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Cheaper and more efficient solar cells for households and commercial applications are a step closer thanks to new research that will help prove the stability and longevity of this emerging technology.

Queensland researchers and farmers are teaming up to design nanotechnology that repurposes agricultural waste into high-value soil products.

Nissa Carrodus has trained countless students in the ways of the lab over her 15 years as a research assistant. Now she’s starting a PhD of her own.

AIBN researchers have secured a major grant to position lignin as a key plank in the $15 billion market for sustainable rubbers, adhesives, and coatings.

With the support of the Lily Foundation, University of Cambridge Neurologist Dr Jelle van den Ameele and AIBN group leader Dr Seth Cheetham are hoping to change the fortunes of those born with a fatal condition.

From paper aeroplanes to angry polymers and antimicrobial coatings, AIBN research rose to the top during UQ's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in 2024.

Researchers from the AIBN have made a significant step towards enabling women with epilepsy safer access to a common anti-seizure medication.

Organoid researchers at the AIBN have won $4.1 million MRFF grant to prove the effectiveness of epilepsy drugs made from spider venom.

A fresh round of Advance Queensland funding will help AIBN researchers team up with industry to develop next-gen lithium-ion batteries, indoor solar panels, and nanotech-assisted kits for drug screening.

The threat of climate change – the saying goes – is like a frog stuck in a rapidly heating pot of water...

AIBN researchers are removing harmful ‘forever chemicals’ from the environment and repurposing them in renewable batteries.

AIBN researchers are looking at how polymer tadpoles could help improve integrin-targeted therapy for certain cancer stem cells.

Researchers from The University of Queensland are using synthetic biology to help the world’s biggest businesses transition to net zero.

Dr Samantha Stehbens says a cell's journey through crowded tissue environments remains shrouded in mystery. In Nature Cell Biology, she may have some new answers.

The votes are in, and a tiny brain in a dish has trumped digital cholesterol and a jar of goo.

A new facility at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology is set to provide researchers with cancer vaccines tailored to individual patients.

A new nanodevice designed by AIBN researchers analyses sugars on the surface of cellular messenger particles to catch early signs of lung cancer.

A new parcel of federal funding will help AIBN researchers produce clinical-grade mRNA products that are safer and better quality, and will potentially cost less.

Redox flow batteries could be the key that unlocks the global renewable energy transition. Jens Noack plans to ensure Queensland leads the way.

By feeding waste gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane to certain bacteria, Antonia Ebert is producing bioplastics that break down naturally in the environment.