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- Depression linked to almost doubled stroke risk in middle-aged women
- Middle-aged women who have depression are almost twice as likely to have a stroke as women the same age who are not depressed, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
- 17-May-2013
- UQ scientist wins top prize for battling disease
- A Queensland medical researcher who is on the trail of genetic markers for rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis has won the state’s top science prize.
- 16-May-2013
- CUPID to improve sexual health services
- Researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Newcastle are conducting a national survey to combat unintended pregnancy, which accounts for half of all pregnancies in Australia.
- 13-May-2013
- UQ to take telehealth to older Queenslanders
- The University of Queensland is one of nine recipients to share a $20 million Federal Government fund for trialling innovative health care delivery over the national broadband network (NBN).
- 13-May-2013
- Study shows scientists agree humans cause global-warming
- About 97 per cent of 4000 international scientific papers analysed in a University of Queensland-led study were rated as endorsing human-caused global warming.
- 08-May-2013
- Sea level rise menaces the world’s shorebirds
- Millions of shorebirds and some species could be lost as sea levels rise in coming decades, say UQ scientists who are working as part of an international environmental team.
- 06-May-2013
- Mystery disease solved by gene experts
- A global team of researchers has identified the gene behind an Australian toddler’s paediatric brain disorder in a discovery that is paving the way for the diagnosis and treatment of other children with genetic diseases.
- 03-May-2013
- Boss crocs: Rethinking crocodile management
- University of Queensland ecologists have released research that will result in better crocodiles management and intervention.
- 02-May-2013
- Does mum have the final say? New study reveals confusion in maternity care
- A study from The University of Queensland has highlighted the tension doctors and midwives experience when supporting women’s right to decide what happens to them and their babies.
- 02-May-2013
- ARC backs UQ to lead food industry innovation
- The Federal Government has selected The University of Queensland as one of four universities that will train future scientists to lead food industry transformation and innovation.
- 01-May-2013
- Australia leads many developed countries on key health measures
- Australians are living longer but a range of ailments threatens progress made in recent years, according to Australia-specific findings from the landmark Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors 2010 Study (GBD 2010).
- 01-May-2013
- Australian scientists map mouse brains in greatest detail yet
- Hopes for a cure for many brain diseases may rest on the humble mouse, now that scientists can map the rodents’ brains more thoroughly than ever before.
- 29-Apr-2013
- Isisford Bulldog fish emerges from 100 million year slumber
- The Isisford bulldog fish, which surfaced from a 100 million year slumber eight years ago, will make its public debut at the Outer Barcoo Interpretation Centre in Isisford tomorrow (Saturday 20 April).
- 19-Apr-2013
- Sexiness doesn’t always have a downside
- UQ researchers have found that sexiness doesn’t have to be a burden, at least not if you’re a male threadfin rainbowfish.
- 18-Apr-2013
- Green cities mean healthier people
- Australians will be happier, safer and healthier if they look after the nature spots in their cities, according to new research led by The University of Queensland.
- 16-Apr-2013
- New learning and memory neurons uncovered
- A University of Queensland study has identified precisely when new neurons become important for learning.
- 11-Apr-2013
- Mums giving babies solid foods later, research shows
- Australian mums have been given a tick of approval when it comes to choosing the right time give their babies solids.
- 10-Apr-2013
- New discoveries surrounding Stonehenge
- Some of the many secrets of Stonehenge will be revealed at a public lecture to mark National Archaeology Week at The University of Queensland.
- 10-Apr-2013
- UQ students get a head start with Winter Research Program
- Students at The University of Queensland can immerse themselves in a research project of their choice over the winter break, through the new UQ Winter Research Program.
- 10-Apr-2013
- Algae to fuel a renewable future
- Premier Campbell Newman will progress Queensland research into renewable energy when he today (Tuesday 9 April) opens an advanced solar biofuels pilot plant designed to develop microalgae-based systems as a source of clean fuel.
- 09-Apr-2013
- Video on UQ research the frontrunner in international competition
- Staff at The University of Queensland’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining have created a video on mining in Sierra Leone, Africa that has become the frontrunner in an international video competition.
- 02-Apr-2013
- Closing the gap between conservation and communities
- Researchers based at The University of Queensland believe they have developed a way for governments to balance the needs of society and industry with those of endangered wildlife and environments.
- 26-Mar-2013
- Joint laboratory to map brain behaviour
- A research laboratory using advanced imaging techniques and computational analysis to understand brain behaviour is being established as a joint initiative between The University of Queensland (UQ) and The Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA).
- 21-Mar-2013
- Older grandfathers pass on autism risk through generations
- Men who become fathers at 50 or older are more likely to have grandchildren with autism compared to younger grandfathers, according to a joint international study.
- 20-Mar-2013
- Tiny plants devour reefs in warming, acidic oceans
- A world-first scientific study has found that the world’s coral reefs are being weakened by microscopic borers and will erode more rapidly as the oceans warm and acidify.
- 19-Mar-2013
- Australian research confirms link between seismic activity and gold deposits
- An Australian authored research paper published today in the pre-eminent Nature Geoscience Journal is attracting international attention for its findings that demonstrate a link between seismic activity and the precipitation of gold and other trace elements in earthquake fault zones.
- 19-Mar-2013
- UQ students prepare for China visit
- University of Queensland students Michael Bergin and Regan Forrest will visit China in April as part of a Student Leadership in International Cooperation program.
- 14-Mar-2013
- Interval training being trialled to reduce kidney damage
- With World Kidney Day being celebrated tomorrow, University of Queensland researchers are investigating the health effects of intense interval training in people with chronic kidney disease, with the aim to reduce the high mortality rate associated with the disease.
- 13-Mar-2013
- UQ-DAFF expertise underpins $4 million Gates grant for drought-resistant sorghum program
- QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman has today announced a $4 million international collaboration to improve sorghum productivity under drought conditions.
- 12-Mar-2013
- Pouring cold water on athletes’ inflammation
- Athletes often plunge into cold water to assist recovery after exercise, but there is little research available to explain how the technique works.
- 07-Mar-2013
- Global warming affects crop yields – but it's the water not the heat
- The effect that global warming will have on plants is now better understood thanks to advanced modelling provided by The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Professor Graeme Hammer, one of Australia’s leading crop scientists.
- 04-Mar-2013
- Scientists call for legal trade in rhino horn
- Two scientists from The University of Queensland are leading a call to legalise international trade in rhinoceros horn in a bid to save the animals from extinction.
- 28-Feb-2013
- Unravelling the mysteries of type 1 diabetes
- Research toward understanding the developmental risk of type 1 diabetes is a step closer after a major funding grant to The University of Queensland’s Diamantina Institute.
- 27-Feb-2013
- Tennis elbow treatment with steroids misses the mark
- A common tennis elbow treatment has been challenged by a new study from The University of Queensland.
- 22-Feb-2013
- How one sorghum gene could help to feed the world
- University of Queensland scientists have identified a sorghum gene which could lead to development of more digestible feedstocks for farm animals and much-improved nutrition for some of the world’s poorest nations.
- 20-Feb-2013
- University of Queensland hosts world-first autism research centre
- The University of Queensland will share in $31 million Federal Government funding for a world-first project to assist Australians living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
- 19-Feb-2013
- Whiplash research to trial new treatment
- University of Queensland researchers are trialling a new treatment to help solve a major pain in the neck.
- 14-Feb-2013
- Parkinson’s patients advised to seek Deep Brain Stimulation treatment in early stages
- People with Parkinson’s disease who receive Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) therapy in the early stages of the condition will benefit from a significant increase in quality of life, a revolutionary study from The New England Journal of Medicine has found.
- 13-Feb-2013
- Conservatism as a source of happiness
- Conservatives are happier than liberals because of their strong ties to a large network of social groups, according to a study from The University of Queensland.
- 11-Feb-2013
- Medusa and the giant squid: UQ camera system captures first video
- Researchers from The University of Queensland played a key role in filming the first video images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat, in lightless water up to a kilometre under the ocean.
- 06-Feb-2013
- Young women make healthy use of social media
- Australian researchers are using social media to encourage young women to contribute towards one of Australia’s most significant studies on women’s health.
- 05-Feb-2013
- Evidence highlights threat to Caribbean coral reef growth
- Many Caribbean coral reefs have either stopped growing or are on the threshold of starting to erode with potential impacts to people, according to research from The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 04-Feb-2013
- Researcher’s $375,000 regenerative medicine boost
- Body tissue engineer Jess Frith will determine the role of specific molecules in cell development in world-first research, with plans to use the knowledge to repair bones and cartilage.
- 04-Feb-2013
- Molecule key to sustaining brain communication
- Scientists have discovered the powerful role the molecule Myosin VI plays in communication between nerve cells in the brain.
- 04-Feb-2013
- Endangered kangaroo prefers 'the girl next door'
- A group of leading conservation scientists from The University of Queensland (UQ) and James Cook University (JCU) has exposed the private life of a small, endangered kangaroo.
- 29-Jan-2013
- New research aims to help smokers quit
- Millions of people will have resolved to quit smoking this new year but recent biomedical research could change smokers’ perception on smoking and how they go about quitting.
- 24-Jan-2013
- Balancing responsibilities: are we national or global citizens?
- Countries intervening in each others’ conflicts, and the problems of delivering aid programs amid domestic crises, are some of the issues explored in a special edition of a leading international relations journal.
- 24-Jan-2013
- Study to explore community resilience after Queensland floods
- University of Queensland researchers are looking to recruit participants from the Ipswich region to take part in a study exploring community resilience in the wake of the 2011 Queensland floods.
- 18-Jan-2013
- New platform to measure genetic variations in livestock
- State-of-the-art testing to measure genetic variations in livestock, and to identify inherited diseases within herds, will soon be available in Australia at The University of Queensland’s Animal Genetics Laboratory (AGL).
- 18-Jan-2013
- Bacteria breakthrough for safer food
- Chicken meat and other foods will be able to be screened for bacteria even faster and more effectively than ever, thanks to breakthrough nanobiotechnology research.
- 14-Jan-2013
- Australia's coastal wetlands 'need room to move'
- As sea levels climb, Australia’s coastal wetlands will be increasingly trapped between urban development on land and the rising ocean, imperilling the survival of their unique plants, birds and fish, leading ecologists warned today.
- 14-Jan-2013
- Women with less education than their mothers risk poor mental health
- Women with significantly lower levels of education than their parents are at higher risk of poor mental health, a new University of Queensland study has found.
- 09-Jan-2013
- Australia's stampeding dinosaurs take a dip
- Queensland paleontologists have discovered that the world’s only recorded dinosaur stampede is largely made up of the tracks of swimming rather than running animals.
- 09-Jan-2013
- UQ to lead national initiative to personalise breast cancer treatment
- Researchers are working on a solution for a large number of breast cancer patients who do not respond to chemotherapy, using $5 million in new funding.
- 19-Dec-2012
- Funding approved for tuberculosis, HPV research projects
- Papilloma virus infections and superbug tuberculosis strains will come under renewed attack, after the federal government today agreed to support two University of Queensland research projects.
- 18-Dec-2012
- Start-up aims to combat cancer with Australian and US university research
- The University of Queensland’s (UQ’s) main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, has partnered with US-based Emory University to package biotech assets for a new start-up company from Australian university-linked research centres, including UQ and the Emory Institute for Drug Development.
- 17-Dec-2012
- Scary news for corals from the Ice Age
- There is growing scientific concern that corals could retreat from equatorial seas and oceans as the Earth continues to warm, a team of international marine researchers warned today.
- 11-Dec-2012
- Researchers identify nerves associated with deadly tropical disease
- Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) have identified the nerves involved in the painful tropical disease called ciguatera.
- 11-Dec-2012
- Bird watchers can take positive actions for conservation, study shows
- A new scientific study by the University of Queensland and BirdLife Australia has shown that volunteer bird watchers have the opportunity to affect better policy to protect threatened birds and their habitats.
- 07-Dec-2012
- New risk management program improves safety on mine sites
- Managing risks in the resources industry is an ever changing challenge – however University of Queensland (UQ) researchers working with coal industry experts are making it easier through the development of an online database that delivers a contemporary body of knowledge on managing mine site risks.
- 07-Dec-2012
- UQ on top in national research quality assessment
- The University of Queensland has more specialised fields of research “well above world standard” than any other Australian university, according to the landmark Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) assessment released today.
- 06-Dec-2012
- 30 year study uncovers linkages between mothers and their children’s health
- Researchers at The University of Queensland have been documenting the lives of mothers and their children over 30 years to uncover what role genetic and environmental factors have on mental illness, substance abuse and heart disease.
- 05-Dec-2012
- Women follow the money; men seek status, research shows
- Women want more, but men want more than others, a study by economists at The University of Queensland has found.
- 05-Dec-2012
- New imaging facility at UQ to improve cancer diagnosis
- The University of Queensland's Centre for Clinical Research has received $2 million in funding from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) for state-of-the-art imaging equipment that will improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in patients.
- 03-Dec-2012
- UQ researcher cited in government report on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Research conducted by Professor Heather Douglas of The University of Queensland's TC Beirne School of Law has been used to support recommendations made in the House of Representatives Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee report on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
- 03-Dec-2012
- UQ pioneers research to reduce post-knee surgery osteoarthritis
- Young people who have the potential to experience osteoarthritis in the knee post reconstructive surgery will benefit from pioneering research at The University of Queensland.
- 30-Nov-2012
- Sport provides swell times for Indigenous youth
- A new report released today has shed light on how sport programs for Indigenous youth can help lead to more fulfilling lifestyles for participants.
- 29-Nov-2012
- Salmonella research improves understanding of immune defence
- Australian researchers have discovered that vitamin B metabolites produced by Salmonella bacteria can activate the immune system, a finding that could lead to new treatments for gut and lung diseases.
- 29-Nov-2012
- Australian university research makes the world a better place
- Research projects at The University of Queensland have delivered outstanding economic, social and environmental benefits, a national research impact assessment trial has found.
- 28-Nov-2012
- Want a healthy brain? Scientists say, go for a run
- Physical exercise is just as important as cognitive exercise when it comes to maintaining a healthy brain, according to a new University of Queensland study released today.
- 28-Nov-2012
- Child maltreatment linked to mental and physical health disorders in later life
- Child physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect is linked to mental health disorders, drug use, suicide attempts, sexually transmitted infections and risky sexual behaviour in adulthood, according to a study by researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 27-Nov-2012
- New technology to revolutionise fresh fruit industry
- Materials scientists from The University of Queensland (UQ) are set to revolutionise the fresh fruit industry with a new technology that converts gases into a powder form.
- 27-Nov-2012
- Hunt for genes behind Massimo's brain disorder
- A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded an $85,000 grant to identify the genes that underlie rare paediatric brain disorders.
- 23-Nov-2012
- Senior computing appointment announced at UQ
- A distinguished national e-research leader has been appointed Director of The University of Queensland’s new Research Computing Centre.
- 19-Nov-2012
- New study reveals the majority of Australians are against smart drugs and legalised doping in sport
- A recent study from the University of Queensland’s Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR) delivers some of the first empirical data about public attitudes towards performance enhancing drugs.
- 16-Nov-2012
- One neuron has huge impact on brain behaviour
- Researchers from Queensland and the USA have made a unique discovery about how the brain computes sensory information.
- 15-Nov-2012
- UQ energy initiative brings together researchers, government and industry
- The University of Queensland has responded to “the grand challenge of our generation” by launching a new energy initiative today.
- 09-Nov-2012
- UQ research aims to improve air quality
- Australia is now the world’s second largest producer of iron ore, with University of Queensland researchers working to reduce exposure to toxic dusts.
- 09-Nov-2012
- Research bites back against mosquitoes
- The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has been awarded $4 million in funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), including $325,000 for a project that will use spider venom and fungi to stop insects from spreading disease.
- 09-Nov-2012
- SMART Arm helps stroke survivors recover faster
- A non-robotic device that helps stroke survivors regain upper limb movement is expected to be commercially available in Australia within the next 12 months.
- 09-Nov-2012
- New clue to combating fumigant resistance in insects
- New research, published today in prestigious journal Science, has identified the gene responsible for an insect’s resistance to a major fumigant used by Australia’s grain industry for insect free grain.
- 09-Nov-2012
- UQ tops country for ARC early career research and overall funding
- The University of Queensland has led the nation in the latest round of funding from the Australian Research Council that will enable research into areas such as aerial robotics, drug and alcohol services for Indigenous people, and preparing Australia for the Asian Century.
- 06-Nov-2012
- Veterans’ legacy helps fund UQ’s fight against tuberculosis
- The University of Queensland has received over $3million to boost tuberculosis research from the TB Sailors’, Soldiers’ & Airmen's Association of Queensland (TB Association), this week.
- 02-Nov-2012
- UQ working to produce cheap vaccines quickly
- Immunising people with vaccines that are quick and inexpensive to produce is the answer to preventing large-scale spread of infectious disease, Professor Anton Middelberg from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology says.
- 02-Nov-2012
- UQ research leads to smarter sewage management
- Scientists from UQ’s Advanced Water Management Centre have found a way to curb the cost – and smell – of sewage transportation.
- 31-Oct-2012
- International study suggests a massive black hole exists in the Sword of Orion
- An international team of astrophysicists, including UQ’s Dr Holger Baumgardt, has shed light on the long-standing mystery of the binding force behind a cluster of unruly and rapidly swirling stars located in the famous Sword of Orion.
- 30-Oct-2012
- Students lead the way in Australia-China cooperation
- University of Queensland PhD student Regan Forrest aims to increase outbound student mobility to China, with the goal of creating long-term relationships both in business and in research.
- 30-Oct-2012
- Sub-cellular explorations turned into art
- A year-long collaboration between an artist who survived cancer and a scientific imaging expert has resulted in a series of stunning artworks that will be on show on Friday, November 2 at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience.
- 29-Oct-2012
- Tertiary tech transfer opportunities showcased at AusBiotech
- UQ’s main commercialisation company UniQuest will promote the business benefits of partnering with the latest research innovations and expertise from Australian universities at this year’s AusBiotech conference in Melbourne from 30 October to 2 November 2012.
- 26-Oct-2012
- Donation to help find a cure for Motor Neuron Disease
- UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has welcomed the support of the MND and Me Foundation in its quest to improve the understanding of Motor Neuron Disease (MND).
- 26-Oct-2012
- Breast cancer survivors helped to lose weight and live longer
- A project based at The University of Queensland is helping women who have survived breast cancer to lose weight and live healthier, longer lives.
- 26-Oct-2012
- Research project protecting children from soil-transmitted diseases
- Almost $1.5 million in funding has been awarded to researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) who are working to reduce one of the world’s most common chronic infections.
- 25-Oct-2012
- UQ research makes the cover
- Research conducted by Dr Perach Nuriel has featured on the cover of the October issue of Geology magazine published by The Geological Society of America.
- 23-Oct-2012
- Students share top tips for a successful research journey
- Data collection, time management and coping strategies for negative emotions were some of the topics covered at the recent UQ School of Tourism Research Higher Degree (RHD) Colloquium.
- 23-Oct-2012
- To bee an art critic, choosing between Picasso and Monet
- Honeybees are also discerning art critics, according to scientists from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute and the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil.
- 23-Oct-2012
- NHMRC funds UQ research into kidney disease, cystic fibrosis and more
- The University of Queensland was today awarded more than $51 million in National Health and Medical Research Council grants that will fund research projects investigating health issues such as cystic fibrosis, respiratory illness in Indigenous children and chronic kidney disease.
- 19-Oct-2012
- University of Queensland awarded $150,000 in grants for biomedical research
- Two University of Queensland researchers have been awarded a $75,000 Ramaciotti Foundations’ grant at a gala dinner last night in Brisbane
- 17-Oct-2012
- Fibre caught trafficking antioxidants in the colon
- Fibre not only works as a “bowel scourer”, but may also help to protect the colon from cancer by transporting antioxidants to the large bowel, new Queensland research has found.
- 14-Oct-2012
- UQ scholar exposes big brands and carbon scams
- A study by a scholar at The University of Queensland reveals that the ‘green revolution’ advertised by the world’s biggest brands and corporations is misleading consumers.
- 10-Oct-2012
- Endangered Mahogany Gliders benefit from UQ research
- University of Queensland researchers are measuring the effectiveness of new crossing poles installed for the endangered Mahogany Gliders in Far North Queensland.
- 10-Oct-2012
- Survey calls for families of children with a disability to have their say on World Mental Health Day
- Australia’s first ever survey of the mental health and wellbeing of families with children with a disability was released today, World Mental Health Day.
- 09-Oct-2012
- Plasma blood donors studied in research project
- Australia is spending $31 million a year importing a critical blood product used to treat a range of neurological, hematological and immunological disorders.
- 05-Oct-2012
- UQ leaders at international hypersonics conference
- The University of Queensland and Australia were among world leaders in space plane and hypersonics research at a conference in France last week.
- 05-Oct-2012
- UQDI researchers lead the way in USD4m project to unravel arthritis genetics
- Researchers at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute and their international collaborators will continue unravelling the mechanisms underlying a particular type of early-onset arthritis, thanks to a multi-million dollar grant.
- 05-Oct-2012
- UQ ranked 65 in Times Higher Education World University Rankings
- The University of Queensland has advanced nine places to be ranked 65 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-13 released today.
- 04-Oct-2012
- UQ project reduces toddler tooth decay
- The answer to early childhood tooth decay could be just a phone call away, thanks to new research by the University of Queensland and Queensland Health.
- 02-Oct-2012
- Tourism grant to boost Gold Coast student travel
- A project aimed at boosting international student travel to the Gold Coast has received $25,000 in Federal Government funding to help develop initiatives that will stimulate investment and increase tourism.
- 21-Sep-2012
- Teens get tuned in to their emotions
- Using music to engage with and educate young people about their emotions, and how to tolerate and regulate their strong emotional states, is the focus of a new intervention developed by University of Queensland clinical psychologist Dr Genevieve Dingle.
- 18-Sep-2012
- Celebrating the success of UQ researchers
- A group of talented researchers and supervisors has been recognised at a special ceremony tonight for 2012 Research Week at The University of Queensland.
- 18-Sep-2012
- How important is community following a crisis or disaster?
- Community can be a formidable force, capable of achieving the seemingly impossible.
- 17-Sep-2012
- Involuntary mental health admissions - building a better road to recovery
- A new University of Queensland study is examining how involuntary mental health admissions are experienced from the perspectives of mental health consumers, families and health care professionals within a recovery framework.
- 17-Sep-2012
- Assets of older people need to be protected
- With an ageing population and the competing interests of the individual, the family, service providers, the market and the state in the use of older people’s financial assets, protection and quality management of such assets has never been more important.
- 17-Sep-2012
- Small genetic change has heavy consequences
- One small change to the DNA sequence can cause more weighty changes to the human body, according to a new study released today.
- 17-Sep-2012
- Winning research ideas blaze a bright trail for the future
- New approaches to cancer treatment and improved nickel mining output were the winning ideas from the grand final of UniQuest’s annual Trailblazer competition held at The University of Queensland on September 4.
- 10-Sep-2012
- From algae to religion: the diversity of research
- The diverse topics of biofuels and religion will be explored at a public lecture in Brisbane next week.
- 10-Sep-2012
- UQ gears up for Research Week
- The University of Queensland is preparing for 2012 Research Week, with a range of events and activities kicking off on Monday, September 17.
- 04-Sep-2012
- Understanding sport demands can reduce injuries says UQ researcher
- A University of Queensland study has found that unless coaches or trainers understand the specific demands of their sport, they are unable to train players correctly.
- 30-Aug-2012
- Positive news for shingles pain sufferers
- A new treatment from a University of Queensland start-up company, Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, could bring hope to shingles sufferers experiencing nerve pain.
- 29-Aug-2012
- Nexgen plant innovation funded for game shift in virus resistance
- Nexgen, a cutting edge anti-viral technology for plants developed at The University of Queensland, has attracted a $50,000 Skills and Knowledge grant from Commercialisation Australia (CA).
- 29-Aug-2012
- Endangered crocodiles "tickled" back to life
- The world’s first artificial insemination of crocodiles is one step closer thanks to a novel project between The University of Queensland (UQ) and a central Queensland farmer.
- 28-Aug-2012
- UQ research named in Ten of the Best in Australia
- Skin cancer research by a University of Queensland team features in a new National Health and Medical Research Council publication launched this month.
- 24-Aug-2012
- When science is art: a different view on cancer
- A young artist recovering from cancer has teamed up with researchers from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) to understand the molecular changes in her body that occurred during the disease.
- 24-Aug-2012
- Alzheimer’s cure may be a matter of size
- Size really does matter according to scientists looking for ways to cure Alzheimer’s disease.
- 22-Aug-2012
- Atheists will bargain with the unknown for a better outcome
- Atheists and believers alike will repeatedly sacrifice large portions of their income to unresponsive entities in the hope of a better outcome, a new study suggests.
- 20-Aug-2012
- New tactics needed to save oceans from CO2 emissions
- A University of Queensland scientist is involved in an international collaboration that has proposed a new strategy for marine conservation, which involves unconventional, proactive tactics, in a paper published in Nature Climate Change today.
- 17-Aug-2012
- Science that threatens a person's 'world view' can backfire: researcher
- Using evidence to ‘back up’ science can actually have the reverse psychological effect on some people, according to a researcher at The University of Queensland.
- 16-Aug-2012
- Australia’s first bioherbicide approaching release
- A simple one-dose pill could help end the scourge of woody weeds that are choking Australia’s waterways, smothering native vegetation and robbing our farmers of agricultural land.
- 14-Aug-2012
- Global study shows brain damage from stroke can be minimised
- A new study from The University of Queensland shows monitoring the brain of stroke patients using Quantitative EEG (QEEG) studies could inform treatments and therefore, minimising brain damage of stroke victims.
- 13-Aug-2012
- Quantum leap toward future computing
- Scientists have taken a quantum leap forward towards future computing after discovering that ‘background interference’ in quantum-level measurements, may be the very thing they need to unlock the potential of quantum computing.
- 10-Aug-2012
- UQ hosts fun and educational activities for 2012 National Science Week
- The University of Queensland is offering a range of hands-on activities for National Science Week, including solar array tours and coral conservation workshops.
- 10-Aug-2012
- UQ stem cell researcher leads high school activity for National Science Week
- A University of Queensland stem cell researcher will lead a discussion of Year 10 students from around Australia, covering genomics, bioinformatics and stem cell research on Thursday, August 16 for National Science Week.
- 08-Aug-2012
- UQ and UNSW named as research partners on huge solar farms
- The University of Queensland has been appointed the Lead Research Organisation for two large solar photovoltaic (PV) projects which will be built in the next three years in western New South Wales.
- 08-Aug-2012
- UQ offers coral conservation workshops for National Science Week
- A passionate team from The University of Queensland will be offering free public workshops on coral conservation for National Science Week (August 11- 19) as part of a UQ project called Corals at Your Doorstep.
- 07-Aug-2012
- Frog, reptile conservation highlighted at Steve Irwin Memorial Lecture
- A Queensland biologist, who has spent the past 15 years studying frog and reptile evolution, is about to embark on one of his most ambitious projects to date - attempting to rediscover a species that "vanished'' almost 30 years ago.
- 07-Aug-2012
- Journal publication a sign of successful summer studies
- Publishing research results in specialist journals is something to which many scientists strive, but that few undergraduate students accomplish.
- 07-Aug-2012
- Cycads in central Australia are not ancient relics
- An ancient plant isolated in the heart of Australia, more than 1200km from its coastal cousins, is now believed to have arrived inland far more recently than initially thought.
- 06-Aug-2012
- Student’s floating light invention gets glowing international reviews
- A levitating light bulb invented by a 19-year-old student from the University of Queensland has been singled out as an exciting industry innovation by an American lighting firm.
- 01-Aug-2012
- Fellowships awarded for studies of 'black swans' and climate change
- The Australian Research Council has awarded Australian Laureate Fellowships to two of The University of Queensland’s brightest stars – marine biologist Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and economist Professor John Quiggin.
- 30-Jul-2012
- Possible new approach to fighting chronic inflammatory diseases
- Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience have discovered a potential new approach to treating chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis.
- 30-Jul-2012
- ARC awards 19 Future Fellowships at UQ
- In another top-two result nationally, UQ has maintained its stellar record in the Australian Research Council Future Fellowships scheme.
- 26-Jul-2012
- Diabetes risk for elderly couch potatoes in Australia
- Australians aged 60 and over spend more time watching TV than other adults and are at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study from The University of Queensland has found.
- 24-Jul-2012
- Forum boosts Queensland-China research partnerships
- The University of Queensland, in association with the UQ Confucius Institute, today hosted a forum on Queensland-China partnerships in research and innovation.
- 19-Jul-2012
- Deadbeat dad perception of poor fathers shattered by visiting researcher
- Poor urban fathers often perceived as “deadbeat dads” have instead been revealed to be seeking a loving bond with their child rather than the mother, according to a study to feature at a Brisbane seminar.
- 19-Jul-2012
- Cell glue gives insights into cancer
- University of Queensland researchers have discovered an important step in how proteins glue cells together to form healthy tissues, a process that is often disturbed in diseases such as cancer and inflammation.
- 17-Jul-2012
- New treatment welcome news for Parkinson’s and stroke patients
- New research developed by The University of Queensland is set to change the future treatment of speech problems associated with stroke and Parkinson’s disease.
- 11-Jul-2012
- $3 million for Qld agricultural research
- Queensland agriculture has received a $3 million boost to support research collaborations between The University of Queensland (UQ) and agricultural industries.
- 05-Jul-2012
- Step closer to understanding childhood degenerative brain disease
- Researchers at UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) are a step closer to understanding and combating the degenerative brain disease ataxia-telangiectasia.
- 03-Jul-2012
- Civil engineering team awarded funds for innovative desalination research
- A University of Queensland (UQ) research project to help improve the cost efficiency of the Gold Coast Desalination Plant was launched earlier this month and is now in full swing.
- 27-Jun-2012
- UQ tests new biofuel technology for US company
- UniQuest has facilitated a research and development contract with US biotech company Viral Genetics, Inc. for University of Queensland (UQ) Associate Professor Ben Hankamer to collaborate on an innovative biofuel production system.
- 19-Jun-2012
- Rolex reward for Nanopatch researcher’s pioneering efforts
- Brisbane biomedical engineer Professor Mark Kendall is one of only five international recipients of a prestigious Rolex Laureate, recognising his pioneering efforts to expand knowledge and improve human life.
- 15-Jun-2012
- Poor pasture increases risk of Hendra virus infections
- Hungry horses could be more susceptible to contracting Hendra virus, according to the findings of a preliminary study into the effect of pasture availability on infection rates.
- 14-Jun-2012
- Two UQ researchers win top Australian science and technology awards
- Two UQ researchers will receive national recognition for mining and medical feats at a technological science award night in Sydney tonight.
- 14-Jun-2012
- High-level delegation comes to AIBN
- An influential Chinese delegation visited The University of Queensland (UQ) today to be briefed on research into needle-free vaccine delivery technology and new energy storage and conversion opportunities.
- 08-Jun-2012
- Getting in touch with your “inner peanut”
- UQ and American scientists have developed a quick, new, low-cost way of monitoring the moisture content of peanuts in the shell.
- 05-Jun-2012
- UQ to broadcast tomorrow's Transit of Venus live
- Stargazers are reminded of tomorrow's once-in-a-lifetime chance to observe a rare astronomical phenomenon — the planet Venus passing across the face of the Sun.
- 05-Jun-2012
- Mock court trial examines chronic disease
- Each year thousands of Australians are affected by chronic disease.
- 04-Jun-2012
- Happiness wave study reveals happy pensioners, and debunks middle-age blues myth
- People are at their happiest at retirement age and their most miserable in their geriatric years, a new study has found.
- 28-May-2012
- Healing hopes for biochemist’s smart new gel
- UQ biochemist Dr Annette Dexter is branching out into medical applications, with moves to prove a compound she has created has wound-healing properties.
- 24-May-2012
- UQ gears up for Transit of Venus viewing
- A rare astronomical event that led to Captain Cook’s exploration of Australia —The Transit of Venus — promises a spectacular feast for stargazers next month.
- 22-May-2012
- New portable tool detects dengue infected mosquitoes in the field
- A new portable tool to detect dengue virus-infected mosquitoes will help reduce the likelihood of human infections around the world.
- 21-May-2012
- AIBN builds bridges with US nanotechnology researchers
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology Professor Justin Cooper-White has spent a week sharing ideas with US defence force researchers in Washington DC.
- 17-May-2012
- Researchers make progress in understanding breast cancer
- A University of Queensland researcher has discovered nine new genes that drive the development of breast cancer, taking the tally of all genes associated with breast cancer development to 40.
- 17-May-2012
- New approach to 'spell checking' gene sequences
- A PhD student from CSIRO and The University of Queensland has found a better way to 'spell check' gene sequences and help biologists better understand the natural world.
- 16-May-2012
- Brisbane dam opposition fostered an 'unusual' alliance, researcher finds
- Opposition to a major dam north of Brisbane divided communities and also brought them together, a researcher from The University of Queensland discovered.
- 15-May-2012
- Major breakthrough in climate change research
- Scientists have developed a new diagnostic tool that will enable better understanding of global climate patterns.
- 14-May-2012
- UniQuest takes medical innovations to market
- The University of Queensland’s main research commercialisation company, UniQuest, is promoting more than 35 cutting-edge medical innovations at the AusMedtech Investment Summit in Sydney this week.
- 14-May-2012
- Crabs will fake it to avoid a fight, research finds
- Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered whilst male fiddler crabs will fight for females and territories, they are prepared to lie about their fighting ability where they can get away with it.
- 14-May-2012
- QAAFI receives Grand Challenges Exploration Grant for groundbreaking research in global health and development
- UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 09-May-2012
- AIBN receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant for groundbreaking research in global health and development
- UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 09-May-2012
- Mathematical model unlocks key to brain wiring
- A new mathematical model predicting how nerve fibres make connections during brain development could aid understanding of how some cognitive disorders occur.
- 09-May-2012
- Researchers move closer to delaying dementia
- Scientists at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute are one step closer to developing new therapies for treating dementia.
- 09-May-2012
- Exploring cancer with computers
- Computers can be used to identify cancer treatment targets that wouldn’t otherwise have been considered, according to research by an Australian team.
- 08-May-2012
- Humble worm helps Queensland and US scientists in nerve research
- Australian and US scientists have developed a new technology for studying the genetics of a common roundworm used to understand nerve development and nerve degeneration.
- 30-Apr-2012
- WiggleZ project reaches new heights in measuring neutrino mass
- The lightest known subatomic particles in the universe are now able to be more accurately scrutinised, in light of new astronomic research two years in the making.
- 30-Apr-2012
- Better information empowers electricity consumers
- Meters displaying live data on home electricity consumption have become commonplace in recent years, but researchers are now seeking ways to deliver even more useful information to householders.
- 30-Apr-2012
- Conference explores land and sea in Middle Ages
- The great religious, political and economic upheaval of the early medieval era has been the topic of conversation at a meeting of international scholars at The University of Queensland this week.
- 27-Apr-2012
- Researchers discover genes for fracture susceptibility and osteoporosis risk
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute’s researchers have played a leading role in a recent study into osteoporosis, more than doubling the number of currently known genes in the disease.
- 27-Apr-2012
- Researchers aim for healthier bananas
- A TEAM led by UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation has developed a comprehensive research program aimed at protecting Australia’s $450 million banana industry.
- 26-Apr-2012
- Workshop focuses on Aboriginal languages
- Researchers, teachers and students passionate about preserving, promoting and understanding Aboriginal languages met at a UQ-hosted conference recently.
- 26-Apr-2012
- Students reveal Great Barrier Reef Biodiversity
- Undergraduate students from The University of Queensland’s School of Biological Sciences have embarked on a project to document the unique biodiversity that exists in Australia’s coral reefs.
- 23-Apr-2012
- Hope for the future is good for you, study finds
- Imagining a rosy future is key to present-day happiness, new research in Australia and China has found.
- 20-Apr-2012
- Ocean acidification changes the behaviour of baby coral
- Ocean acidification caused by human development can alter the behaviour of baby corals, a new study shows.
- 16-Apr-2012
- Study sheds light on household impact of carbon price
- The most accurate estimate to date for the impact of the carbon price on retail electricity prices reveals the burden will vary considerably, depending on a household’s location.
- 16-Apr-2012
- Southern sea levels rise drastically
- Sea levels have risen about 20cm in the South West Pacific since the late 19th century, a new scientific study shows.
- 12-Apr-2012
- Antibody pioneer headlines AIBN lab tour
- The Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology has hosted British monoclonal antibody pioneer Sir Greg Winter for a lab tour as part of a strategic collaboration with biotechnology company Biosceptre International.
- 04-Apr-2012
- UQ start-up launches online collaborative research portal
- Academics and student researchers everywhere can benefit from a new web-based application for performing qualitative analyses using Leximancer, a software platform developed by The University of Queensland’s Dr Andrew Smith and his team.
- 03-Apr-2012
- Study of ‘khat’ use reveals poor understanding of effects and regulation
- Australian states need to clarify inconsistent regulation of the stimulant “khat”, and users need to know more about the negative health effects, a research study has found.
- 28-Mar-2012
- Worm scanning speeds research
- Scientists from The University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences have developed a simplified, cheaper, all-purpose method they say can be used by scientists around the globe to more easily count the blind worms (Caenorhabditis elegans or C.elegans).
- 27-Mar-2012
- UQ named a top contributor to prestigious research journals
- The University of Queensland was today named among the two most prolific Australian contributors to a prestigious group of research publications.
- 26-Mar-2012
- ARC College appointment for leading social science researchers
- Two University of Queensland professors at the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) have been awarded with prestigious appointments to the Australian Research Council College (formerly known as College of Experts) – an acknowledgement that they are leaders in their field of research.
- 21-Mar-2012
- UQ-UTS team helps electricity providers plan for climate change
- <a href="http://www.uniquest.com.au/">UniQuest’s Consulting and Research Division has facilitated a contract for researchers from The University of Queensland and University of Technology Sydney to collaborate on a significant climate change project.
- 14-Mar-2012
- Head and neck cancer research centre established in Brisbane
- The vision of a specialised centre to better understand and treat head and neck cancers will come to fruition — thanks to $15 million funding from Atlantic Philanthropies, the Queensland Government and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
- 09-Mar-2012
- Hypersonic expert receives international accolade
- The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Professor in Hypersonic Propulsion, Michael Smart, is part of an international research team, which will be honoured at the International Congress on Aeronautics in Brisbane, Australia, on September 23-28.
- 07-Mar-2012
- Breathing new life into old bones
- Research by palaeontologists from The University of Queensland is revealing exciting new insights into one of Australia's most important dinosaur fossils.
- 06-Mar-2012
- Professor Ian Frazer - a National Treasure
- Professor Ian Frazer has been named as one of seven of Australia's new National Living Treasures in Sydney yesterday.
- 05-Mar-2012
- Gatton research centre focuses on subtropical dairy farming
- Huge benefits will flow to the dairy industry from a new $7 million research centre that was officially opened at Gatton today.
- 05-Mar-2012
- Project Manta to be featured on TV
- The University of Queensland’s (UQ) research project on manta rays will be featured in a television documentary airing on Tuesday, 6 March.
- 01-Mar-2012
- Australian birds status declining faster than elsewhere in world
- A newly published study shows Australians must work with international partners if they are to save all of Australia’s birds.
- 01-Mar-2012
- Research allows doctors to predict menopause symptoms
- Doctors could soon be able to predict the type and duration of menopausal symptoms an individual woman is likely to experience thanks to new findings from The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 24-Feb-2012
- PhD student set to rub shoulders with Nobel Laureates
- While completing his undergraduate degree in chemistry at The University of Queensland (UQ), Will Anderson studied the work of Nobel Prize winning chemist, Dr Akira Suzuki.
- 24-Feb-2012
- Ocean survey launches on Great Barrier Reef
- A pioneering scientific expedition that will document the health of coral on the Great Barrier Reef will be undertaken as a joint venture between global technology giant Google, the UQ Global Change Institute, not-for-profit organisation Underwater Earth and insurance company Catlin.
- 23-Feb-2012
- UQ scientist charmed by sea snake discovery
- Scientists have discovered a new species of sea snake in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia, which is unique in having raised scales.
- 21-Feb-2012
- UQ’s School of Economics ranked top in Australia
- The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Economics has been ranked as the top economics research institution in Australia and 47th in the world.
- 21-Feb-2012
- Secret language of animal kingdom revealed
- Australian and UK researchers have made new findings about a form of secret language in the animal kingdom using polarization, a type of light that humans cannot see.
- 21-Feb-2012
- Queensland child nutrition research boosted with new bone density technology
- Research into improving outcomes for Queensland children whose skeletal health has been compromised by diseases such as cancer or cystic fibrosis and associated therapies will be advanced by a high-tech device that measures body composition and bone mineral density in one simple scan.
- 20-Feb-2012
- Novel analysis offers clues to schizophrenia underpinnings
- A new method of genetic analysis developed by Queensland researchers has shed fresh light on the elusive genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia and shown that schizophrenia-causing genetic variations are common in the general population.
- 20-Feb-2012
- ‘Infertile’ women may just need longer to conceive
- One-in-four women with a history of infertility can still end up having a baby without treatment, a new study from The University of Queensland shows.
- 20-Feb-2012
- UQ collaborates to advance spider venom pain research
- Australian scientists are working with industry to develop a spider venom extract for treating chronic pain.
- 17-Feb-2012
- UQ professor honoured with top Chinese accolade
- CHINESE state leaders have presented The University of Queensland’s Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Max Lu, with a prestigious science and technology award.
- 16-Feb-2012
- UQ physicist named Fellow Member of international optical society
- UQ physicist and Head of the School of Mathematics and Physics has just been elevated to the rank of Fellow Member by a world-leading optics professional society for her exceptional contributions to the field of optics.
- 15-Feb-2012
- Predicting crop yield seeds international interest
- UQ's Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI) has bolstered its growing reputation for high-impact science by co-developing innovative new crop technology in consort with one of the world's biggest seed companies.
- 07-Feb-2012
- UQ research links 'brain waves' to cognition, attention and diagnosing disorders
- Professor Jason Mattingley, Foundation Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience at The University of Queensland, released his findings into ‘brain waves’ at the Australian Neuroscience Society’s (ANS) annual conference last week.
- 07-Feb-2012
- US Navy here to talk biofuels
- THE United States Navy’s Director for Operational Energy today visited The University of Queensland for discussions on UQ’s world-leading biofuels research.
- 06-Feb-2012
- Early action tipped to save tonnes of Aussie avocados
- Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Food and Agriculture (QAAFI) have acted swiftly to ensure Australia’s next $180 million avocado crop won’t be crippled by a fungus.
- 01-Feb-2012
- Educational tours to boost tourism industry
- New research suggests that major growth in the travel, leisure and tourism industry in the coming century may be possible as more people begin to define recreation as a learning and educational opportunity
- 01-Feb-2012
- Seeing really is believing
- Want to know why sports fans get so worked up when they think the referee has wrongly called their teams’ pass forward, their player offside, or their serve as a fault?
- 01-Feb-2012
- Strange bedfellows to lead innovative collaborative research
- Dr Dan Angus began his academic career looking at ants. Now he’s a very busy bee buzzing between two Schools at The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 25-Jan-2012
- Chef research serves up international award
- University of Queensland School of Tourism lecturer Dr Richard Robinson has received international recognition for his research on the occupational mobility of chefs.
- 19-Jan-2012
- Skin-wound researcher wins NHMRC award
- Breakthrough research on regenerating skin-wounds has won Associate Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani, from The University of Queensland (UQ) Centre for Clinical Research, national recognition at the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 75th Anniversary Symposium.
- 17-Jan-2012
- Innovative rheumatoid arthritis therapy receives backing from Janssen
- UniQuest, The University of Queensland’s main research commercialisation company, announced today that it has facilitated a strategic research collaboration agreement with Janssen-Cilag Pty Ltd in Australia, one of the Janssen pharmaceutical companies, to develop a promising treatment for a devastating immunological disease that affects millions of people around the world.
- 17-Jan-2012
- UQ probiotics innovation boosts health benefits of milk and juice
- Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) have developed the world’s first non-fermented, multi-strain probiotic milk and juice, which aims to offer more health benefits from consuming fortified juice, milk and other calcium-rich dairy products.
- 16-Jan-2012
- Novel UQ plant variety launched for Australia Day
- A new native plant variety developed by The University of Queensland (UQ)’s Dr Dion Harrison, in partnership with the Centre for Native Floriculture, has been launched to commemorate this year’s Australia Day celebrations.
- 16-Jan-2012
- New international research defends genome-wide association studies
- Since 2005, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have successfully identified thousands of genes responsible for common human diseases.
- 13-Jan-2012
- Fresh hopes for anti-microbial potential from Aussie native plants
- QAAFI and Queensland Government scientists have discovered promising new anti-microbial properties in a combination of natural-plant ingredients, including two common native Australian plums.
- 11-Jan-2012
- Latest global study provides snapshot of drug-related harm
- A new Australian drug study published today in The Lancet has found that cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug globally, while opioid use is a major cause of death.
- 06-Jan-2012
- World-first global study links climate to severe habitat loss
- In a world first, University of Queensland and CSIRO scientists have measured the relationship between current climate, climate change and habitat loss on plants and animals on a global scale.
- 05-Jan-2012
- Research may hold key to a happy marriage
- With every third marriage in Australia ending in divorce, the secrets to a happy marriage continue to elude many couples. But not for much longer with University of Queensland researchers on the case.
- 22-Dec-2011
- World-first discovery of hybrid sharks off Australia's east coast
- A group of leading marine scientists has discovered that sharks on Australia's east coast display a mysterious tendency to interbreed, challenging several accepted scientific theories regarding shark behaviour.
- 22-Dec-2011
- Top chemistry honour to Queensland pioneer
- The first female Professor of Chemistry in Queensland, Mary Garson, has been awarded the Royal Australian Chemical Institute's prestigious Leighton Memorial Medal in recognition of her valuable contributions and leadership to the chemistry community within Australia and overseas.
- 21-Dec-2011
- Scientists flag demise of Northern Australia’s most un-wanted
- One of Australia’s most experienced weed specialists has been appointed to lead a weed-busting team of top Australian scientists, targeting the six most damaging cropping weeds in north-eastern Australia.
- 20-Dec-2011
- Communication for Social Change student receives Prime Minister's Pacific-Australia Award
- Jenny Max, a University of Queensland Masters of Communication (Communication for Social Change) student, has received a Prime Minister's Pacific-Australia (PMPA) Award in recognition of her leadership potential and academic achievements.
- 20-Dec-2011
- UQ astrophysicist’s research among top physics breakthroughs of 2011
- UQ astrophysicist Dr Tamara Davis, together with researchers from Denmark, has earned 4th spot on Physics World magazine’s top 10 scientific breakthroughs in 2011, for developing a groundbreaking method to measure cosmic distances in the universe using light from quasars.
- 19-Dec-2011
- RBT study shows a little respect goes a long way
- In a world-first trial, criminology researchers at The University of Queensland have tested the theory of procedural justice in policing and found that respectful dialogue with citizens during routine encounters makes a big difference to the way citizens think of police.
- 19-Dec-2011
- Scientists find genes to tackle climate change in outback rice
- University of Queensland scientists have discovered that an ancient relative of rice contains genes that could potentially save food crops from the devastating effects of global warming.
- 19-Dec-2011
- Faculty of EAIT features heavily in overall ARC success
- The University of Queensland's (UQ) Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT) has performed extremely well in the latest round of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Project grants.
- 16-Dec-2011
- Research to stop cancer in its tracks
- Cutting-edge research that aims to stop the transformation of healthy cells into cancerous cells is one of nine prestigious grants and scholarships awarded to health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 15-Dec-2011
- PhD graduation is sugar on top
- Cultural historian Toni Risson experienced the sweet rewards of hard work when she received her UQ doctorate last week.
- 15-Dec-2011
- Using evidence to set the political and social agenda
- Former senior public servant and University of Queensland researcher Professor Brian Head is setting out to change a widely held perception that while evidence-based research is necessary in medicine and science, the leap to making social policy decisions based on social research has a long way to go in Australia.
- 15-Dec-2011
- Snapshot of Queenslanders' social wellbeing
- UQ's Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) released findings of a major, three-year longitudinal study of 4000 Queenslanders on their social wellbeing by region, gender and age at a symposium last week.
- 15-Dec-2011
- Professor Ian Frazer welcomed as new Council member for the Australian Academy of Science
- Professor Ian Frazer, who was named Australian of the Year in 2006 for his development of the human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical cancer vaccines, has become one of the most recent members of the Australian Academy of Science, alongside a Nobel Laureate, a Eureka prize winner and a female pioneer in mathematics.
- 14-Dec-2011
- Cancer deaths and family diagnosis motivates researcher
- Seeing people in his homeland die of cancer without proper treatment is motivating Dr Muhammad Shiddiky in his research at The University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
- 12-Dec-2011
- Nano-scale research the big new thing in Australian innovation
- Innovation is something Professor Mark Kendall has long valued in his cutting-edge research at The Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, even if he has not labeled it that way.
- 12-Dec-2011
- UQ research finds alcopops tax ineffective
- A University of Queensland research team have evaluated the effectiveness of the 'alcopops' tax by studying binge drinking-related admissions at the Gold Coast Hospital.
- 09-Dec-2011
- UQ scientists proud to be tall poppies
- Three talented UQ scientists who share a passion to share their research with the wider community have been named winners at the 2011 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Awards.
- 08-Dec-2011
- UQ Racing team revs up for Melbourne
- Blood, sweat and gears will be on display next week when a group of University of Queensland students take to the racetrack in Melbourne.
- 08-Dec-2011
- Fishing still a favourite pastime – even 42,000 years later
- An archaeologist from The University of Queensland is part of a team led by Professor Sue O’Connor (ANU) that reported one of the world's oldest pieces of evidence of deep-sea fishing in the journal Science, showing that 42,000 years ago, our regional ancestors had mastered one of our nation's favourite pastimes.
- 08-Dec-2011
- Vaccine researcher in innovation award finals
- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI) researcher Professor Ranjeny Thomas has been named as a finalist in the Health category of the Australian Innovation Challenge Awards for her development of a rheumatoid arthritis vaccine.
- 07-Dec-2011
- UQ enters $20 million industry partnership to underpin CSG research
- The Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, today (December 7) launched a $20 million partnership encompassing industry, government and researchers to further increase the knowledge and skill needs of the growing coal seam gas industry.
- 06-Dec-2011
- Participants needed for heart study
- People with a close relative with premature cardiovascular disease are being sought for a UQ study.
- 06-Dec-2011
- UQ statistician receives major research award
- A UQ statistician has won a prestigious international award for his influential contributions to the fields of classification, statistical learning and pattern recognition.
- 29-Nov-2011
- UQ's engineering students' hands-on project wins best in State
- A team of first-year engineering students from The University of Queensland (UQ) have won the State finals of the 2011 Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge.
- 29-Nov-2011
- UQ researchers to investigate virtual health service needs
- University of Queensland telemedicine researchers want to know which virtual health services are most needed by western down residents.
- 29-Nov-2011
- Family pets bear brunt of snake season
- The University of Queensland Gatton Veterinary Medical Centre reports a sharp increase in snake bites to family pets in recent weeks.
- 28-Nov-2011
- Denying mental qualities to animals in order to eat them
- New research by Dr Brock Bastian from UQ's School of Psychology highlights the psychological processes that people engage in to reduce their discomfort over eating meat.
- 25-Nov-2011
- Women rising to the challenge
- University of Queensland (UQ) graduate and academic, Dr Kate O'Brien and UQ graduate (and Associate Professor at Monash University) Associate Professor Karen Hapgood are raising awareness of the universal issues facing professionals, particularly females, who work part-time.
- 25-Nov-2011
- Science inspires out of this world art
- Microscopes are usually associated with science rather than art, but a new exhibition involving five University of Queensland researchers is demonstrating the beauty that can be found down the lens and in the lab.
- 24-Nov-2011
- Ceremony marks a sustainable start for green UQ building
- University of Queensland alumnus and visionary philanthropist Graeme Wood has marked the beginning of construction of UQ’s new Global Change Institute Living Building with a symbolic gesture of carbon sequestration.
- 24-Nov-2011
- UQ scoops sports medicine federation fellows awards
- University of Queensland researchers from the School of Human Movement Studies have together scooped four of the fourteen prestigious 2011 Australian Sports Medicine Federation Fellows Awards (ASMF Fellow Awards).
- 16-Nov-2011
- IMB researchers snare ARC fellowships
- The Australian Research Council has offered more than $2.7 million in fellowships to support Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) researchers to investigate heart development, the reproductive system and tiny molecules that could be the key to treating previously incurable diseases.
- 16-Nov-2011
- Vaccine development takes UQ institute to Vietnam
- Researchers at The University of Queensland's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology are working with colleagues at the Pasteur Institute in Vietnam to progress research in vaccine development for pandemic avian influenza.
- 15-Nov-2011
- UQ academic recognised for her work in human rights
- Associate Professor Katharine Gelber, from UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies, has been awarded the Sydney PEN Keneally Award for her contribution to the Protection of the Freedom of Expression.
- 15-Nov-2011
- UQ students name and describe insect species
- Third-year Biological Sciences students at The University of Queensland have applied their knowledge from the classroom to name and describe a species of gall insect; <i>Apiomorpha nookara</i>.
- 15-Nov-2011
- Donation makes a change for ethnic minority students in Vietnam
- Two masters' and eight undergraduate students at Tay Bac University, Son La, Vietnam, have received much-needed bursaries allowing them to complete their theses research, thanks to an anonymous donor affiliated with UQ.
- 15-Nov-2011
- PhD student's Heritage Highlights wins SA Tourism Award
- One of Adelaide's most unusual cultural tourism developments, the Heritage Highlights interpretive trail, won Best New Tourism Development at the 2011 South Australian Tourism Awards in early November.
- 15-Nov-2011
- Magnetic treatment improves stroke patients' ability to communicate
- Magnetic stimulation of the brain could help improve language skills of stroke survivors with aphasia, according to research by The University of Queensland.
- 15-Nov-2011
- UQ dominates ARC Fellowship results
- UQ's performance in the highly competitive Australian Research Council (ARC) funding arena has gone from strength to strength with the announcement of successful Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards (DECRA) yesterday (November 14).
- 15-Nov-2011
- New light shed on world’s deadliest pandemic mystery
- University of Queensland research into the world's most deadly influenza pandemic in 1918 has shed light on a major medical mystery.
- 15-Nov-2011
- UQ academics win major international ICT award for Face Search Engine
- University of Queensland (UQ) academics have been awarded the prestigious ICT Research and Development prize for their face-recognition technology that improves the speed and accuracy of identifying faces for law-enforcement at the Asia-Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA) in Thailand.
- 15-Nov-2011
- UQ researchers develop new method for studying gene activity
- Researchers from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), Harvard University and RocheNimblegen Inc. have developed a new method for examining genetic information that reveals clues to understanding gene structure and activity in the body.
- 14-Nov-2011
- UQ-developed online language test goes global
- University of Queensland (UQ) researchers and industry partner International Education Services (IES) have globally launched the latest version of LanguageMAPTM: a quick and accurate online English language test.
- 14-Nov-2011
- UQ helps ports power up with clean energy
- University of Queensland (UQ) researchers are working with the North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) to create Australia's first "advanced technology" coal terminals' project at Dudgeon Point on the Central Queensland coast.
- 14-Nov-2011
- Leximancer 4.0 broadens appeal
- Leximancer, a start-up company from The University of Queensland's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, is proud to announce the release of version 4.0 of its pioneering text-analytics platform.
- 14-Nov-2011
- Prize for advancing African disease eradication
- A UQ researcher has been honoured for his work in developing simple diagnostic tests for devastating human and animal diseases in Africa at the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Perth.
- 07-Nov-2011
- Food for thought - iodine intelligence
- The world's leading cause of preventable brain damage is related to iodine in the diet. A University of Queensland study hopes to determine the iodine status of young Queenslanders.
- 04-Nov-2011
- New UQ research centre to focus on coal seam gas
- The University of Queensland is establishing a centre of excellence within the Sustainable Minerals Institute for research and education focused on Coal Seam Gas.
- 02-Nov-2011
- UQ Ipswich research is awarded prestigious Australian grant
- The Healthy Communities Research Centre, based at The University of Queensland’s Ipswich Campus, has been awarded a national grant from the Australian Research Council to look at ways of developing sustainable communities.
- 02-Nov-2011
- Leading social scientists honoured by academy
- Four of Australia's leading social scientists, have been elected Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia – one of the highest honours for individual contributions to the social sciences awarded in Australia.
- 02-Nov-2011
- UQ law researchers receive significant ARC funding boost
- Legal researchers at The University of Queensland’s School of Law will benefit from funding of almost $1 million in the latest round of Australian Research Council grants.
- 02-Nov-2011
- UQ out in front on industry linkages
- Cheese-making and techniques for producing sustainable plastic dollar bills from sugar cane are among the new research projects on which The University of Queensland and industry partners will collaborate from next year.
- 02-Nov-2011
- UQ economics reaps rewards in latest funding round
- Researchers from UQ’s School of Economics have received more than $1 million in this year’s round of Australian Research Council Discovery Grants.
- 01-Nov-2011
- Projects to benefit humanity feature in UQ ARC Discovery Project success
- The University of Queensland will receive $29.79 million for 92 grants in the 2012 round one funding of the Australian Research Council Discovery Projects scheme announced today.
- 01-Nov-2011
- UQ study confirms dangers of violent video games
- New research by Dr Brock Bastian from UQ's School of Psychology has found evidence that playing violent video games leads players to see themselves, and their opponents, as lacking in core human qualities such as warmth, open-mindedness, and intelligence.
- 31-Oct-2011
- Conference highlights 'extreme e-research'
- The dramatic ways in which technology has improved researchers’ ability to collect, process, share, analyse, store and re-use information will be discussed at a conference in Melbourne next week.
- 31-Oct-2011
- Research reveals that birds use optic flow cues to guide flight
- The beauty and majesty of birds in flight has long captured the attention of artists and photographers.
- 28-Oct-2011
- Grant and Teaching Success for POLSIS
- The School of Political Science and International Studies has won funding for two separate research projects in the UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Awards.
- 28-Oct-2011
- Research reveals shareholders' power over boardroom pay
- Shareholder voting is likely to be an effective way to curb excessive corporate pay packages, according to new research from The University of Queensland Business School.
- 28-Oct-2011
- UQ performs strongly in Spanish global ranking of research institutions
- The University of Queensland has been listed among the world’s top performers in the third annual Scimago Institutions Rankings World Reports.
- 27-Oct-2011
- UQ graduates among best teachers in Queensland
- As part of World Teachers' Day celebrations, two University of Queensland teaching graduates were recently nominated for a Queensland College of Teachers excellence in teaching award.
- 27-Oct-2011
- UQ students win first prize at international software conference
- University of Queensland (UQ) Master of Interaction Design students were awarded first prize at the esteemed SAP TechEd DemoJam competition in Bangalore, India on Wednesday October 19th 2011.
- 25-Oct-2011
- UQ start-up research offers hope for herpes sufferers
- A University of Queensland (UQ) start-up company, Coridon Pty Ltd, established to commercialise Professor Ian Frazer’s work in developing next generation DNA vaccines, has successfully completed pre-clinical efficacy testing of its prototype Herpes Simplex Virus 2 (HSV-2) vaccine, with outstanding results.
- 24-Oct-2011
- UQ-UWA collaboration drives diverse research
- Research projects at The University of Western Australia and The University of Queensland and have received a total of more than $425,000 in the second round of UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Awards funding.
- 24-Oct-2011
- Research set to strengthen Australia's canola crops
- The future incidence and impact of fungal diseases on canola crops will be drastically reduced with scientists from The University of Queensland (UQ) helping to crack the genetic code of a close canola relative.
- 21-Oct-2011
- UQ research proves deep-reef coral hates the light, prefers the shade
- Deep-reef coral grows more prosperously in very little sunlight researchers at The University of Queensland and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies have found.
- 19-Oct-2011
- Clustered cyclones reduce impact on ecosystems
- New research by The University of Queensland and the University of Exeter has found that cyclone activity is clustered instead of random, as was previously thought, which has important long-term implications for coastal ecosystems and human population.
- 19-Oct-2011
- UQ awarded record total $49.47 million in NHMRC funding
- THE University of Queensland has received $38.1 million in National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grants – one of the largest shares of the funding awarded to institutions across Australia.
- 18-Oct-2011
- Changing face of Australian families explored at UQ workshop
- Experts from government will attend presentations by the nation's leading researchers on families and family policy at a two-day workshop, "Family, Work and Wellbeing over the Life Course", at The University of Queensland, held on October 20–21.
- 18-Oct-2011
- Quantum researchers measuring up
- The National Measurement Institute Prize for Excellence in Measurement Techniques has been awarded to ARC Engineered Quantum Systems (EQuS) Chief Investigator, Dr Michael J. Biercuk.
- 18-Oct-2011
- National lawyers survey to address workplace woes
- Leading organisational behavior experts at The University of Queensland Business School have joined forces with law societies across Australia to confront unacceptable workplace behaviour and toxic organisational cultures.
- 17-Oct-2011
- Women's health worse in regional areas
- A new national report shows that women living in regional and remote areas experience poorer health than their city counterparts.
- 14-Oct-2011
- UniQuest promotes breast cancer breakthroughs at Ausbiotech
- With Breast Cancer Awareness Month observed internationally during October, Australian university research commercialisation company, UniQuest, will be promoting three potential new treatments for the disease, along with 100 other biotechnology innovations from Australian universities, at the annual Ausbiotech Conference next week.
- 14-Oct-2011
- UQDI student in national bioscience research final
- A PhD student from The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI), is one of six state winners of the AusBiotech/GSK Student Excellence Awards.
- 12-Oct-2011
- UQ helps Japan source sustainable energy solutions post-earthquake
- The University of Queensland (UQ) has strengthened its ties with an international organisation that is at the forefront of energy related research with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
- 12-Oct-2011
- Dedicated approach leads to Young Pharmacist of the Year award
- A dedication to the profession of pharmacy, and a motivation to practice within the profession, has seen a UQ School of Pharmacy alumnus and PhD student, Chris Freeman, named the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s (PSA) Young Pharmacist of the Year for 2011.
- 11-Oct-2011
- UQ research blows whistle on deceptive sporting behaviour
- It’s official – people are at their most deceptive not only when benefits outweigh the costs but when the risk of detection is low, according to a UQ study.
- 11-Oct-2011
- Special court offers hope for the homeless
- UQ research has shown that a new court model is restoring faith in the justice system for vulnerable defendants, including the homeless and those suffering from mental health difficulties.
- 07-Oct-2011
- Powerful documentary takes Shakespeare behind bars
- The Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble will next week host a leading US director who has used the bard to reach out to prison inmates.
- 07-Oct-2011
- Koala calls reveal male size
- Researchers from The University of Queensland and the University of Vienna have found that the bellowing sound male koalas make can communicate their size to a potential mate.
- 30-Sep-2011
- UQ scoops national chemical engineering awards
- University of Queensland academics and a student have together scooped one third of the 2011 Awards of Excellence in Chemical Engineering including the prestigious Chemeca Medal.
- 28-Sep-2011
- UQ at the centre of international affairs this week
- UQ will play host this week to the first ever International Studies Association (ISA) conference to be held in the Asia-Pacific Region.
- 27-Sep-2011
- UQ experts join health taskforce
- Two University of Queensland researchers have been chosen as part of an expert panel to conduct an independent review on health and medical research in Australia.
- 27-Sep-2011
- Landmark survey to map Australian university sector
- Professor Gillian Whitehouse from the School of Political Science and International Studies is set to undertake a major survey of workplace issues that affect the work and careers of Australian university employees.
- 26-Sep-2011
- UQ ecologists use the power of network science to challenge 30-year hump theory
- Dr Yvonne Buckley from The University of Queensland's School of Biological Sciences has collaborated with an international team of research ecologists to re-evaluate the relationship between species numbers and habitat productivity.
- 22-Sep-2011
- Troublesome moth comes under the microscope
- New UQ research may assist in controlling one of the world's most destructive crop pests.
- 14-Sep-2011
- UQ researchers celebrated for excellence in their fields
- THE work of 15 researchers and supervisors has been honoured at a special ceremony to mark Research Week at The University of Queensland.
