Waste Treatment & Environmental Management Feature Articles

A University of Queensland study has identified the ideal tilt and angle for solar panels on Brisbane roof tops.

Harvesting waste heat from power stations and even vehicle exhaust pipes could soon provide a valuable supply of electricity.

Chinese and Australian researchers are set to confront the challenges of climate change policy together under a new research program.

By using methods developed to study the interactions of particles and applying them to economics, researchers at the University of Sydney have shown that small changes can create a ...

What makes employees leave or stay in organisations and how organisations can improve employee retention is the focus of a public lecture being held at the University of South ...

As Australian companies begin the new financial year, business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal the industries set to soar and sink in 2013-14.

In an Australian first, research released last month shows packaging has a vital role to play within the supply chain in minimising food waste.

A shift from coal-fired to gas-fired power generation will not significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions, new research by the Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland ...

A Murdoch University researcher has examined the benefits and challenges of adopting smart meters in Western Australia as the state’s peak energy use continues to rise.

In light of a recent international report warning of impending food production shortages, Dr Shashi Sharma, Chair in Biosecurity and Food Security at Murdoch University, has a simple ...

Leonardo da Vinci once remarked "we know more about celestial bodies than the Earth underfoot", and in 500 years not a lot has changed — especially where most of our fresh water is ...

The performance of Australia's mining industry in restoring the native landscape could one day be judged by, koalas.

Much of the climate change scepticism in Australia can be traced back to the free-market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs.

Imagine a world without coal, one where mining companies didn't dig up fossil fuels but instead kept them in the ground where they couldn't be burned.

The federal government has been warned not enough is being done to protect miners from exposure to potentially dangerous levels of exhaust fumes.

Biomolecular engineers at the University of Sydney are creating cleaner, more cost-effective PPC polymers that promise to transform the biodegradable polymer industry.

Australian scientists have narrowed the predicted range of global warming through groundbreaking new research.

A researcher at the Griffith Business School has described Ford Australia’s closures as tragic but inevitable.

Edith Cowan University (ECU) researchers have developed a new water quality sensor utilising fibre optic nano technology.

A project to push the efficiency of nanoplasmonic solar cell technology has received a $4 million grant under the Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF).