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Tactical Research Unit Director Rob Orr assesses serviceman undertaking occupational therapy. Photo credit: © Tactical Research Unit, Bond University

Assoc. Prof Dana Stanley from CQUniversity’s Institute for Future Farming Systems working on probiotic nutritional supplements for improved chicken health. Photo credit: © Institute for Future Farming Systems, CQUniversity Australia

Breakthrough research on silicon carbide on silicon (Si) platform technology. Photo credit: © Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre at Griffith University

JCU Researchers with the ARC Research Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture through Genetic Solutions holding a barramundi over tank. Photo credit: © Andrew Rankin Photography

Dr. Alison Carey investigates infectious diseases in relation to human reproductive health. Photo credit: © Centre for Immunology and Infection Control, QUT

Felix Lo, Mechanical Engineer from the QUT Energy Storage Research Group, placing prismatic cells on test. Photo credit: © Tony Phillips, QUT

Chief Investigator, Dr. Wahid Ferdous inspects the first sustainable composite railway transoms to replace use of timber. Photo credit: © School of Engineering, University of Southern Queensland

Dr. Mazhar Peerzada using a robotic double carrier braiding machine. Photo credit: © Centre for Future Materials, Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences, University of Southern Queensland

Silk strands emerging from glands on a spider’s abdomen are being investigated for use as microscale optical fibres. Photo credit: © Dr. Bronwen Cribb enhanced by Jenny Whiting, UQ Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis

A dilution refrigerator that cools quantum devices to milli-Kelvin temperatures. Photo credit: © ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) at the University of Queensland

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