- 13-Sep-2011
- UQ announces new direction for research degrees
- The University of Queensland has announced a new direction for research degrees, consolidating its reputation as an international leader in research training.
- 13-Sep-2011
- Antibiotic dosage research to help save more lives in ICUs
- New University of Queensland (UQ) research on optimising antibiotic dosages for intensive care patients aims to address the current 50 percent death rate associated with common infections.
- 13-Sep-2011
- Better understanding “shaken baby” syndrome
- A University of Queensland researcher has found that 20 babies die needlessly each year in Australia from child abuse head injuries.
- 12-Sep-2011
- Rehabilitating cats one pat at a time
- Traumatised cats are getting another shot at rehabilitation thanks to a novel research method being explored at The University of Queensland.
- 12-Sep-2011
- Grandparents needed for parenting study
- UQ researchers are on the lookout for grandparents who would like to take part in a new parenting program.
- 08-Sep-2011
- PhD research targets better patient care
- Improved nutritional care policies and practices in hospitals is a potential outcome from new research being conducted at the University of Queensland.
- 07-Sep-2011
- Award winning telemedicine trial for sick infants
- A telemedicine trial that enables specialists to assess sick infants in regional and country areas has won the Queensland Health Minister’s ‘Best Innovation’ award at the 2011 Queensland Health Healthcare Improvement Awards.
- 05-Sep-2011
- UQ researchers focus on Aboriginal languages
- As the number of Aboriginal languages dwindles, UQ researchers are intensifying their studies to protect and document those that remain.
- 02-Sep-2011
- Tooth loss three times higher in people with serious mental illness
- People with severe mental illnesses are over three times more likely to lose their teeth because of poor oral health than the general population, University of Queensland researchers have found.
- 01-Sep-2011
- Seminar to explore witches, demons and the Western imagination
- The European witch hunt will be the focus of a free public lecture at UQ’s St Lucia campus next week.
- 31-Aug-2011
- The Atlantic Philanthropies leads USA delegation to QLD
- A vision to more rapidly translate health research into breakthrough medicines for patients is the driving force behind talks held this week between Queensland’s ‘Smart State’ medical research institutes and one of the world’s top medical research universities.
- 29-Aug-2011
- UQ leads research on “visual” politics
- UQ political science experts are exploring the ways in which images shape our views and understanding of humanitarian crises.
- 29-Aug-2011
- Industry liftoff from UQ space research
- The University of Queensland's research into high-speed space transportation will have flow-on benefits for future industries, according to Queensland Tourism, Manufacturing and Small Business Minister Jan Jarratt.
- 28-Aug-2011
- Humanities scholars examine the seven deadly sins
- The next generation of academics from the School of English, Media Studies and Art History (EMSAH) will present their research at the annual Work in Progress Conference at St Lucia next month.
- 25-Aug-2011
- Worldwide dengue prevention closer following successful Australian field trials
- Leading scientific journal Nature has today published two papers describing the results of biological control field trials where wild mosquito populations were manipulated to suppress dengue virus transmission.
- 24-Aug-2011
- Orangutans inspire major psychology project
- A UQ researcher will spend part of the next three years working in Indonesia to better understand the comparative psychology of orangutans and children.
- 23-Aug-2011
- Researchers design compound to protect against deadly toxin
- Australian researchers have discovered a new way to block the action of botulinum toxin, which may pave the way for more effective treatments of the life-threatening disease botulism.
- 22-Aug-2011
- UQ and RSPCA partnership to tackle growing problem
- UQ’s Centre for Companion Animal Health has joined forces with the RSPCA to address the growing problem of homeless and unwanted pets.
- 22-Aug-2011
- UQ to host unique research centre to benefit Queenslanders
- UQ will be the headquarters for a new world class research centre that will improve the social and economic wellbeing of Queensland communities.
- 19-Aug-2011
- Childbirth study focuses on regional Australia
- A new University of Queensland study is seeking the input of Australians living in rural and regional areas to discuss the challenges of childbirth.
- 15-Aug-2011
- Cattle and dairy ticks do battle against unique control measure
- Australian scientists believe they may be a step closer to finding a cattle tick vaccine that could save the national cattle and dairy industries approximately $175 million per annum and reduce the need for pesticides.
- 15-Aug-2011
- Professor John Western remembered
- UQ will host a public lecture next month to honour the legacy of the late Emeritus Professor John Western AM – the founding father of sociology at the University.
- 10-Aug-2011
- UQ equal tops in nation for ARC Australia Laureate Fellowships
- The University of Queensland has been awarded three prestigious Australian Research Council Australia Laureate Fellowships announced today by Federal Science Minister Kim Carr.
- 10-Aug-2011
- Three Minute Thesis goes global
- Fancy trying to condense an 80,000 word thesis into a 180 second speech?
- 05-Aug-2011
- Brisbane researchers to lead study into childhood diseases
- An Australia-first research program exploring how common childhood diseases such as ADHD, asthma and obesity could be linked to household chemicals and air-borne particles will be based in Brisbane.
- 03-Aug-2011
- Scientists to savour SA seafood’s sensory signatures
- Wine lovers already appreciate the differences that occur between brands, grape varieties variety and regions and now a world-first project is taking this concept and trying to unlock the signature flavours for some of Australia’s most iconic seafood.
- 03-Aug-2011
- A cat's game of hide and seek
- Hiding may play an important role in relaxing cats according to University of Queensland honours student Mark Owens.
- 02-Aug-2011
- Researchers tackle the impact of sports scandal on sponsorship
- Two UQ researchers will explore the timely issue of how sports scandals affect sponsoring brands after winning The American Academy of Advertising (AAA) 2011 Research Fellowship.
- 01-Aug-2011
- More complementary medicine practitioners than GPs in some rural areas, research finds
- Some areas in Australia have more complementary medicine practitioners delivering primary care than general practitioners even though they are largely unregulated, according to a University of Queensland study published this week in the Australian Journal of Rural Health.
- 01-Aug-2011
- Perception project a YouTube hit
- UQ undergraduate Sean Murphy has experienced first-hand how exciting scientific discoveries are often made by accident.
- 29-Jul-2011
- Effects of chewing wild tobacco during pregnancy: study
- A University of Queensland PhD scholar is examining the health effects of chewing wild tobacco plants by Central Australian Aboriginal women during pregnancy.
- 29-Jul-2011
- UQ holds population census competition
- On the day that Australia undertakes its national census The University of Queensland (UQ) will be performing its own head count.
- 28-Jul-2011
- First study of South-West Ghana bird health
- The first ever study of the impact of habitat loss on the health and condition of birds in South-West Ghana will be conducted by a PhD student from The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Geography Planning and Environmental Management.
- 28-Jul-2011
- Danger lurking below the sand
- A voracious predator that devours prey larger than itself has been found lurking beneath Queensland’s golden sandy beaches.
- 28-Jul-2011
- Research on maternal and newborn co-sleeping practices is world first
- A University of Queensland student is leading the way with her world-first research on maternal and newborn co-sleeping practices in maternity units.
- 27-Jul-2011
- History boosts future of kidney research
- When PhD student Caroline Hendry graduates from The University of Queensland (UQ) today (22 July) after spending three years researching kidney disease, it will be thanks to a generous donation from a historian with an eye on the future.
- 22-Jul-2011
- Breaking new ground in R&D: UQ on world stage with Australia’s most powerful MRI
- In an Australian first, The University of Queensland (UQ) has entered into a landmark agreement with technology specialist Siemens, to install a powerful MRI system that is more than twice as strong as any other MRI system currently available in the Southern Hemisphere.
- 21-Jul-2011
- UQ researchers advocate caution in dealing with Sharia Law
- Research undertaken by legal academics from The University of Queensland suggests that Australia is right to act with caution in dealing with Sharia law.
- 20-Jul-2011
- Parents wait longer for empty nest – study
- Is your child over 18 and still living at home? If so, then UQ invites you to complete a short online survey to assist with new research.
- 20-Jul-2011
- Strep infections responsible for groper deaths
- Researchers are in a race against time to save Queensland’s groper fish, which are washing up dead along beaches of Northern Queensland in increasing numbers.
- 20-Jul-2011
- Bright future for solar research at UQ
- The UQ Solar Array underpins a number of cutting-edge research projects, in diverse fields including physics, engineering, economics and sustainability.
- 15-Jul-2011
- UQ leading the way in solar generation
- Construction has been completed on the nation's largest flat-panel photovoltaic solar power system, at The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus in Brisbane.
- 14-Jul-2011
- One bite can destroy a reputation
- Misbehaving in front of others can ruin your reputation even if you are a fish, according to an international study that has shown for the first time an audience can influence levels of cooperation in non-human animals.
- 13-Jul-2011
- Off road research leads to British Museum
- A surprise find in Papua New Guinea has seen a UQ anthropologist invited to present a prestigious lecture in London.
- 11-Jul-2011
- Genetics breakthrough could lead to new arthritis treatments
- Patients suffering from a painful form of arthritis, which fuses bones in the spine and pelvis, may have hope for the future development of new treatments due to a breakthrough discovery at The University of Queensland.
- 11-Jul-2011
- New research centre to focus on improving frontline healthcare
- Improvements to maternity care, and the quality and safety of GP services will be the focus of a new multi-partner research body, administered by The University of Queensland (UQ)
- 11-Jul-2011
- Supercharging research towards effective cancer treatment
- Australian researchers aim to use a newly-funded collaboration to develop a new generation of cancer treatment, “supercharging” antibodies with a drug delivery vehicle for targeting tumours.
- 10-Jul-2011
- Plant branching hormone discovered
- In an important breakthrough, plant biologists at The University of Queensland (UQ) have identified a hormone that plays a key role in determining the size and shape of plants.
- 08-Jul-2011
- Study reveals grouper can help control lionfish invasion
- Groupers may be able to limit the invasion of lionfish on Caribbean coral reefs, according to new research conducted by The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 06-Jul-2011
- Churchill Fellowship to combat Australian organised crime
- UQ academic Andreas Schloenhardt has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Fellowship to help Australian law enforcement agencies fight the $15 billion problem of organised crime.
- 06-Jul-2011
- Geneticists seek mother of all macadamias on the Gold Coast
- The DNA of rare and endangered macadamia species will soon be fingerprinted in an effort to determine the original wild tree or trees that launched the global macadamia industry.
- 04-Jul-2011
- Surprise find benefits native title research
- A surprise discovery made by UQ researchers will come full circle during NAIDOC Week celebrations next Monday.
- 01-Jul-2011
- Acrobatics for anyons- a new test for elusive fundamental particle
- Software developed by a University of Queensland researcher is part of an international experiment that could transform the construction of quantum computers.
- 30-Jun-2011
- Bee study expands overseas with scholarship
- A childhood interest in bees has resulted in the receipt of a prestigious Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship for a PhD student from The University of Queensland (UQ), Tobias Smith.
- 29-Jun-2011
- Research collaboration to develop next-generation medicines
- Two of The University of Queensland's (UQ) leading researchers have teamed with the world’s largest biopharmaceutical company to develop new peptide-based medicines for the treatment of major diseases.
- 28-Jun-2011
- Smart State funding focuses on personalised medicine
- Queensland Premier Anna Bligh announced today at the 2011 BIO International Convention being held in Washington DC that the Queensland State Government will invest $2 million in The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Centre for Advanced Imaging.
- 28-Jun-2011
- International university partnership to boost biofuels research
- Two of the world’s leading research universities, The University of Queensland (UQ) and Clemson University in the USA have signed a research agreement today that will result in invaluable collaboration in biofuels research and development.
- 27-Jun-2011
- Advancing research and education collaborations in America
- The University of Queensland is advancing its international engagement activities with the development of a formal strategy to expand highly valued linkages and partnerships with American businesses, government bodies, universities and alumni.
- 23-Jun-2011
- Mirror reflects Australia-Europe science link
- A new national facility at The University of Queensland (UQ) will boost Australian research access to the world’s leading life sciences data resource.
- 22-Jun-2011
- Asylum art strikes a chord at UQ
- A powerful series of UQ art exhibitions is providing a rare opportunity to discover the human face behind the asylum seeker debate in time for 2011 Refugee Week (June 19–25).
- 20-Jun-2011
- Tourism growth hinges on China
- An international expert has highlighted the importance of the Chinese tourism market at a recent symposium hosted by The University of Queensland.
- 20-Jun-2011
- UQ biomedical scientists achieve breakthrough in growth hormone research
- Researchers in the School of Biomedical Sciences at The University of Queensland (UQ) have made a ground-breaking discovery in the study of growth hormone.
- 17-Jun-2011
- UQ scientists build environmental education in Solomon Islands
- A multidisciplinary team from The University of Queensland have produced a new book to help promote sustainability in the Solomon Islands.
- 17-Jun-2011
- Keeping turtles on track
- A PhD student with a passion for protecting Queensland’s biodiversity is helping secure the future of the Mary River turtle after recently releasing over 20 juvenile turtles into the wild as part of ongoing research.
- 16-Jun-2011
- Fish weight-watchers
- Telling your partner to watch her weight is not recommended-unless you’re a male cleaner fish, reports a new study in <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B</i>.
