26 September 2024

Lighting a path to the future of vertical farming

uqnroock — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:13:53 +0000

Technology and improved plant science are the keys to indoor farming contributing to global food needs, according to ҹɫ��Ƶ’s Professor of Protected Cropping.

25 September 2024

Science backs traditional knowledge of Kakadu plum health benefits

uqnroock — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:56:26 +0000

ҹɫ��Ƶ research has confirmed antioxidant properties in an Australian bushfood used by Indigenous people for generations.

18 September 2024