Research with impact

QUBIC researchers work with partners across health, environment and industry to turn quantum science into practical tools and solutions. The examples below show how just a sample of our technologies are creating real impact. Explore what’s possible – and if you can see potential links to your own challenges, sign up for updates or contact us to start a conversation.

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Impact stories

03 Jun, 2025

Heat-Activated Imaging: New NIR-II Material Glows for a Longer Lifetime

Seeing deep into the brain without harming delicate tissue is one of the biggest challenges in medical imaging. Researchers from QUBIC at the University of Technology Sydney have developed a new mater ...

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20 May, 2025

Harnessing Red Light to Improve Honeybee Health and Honey Production

In 2024 a Translation Facilitation Project was awarded to harness red light to improve Honeybee health and honey production. Honeybees are vital to Australia’s agriculture and economy, supportin ...

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01 May, 2025

Quantum Microscopy Breakthrough Could Help Detect Hidden Threats in Our Food and Bodies

What if we could see the invisible? For example, the tiny molecules that signal disease or contamination without harming the cells we’re measuring. Centre researchers from The University of Queensla ...

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01 Mar, 2025

Cracking a Cancer Code: How Simulations Are Guiding Smarter Drug Design

Some of the most important breakthroughs in medicine happen at the tiniest scales, like inside our cells, where proteins quietly control life and disease. One such protein, NHE1, plays a key role in h ...

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01 Oct, 2024

Queensland to quash carbon emissions under the new Quantum Decarbonisation Alliance

The Queensland government has awarded $10M to the Quantum Decarbonisation Alliance (QDA), a consortium of leading research and industry organisations in a mission to apply quantum technologies to solv ...

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