- 15-Jun-2011
- Next generation scholars to share their perspectives on power
- Power in all its forms will be discussed at an upcoming conference held at The University of Queensland from November 23–25.
- 07-Jun-2011
- Liver structure could hold the key to battling diabetes
- Our liver could be a major springboard for determining life-changing diabetes diagnosis and treatment thanks to a world-first discovery by an Australian-Chinese research team.
- 07-Jun-2011
- Volunteers sought to understand the ANZAC spirit
- People who have an interest in the ANZAC tradition including those who have made a pilgrimage to Gallipoli are invited to take part in a new UQ research project.
- 06-Jun-2011
- Bees yield clues to unlocking brain disorders
- Queensland Brain Institute researchers are a step closer to unlocking the mysteries of disorders like schizophrenia and autism – through peering into the brains of bees.
- 01-Jun-2011
- UQ leads nation in ARC funding scheme
- Researchers at The University of Queensland have attracted $11.2 million in funding for 22 projects under the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects scheme, which supports joint research with industry and business partners.
- 01-Jun-2011
- Next gen German scientists to visit UQ
- Two young German students were recently awarded prizes granting them a two-week study tour of UQ’s St Lucia campus.
- 31-May-2011
- New campaign to raise awareness about the reality of human trafficking
- BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PAY FOR is a new public awareness campaign, to be launched on Wednesday, June 1, designed to raise awareness about the reality of human trafficking in Australia.
- 30-May-2011
- UQ researcher teaches robots to invent their own language
- University of Queensland (UQ) postdoctoral research fellow Dr Ruth Schulz and her colleagues have created a pair of robots that have their own language.
- 24-May-2011
- ATSE medals for former premiers
- The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering has honoured two former Queensland premiers for their contribution in building the state’s thriving research culture.
- 20-May-2011
- UQ receives funding to produce Hendra virus antibody
- The University of Queensland has received $180,000 funding from Queensland Health to continue the local production of an antibody for Hendra virus in humans.
- 20-May-2011
- Incubation fast-tracked pioneering IT company
- University of Queensland IT graduate Mark Bathie has come a long way since dreaming of launching a start-up company nine years ago.
- 20-May-2011
- Help shape new maternity services
- The Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies (QCMB) is offering free training and support to women who would like to represent local women and families in the development of new maternity services.
- 19-May-2011
- Top researchers honoured at first Q-Index Awards
- Fifty two leading researchers from The University of Queensland were honoured on Sunday as leaders in their diverse fields of discovery at the inaugural Q-Index Awards.
- 17-May-2011
- New wrappers protect crops and the environment
- UQ research that aims to protect crops without incurring long-term environmental damage has won a major award and resulted in a licence agreement.
- 16-May-2011
- Non-lead solder alloy saves environment
- Research at The University of Queensland has helped a Japanese company stay at the industry forefront of environmentally sustainable soldering and brazing products.
- 12-May-2011
- Study to reduce prevalence of debilitating gastro-intestinal parasites
- Researchers at The University of Queensland are embarking on a project to improve the health of hundreds of millions of children by reducing the prevalence of the world’s most common gastro-intestinal parasites.
- 11-May-2011
- Research evaluation up for discussion
- The Australian Government’s new Excellence in Research for Australia process and other techniques for assessing the value and quality of research will be keenly debated at an international symposium in Brisbane next week (May 16 and 17).
- 11-May-2011
- Incentives won’t fix the rural doctor problem
- Research conducted at The University of Queensland’s School of Economics has demonstrated the important role non-financial incentives play in attracting and retaining general practitioners (GPs) in the rural and remote areas of Australia.
- 09-May-2011
- Nitrate fertiliser wasted on sugarcane
- Rising nitrogen fertiliser application to sugarcane crops globally and the potential for this fertiliser to be leached from soil and lost to the atmosphere have been highlighted in a new study led by The University of Queensland (UQ) and BSES Ltd.
- 09-May-2011
- Australian nanovaccine to protect against country’s worst cattle virus
- A world-first cattle vaccine based on nanotechnology could provide protection from the Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV), which costs the Australian cattle industry tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue each year.
- 05-May-2011
- Koala populations continue to decline
- A delegation of scientists from The Koala Research Network (KRN) presented sombre evidence on the fate of the Koala to a senate inquiry in Brisbane this week.
- 05-May-2011
- QLD weather disasters highlight difficulties with feeding babies
- Infant feeding was an unseen casualty of the recent Queensland natural disasters and researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) want mothers to help them find out about the challenges they faced to help improve disaster planning.
- 04-May-2011
- Koalas feel the heat
- The Australian koala is vulnerable to climate change, with the iconic Australian marsupial’s habitat likely to be restricted to the highly urbanised areas of eastern and southern Australia under a hotter and drier climate, according to a koala researcher from The University of Queensland (UQ) who spoke at a Senate Inquiry this week.
- 04-May-2011
- UQDI researchers discover new bone deformity gene
- The Human Genetics team at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute have successfully used a new gene-mapping approach for patients affected by severe skeletal abnormalities.
- 04-May-2011
- Research finds music festivals create good vibes
- Attending music festivals could have a positive impact on the psychological and social well-being of young adults, according to UQ researchers.
- 03-May-2011
- Up close and personal with snakes
- A death adder has a face only a mother could love, but that hasn’t stopped PhD student Melissa Bruton, from the University of Queensland's School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management from getting up close and personal.
- 03-May-2011
- Self-inflicted pain eases guilt
- Physical discomfort can ease feelings of guilt, according to a study conducted by The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 03-May-2011
- Child mortality under the microscope
- A UQ graduate is using his skills to reduce child mortality rates in a remote part of Indonesia.
- 03-May-2011
- Politeness not dead in Australian drivers: UQ study
- A new University of Queensland study has found evidence of widespread altruism in Australian society through a study of driving behaviour in Brisbane, Australia.
- 22-Apr-2011
- Human movement studies excellence acknowledged
- UQ’s School of Human Movement Studies celebrated the outstanding achievements of its top teachers and students at its annual awards night recently.
- 19-Apr-2011
- UQ graduate snares Marie Curie Fellowship
- For someone who hadn't planned on completing a doctorate after her honours degree, Amanda Rasmussen has achieved well beyond her expectations.
- 15-Apr-2011
- Humpback whales spread songs across the Pacific
- Researchers at The University of Queensland have found that male humpback whales ‘change their tune’ every year during their migration across the Pacific.
- 15-Apr-2011
- Multi-million dollar makeover for UQ labs
- First-year science students at The University of Queensland will have a more personalised learning experience following the unveiling of new teaching laboratories.
- 13-Apr-2011
- UQ researcher scores a Fulbright to study fingerprints
- UQ PhD candidate Matthew Thompson has received a prestigious Fulbright Queensland Scholarship to further his research into fingerprint matching accuracy in the USA.
- 08-Apr-2011
- Siblings play key role in child development
- UQ researchers are exploring the influence siblings may have on the social behaviour of autistic children.
- 08-Apr-2011
- Funding boost for research into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- A UQ interdisciplinary research team has been awarded $64,000 from the Alcohol Education and Research Foundation to conduct a one-year research project into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD).
- 07-Apr-2011
- Super bug researcher calls for global action
- The World Health Organisation (WHO) must take a tougher stance on super bugs, according to a University of Queensland infectious diseases expert.
- 07-Apr-2011
- UQ solar array powering ahead
- The University of Queensland’s $7.75 million solar power system at St Lucia in Brisbane has reached a milestone, with installation completed on one of the project’s most visible components.
- 06-Apr-2011
- New digs for Antiquities Museum
- A delicate removal operation has seen hundreds of ancient treasures held by The University of Queensland shifted to a new home on the St Lucia campus.
- 06-Apr-2011
- Hospitality industry faces Gen Y management challenge
- Job security, flexible hours, and relaxed rules about mobile phone use at work are what Gen Y staff members want from their employers, according to University of Queensland research.
- 31-Mar-2011
- Society needs to prepare now for ageing
- A ground-breaking report released today highlights the wide range of health care needs affecting older women.
- 31-Mar-2011
- UQ researchers find a price on carbon could benefit farmers
- Scientists at UQ, in collaboration with JCU, may have found a way to offset up to 2.5% of Australia’s annual greenhouse gas emissions and secure economic benefits for regional communities.
- 30-Mar-2011
- American research lab the right atmosphere for UQ student
- A University of Queensland researcher has travelled to the United States to extend his work into atmospheric pollution.
- 24-Mar-2011
- UQ nursing research wins prestigious award
- A University of Queensland PhD scholar has been awarded the Best Nursing Paper award at the World Congress on Paediatric Critical Care conference.
- 24-Mar-2011
- Flood project celebrates community spirit
- A UQ academic is working to capture the essence of community resilience following the devastating Queensland floods.
- 23-Mar-2011
- Grandparents needed for parenting study
- University of Queensland researchers are seeking grandparents who want to fine-tune their parenting skills.
- 22-Mar-2011
- Cancer drug found hiding in sunflower seed protein
- UQ scientists have found sunflower proteins and their processing machinery are hijacked to make rogue protein rings in a discovery that could open the door to cheaper, plant-based drug manufacturing.
- 21-Mar-2011
- Food security boost likely from unique maize-legume project
- Queensland scientists are leading an international food security research collaboration that aims to increase crop production by 30 per cent and reduce crop failures for 500,000 African farmers.
- 21-Mar-2011
- Melbourne graduate thrives in Queensland
- STUART Kininmonth’s life on a north Queensland tropical island is a world away from his childhood on a farm in Gippsland, Victoria.
- 17-Mar-2011
- UQ to host powerful genocide exhibition
- The United Nations has chosen UQ to host a major travelling exhibition focused on the prevention of genocide which opens next week.
- 16-Mar-2011
- Outstanding move for Mexican AIBN researcher
- Moving from Mexico to Australia has proved to be a wise move for UQ researcher Dr Esteban Marcellin.
- 16-Mar-2011
- Japanese earthquake could impact Australia’s energy exports
- The recent earthquake which has devastated Japan could also have serious consequences for Australia’s energy exports to the region, according to UQ economist Dr Liam Wagner.
- 15-Mar-2011
- Spotlight on architecture on Tuesday nights in Brisbane
- The free public lecture series "North by Northwest: Local and Global Architectural Culture" will commence on Tuesday, March 15, ensuring that Architectural Culture will be a hot topic in Brisbane over the coming months.
- 15-Mar-2011
- Green thumbs up for UQ mine rehabilitation technology
- A new technology that promotes plant growth at mine sites previously unable to support any vegetation due to heavy metal soil contamination is being trialled by researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) with financial support from Xstrata Technology.
- 14-Mar-2011
- Waging war on infectious diseases
- A new line of defence has been established against global health problems and infectious diseases, with the official opening of the Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre in Brisbane.
- 14-Mar-2011
- Prestigious appointment for croc expert
- Professor Craig Franklin has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Biology, a leading publication in the field of comparative animal physiology.
- 10-Mar-2011
- $5 million grant to trial new Positive Parenting Program modules
- The National Health and Medical Research Council has awarded $5.24 million to a five-year research project that aims to improve mental health treatments for developmentally disabled young people.
- 09-Mar-2011
- Quantum engineers remove roadblock in developing next-generation technologies
- An international team has removed a major obstacle to engineer quantum systems that will play a key role in the computers, communication networks, and even biomedical devices of the future.
- 08-Mar-2011
- UQ attracts world genomics expert
- A world expert in using computational science to study disease is joining The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience after receiving a $4 million fellowship to study chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancers.
- 04-Mar-2011
- Ancient critters could unlock key climate change findings
- Ancient larvae found in lakes could provide the answer to how climate change has affected Australia’s weather over the past 21,000 years.
- 01-Mar-2011
- UQ among the world’s best places for post-doc work
- Readers of The Scientist magazine have rated The University of Queensland among the top five best places in the world for post-doctoral work in life sciences, outside the USA.
- 01-Mar-2011
- Famous act of feminism not forgotten
- When activist and former University of Queensland academic Merle Thornton chained herself to the bar at the Regatta Hotel in the mid-60s, it was a landmark moment for women’s rights in Australia.
- 01-Mar-2011
- Australian honey proves to be a powerful anti-bacterial treatment
- Honey sourced from an Australian native myrtle tree has been found to have the most powerful anti-bacterial properties of any honey in the world and could be used to treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections that commonly occur in hospitals and nursing homes.
- 01-Mar-2011
- Physicists pave the way for powerful next-generation electronics
- UQ research has discovered how to create a whole new array of plastics with metallic or even superconducting properties.
- 24-Feb-2011
- Professor Ian Frazer earns top job at TRI
- The world-renowned co-inventor of the cervical cancer vaccine, Professor Ian Frazer, has been appointed chief executive of the new $345 million Translational Research Institute.
- 24-Feb-2011
- Discovering new dimensions to research careers
- UQ Academics and researchers can discover how to protect their intellectual property, commercialise their expertise, and leverage commercial research funding for publication opportunities at UniQuest’s upcoming annual research commercialisation workshop.
- 23-Feb-2011
- $131 million injected into QLD’s economy to further research
- The University of Queensland’s position as a world-leading research organisation has been boosted with $131 million in the annual federal funding round for research and research training announced today (Wednesday, February 23).
- 23-Feb-2011
- Alternative energy the key to carbon pricing debate
- Achieving a five per cent cut in carbon emissions by 2020 in unlikely due to Australia’s lack of alternative energy sources, a UQ expert has warned.
- 22-Feb-2011
- Local Ipswich organisations invest in long term study for the future
- Bendigo Bank has joined a number of other local organisations providing financial support The Ipswich Study, an initiative from the Healthy Communities Research Centre, based at The University of Queensland’s Ipswich Campus.
- 21-Feb-2011
- Sunbathing not good for tadpoles
- The thinning ozone layer in the upper atmosphere may be a key factor in the collapse of frog populations worldwide, new research shows.
- 17-Feb-2011
- UQ mining experts examine post-flood policy
- UQ research is identifying ways Queensland mines can better respond to environmental challenges such as those posed by the recent floods.
- 16-Feb-2011
- Volcano study lays foundations for ancient maps
- Research into submarine volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean will lay the groundwork for scientists to map the Earth as it was millions of years ago.
- 14-Feb-2011
- UQ engineering research tops the charts
- The University of Queensland's reputation for outstanding engineering research has been given another boost with the release of the Excellence in Research for Australia survey.
- 09-Feb-2011
- Grapes may ease liver disease: UQ study
- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute PhD student, Veronique Chachay, hopes to determine if a nutrient found in grape skin could hold the key to better managing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
- 07-Feb-2011
- UQ mathematicians design bone implants for the future
- A team of mathematicians from The University of Queensland has helped design a prototype for a new generation of bone implants that could potentially reduce surgery and rehabilitation times, as well as provide a solution for patients for whom current orthopaedic implants are not suitable.
- 03-Feb-2011
- Flood impacts on fragile marine ecosystem to be measured
- The impact of recent floods on Queensland's environmentally sensitive coast will be monitored using cutting-edge marine monitoring technology being deployed in Moreton Bay today (4/2/2011).
- 03-Feb-2011
- What’s love got to do with it?
- With Valentine's Day fast approaching, a UQ study is shedding light on differences in relationships between people of different cultures, especially Chinese and non-Chinese backgrounds.
- 01-Feb-2011
- UQ statistician receives prestigious Pitman Medal
- UQ’s Professor Geoff McLachlan has been awarded the Statistical Society of Australia’s highest honour to recognise his "outstanding achievement in, and contribution to, the discipline of statistics".
- 01-Feb-2011
- It’s official: UQ researchers are world class
- The University of Queensland’s Engineering research was one of many stand-out performers at UQ in the specialised categories of the Excellence in Research for Australia survey, released yesterday.
- 31-Jan-2011
- UQ shines at top of research rankings
- In a spectacular result for University of Queensland researchers, UQ is above world standard in more fields of research than any other Australian university.
- 31-Jan-2011
- UQ experts map Moreton Bay
- UQ experts are helping to accurately map and measure the health of Moreton Bay following the recent floods.
- 28-Jan-2011
- Sharks may be colour blind, study reveals
- New research on how sharks see may help to prevent attacks on humans and assist in the design of fishing gear that may reduce shark bycatch in long-line fisheries.
- 25-Jan-2011
- UQ researchers find corals and humans have much in common
- An international team of Australian and Israeli coral geneticists, including scientists from UQ, has found that corals, among the simplest of Earth’s creatures, have some curiously human-like attributes, thanks to shared genes.
- 20-Jan-2011
- Eliminate Dengue trials commence - a significant step in Australian science
- In an effort to eliminate the global burden of dengue fever, an Australian led international research team will this week commence a 12 week field trial in the Cairns suburbs of Yorkeys Knob and Gordonvale.
- 03-Jan-2011
- Children who were abused or neglected have lower IQ in teens
- University of Queensland research has found children who have been abused or neglected are likely to struggle academically during adolescence.
- 22-Dec-2010
- Highly acidic water flowing naturally from NQ springs
- Scientists have been startled to discover unique ecosystems of fauna and flora thriving around highly acidic springs in far north Queensland.
- 21-Dec-2010
- New Centre of Excellence in primary health care funded
- Primary Care research has received a boost with today's announcement of $2.5m in funding from the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) to establish a Centre of Excellence.
- 17-Dec-2010
- Australia's largest carnivorous dinosaur forced to take a walk
- Doubt has been cast over the only known piece of evidence that large carnivorous dinosaurs once roamed Australia, following new research by The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 16-Dec-2010
- QBI researchers map structure of flirty feathers
- Researchers at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute are one step closer to unlocking the role of colour in animal courtship rituals after identifying a unique feather structure in birds of paradise.
- 14-Dec-2010
- Polymer chemist has 700,000 reasons to celebrate
- Researcher Idriss Blakey’s work to bring about earlier detection of diseases such as cancer has had a shot in the arm, with a major award and more than $700,000 in funding.
- 14-Dec-2010
- Study investigates 'compassion fatigue'
- "Compassion fatigue" and why people become numb to the marketing efforts of charities and nonprofit organisations will be explored in a new study at The University of Queensland Business School.
- 10-Dec-2010
- PM funds UQ study trips to Asia
- Blue Carbon projects in Borneo, better support for parents of children with autism, and Australia's relationship with China are UQ research projects to be explored in 2011, thanks to scholarships awarded by the Prime Minister.
- 08-Dec-2010
- New mining research centre opens today
- Australian and international mining industry leaders will today join forces to launch the new Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) at the Sir James Foots building, The University of Queensland.
- 08-Dec-2010
- Conditioning Reefs for the Future
- In a world first, a new ‘state of the art’ climate change experimental facility has been completed at the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Heron Island Research Station.
- 07-Dec-2010
- Mining chief and national librarian among UQ honorary doctors
- The University of Queensland will award honorary doctorates to six recipients during its upcoming December graduation period.
- 07-Dec-2010
- Urgent action needed on dioxins, says toxicologist
- The environmental scientist whose work on dioxins last year prompted governments around the world to suspend the use of some pesticides says there is more to the problem and authorities need to act urgently.
- 06-Dec-2010
- New scholarship for Indigenous policy research
- A UQ PhD scholarship is on offer for an outstanding student interested in Indigenous policy.
- 06-Dec-2010
- UQ researcher advocates for educational opportunities in West Africa
- Playing Djembe and football with some Ghanaian friends was an enjoyable part of Charles Hunt's recent research trip to West Africa.
- 06-Dec-2010
- Genetic link found between arthritis and bowel disease
- A form of spinal arthritis is genetically linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease, researchers at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute in Brisbane, Australia, have found.
- 03-Dec-2010
- Analytic tool to aid in surveillance of harmful chemicals
- Researchers at The University of Queensland have a powerful new tool to help reveal the extent of environmental and human exposure to harmful contaminants.
- 02-Dec-2010
- What fish should we eat?
- A UQ academic has contributed to Australia's first comprehensive consumer guide to seafood.
- 02-Dec-2010
- UQ’s research infrastructure given $3.6 million boost
- Groundbreaking research into nanotechnology and advanced polymers will be accelerated with $3.6 million in infrastructure funding awarded to The University of Queensland (UQ) today.
- 01-Dec-2010
- Robots imitate honey bees for aircraft aerobatics
- Australian scientists have developed a novel autopilot that guides aircraft through complex aerobatic manoeuvres by watching the horizon like a honey bee.
- 01-Dec-2010
- Stigmatised workers get creative with job titles: research
- People who work in stigmatised professions, such as debt collection, legitimise what they do by coming up with creative descriptions of their role, according to research from the University of Queensland Business School.
- 30-Nov-2010
- It's all about being green for AIBN biochemist
- Toowong researcher Dr Annette Dexter walks the talk, literally.
- 29-Nov-2010
- UQ to network with Chinese IT experts
- Computer science experts from Australia and China will discuss issues faced by both countries when a UQ summit takes place next week.
- 26-Nov-2010
- ‘Eliminate Dengue’ trial ready to start
- World-first trials aimed at eliminating dengue fever are set to begin in Cairns.
- 25-Nov-2010
- Better results for health students and staff
- HEALTH students will get immediate feedback during practical skills assessments, thanks to new technology being developed at The University of Queensland.
- 24-Nov-2010
- Dow and the AIBN announce second research collaboration
- Research to focus on sustainable renewable energy storage systems, and on the development of sustainable bioprocesses to produce non fossil fuel derived chemical building blocks of the future.
- 23-Nov-2010
- Small grants tackle big issues
- The Global Change Institute small grant recipients for 2010 have been announced and illustrate the breadth and depth of research activities at The University of Queensland.
- 22-Nov-2010
- School of Veterinary Science staff help homeless kittens
- Stray kittens currently calling The University of Queensland home will benefit from an innovative program to get them socialized, desexed and rehomed into loving families.
- 22-Nov-2010
- 80% uni students mentally stressed
- More than 80 percent of university students are struggling with psychological distress with almost one-fifth of these classified as having a serious mental illness, according to a UQ study.
- 22-Nov-2010
- DDT: Less is More in Malaria Control
- A new malaria study by UQ scientists challenges World Health Organisation guidelines for using DDT chemical spray to kill mosquitoes.
- 18-Nov-2010
- Roadmap to Cancun
- The next Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC is to be held at the end of this year in Cancun, Mexico.
- 17-Nov-2010
- Fish sleep more soundly when they have a mosquito net
- UQ research has found fish have developed their own mosquito nets in order to get a good night’s sleep.
- 16-Nov-2010
- Cancer cure a driving force for awarded chemical engineer
- Watching relatives battling cancer is driving Forest Lake chemical engineer Chunxia Zhao to complete research into better ways to deliver life-saving drugs.
- 16-Nov-2010
- UQ wins five awards for international achievements
- Orphaned at the age of seven and one of only 10 at his school to complete year 12, Kenyan-born Joseph Hongoh has achieved some impressive goals, both academically and in the community.
- 15-Nov-2010
- Debunking and closing quantum entanglement "loopholes"
- An international team of physicists, including a scientist based at The University of Queensland, has recently closed an additional "loophole" in a test explaining one of science’s strangest phenomena — quantum entanglement.
- 15-Nov-2010
- A Herd’s Eye View: How cattle view danger
- Terms like “giving the evil eye” and “right hand man” have been commonplace since the ancient Greeks realised that humans perceive their world very differently on the left and right sides of their body.
- 14-Nov-2010
- Healthy boost for UQ medical research
- UQ has received almost $29 million in National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grants - the fourth-largest share of the $447.5 million awarded to institutions across Australia.
- 12-Nov-2010
- UQ students unplug the energy potential of algae
- An Australian biodiesel company and a UQ student research group have teamed up to produce green energy.
- 12-Nov-2010
- UQ helping shape Australia’s technology future
- The University of Queensland’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Max Lu, has been appointed to a national forum to help direct Australia’s technology future.
- 11-Nov-2010
- Quantum computer breakthrough
- A physicist from The University of Queensland (UQ) has helped make a breakthrough discovery that will turn quantum computers from a theory into a reality.
- 11-Nov-2010
- Parents mum about Schoolies
- Most parents would like more information about how to talk to their teenager about Schoolies, according to preliminary results of a University of Queensland survey.
- 10-Nov-2010
- Merchants of doubt exposed at UQ
- The Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland will host renowned scientist and author, Professor Naomi Oreskes, on November 16, for the Brisbane leg of her Australian tour.
- 10-Nov-2010
- Blueprint to protect the future of Australia's oceans revealed
- What is believed to be the first science-based blueprint for managing Australia’s oceans has been developed to safeguard marine life and protect economic and social interests.
- 10-Nov-2010
- Six UQ-German joint research projects win funding
- The University of Queensland topped the bill when funding under the Go8-Germany Research Co-operation Scheme was announced this week.
- 05-Nov-2010
- New study shows that Australia’s threatened species need more protection
- A new article in the international scientific journal Conservation Biology shows that Australia’s most endangered species are extremely poorly represented in the nation’s protected area system.
- 03-Nov-2010
- Cortisone Injections Not Best Option for Tendon Problems
- Cortisone injections which offer short term relief for painful tendon problems, such as tennis elbow, can actually prolong the condition, a University of Queensland study has shown.
- 26-Oct-2010
- Needle-free vaccine technology a step closer to clinical trials
- Researchers at The University of Queensland believe they are a step closer to ridding the world of vaccinations with needles and syringes.
- 26-Oct-2010
- UQ celebrates Discovery and fellowships success
- The University of Queensland will receive $33.32 million in federal government research funding through 94 successful Australian Research Council Discovery Projects grants announced yesterday.
- 26-Oct-2010
- Breast cancer treatment
- WORK by scientists at The University of Queensland could open the door to a new way of treating certain breast cancers.
- 22-Oct-2010
- UQ researcher discovers giant asteroid impact
- A geothermal energy researcher from the University of Queensland (UQ) has found evidence of a major asteroid impact that occurred more than 300 million years ago in the South Australian outback.
- 22-Oct-2010
- Go-ahead for large-scale energy storage research
- World-leading research into the application of large-scale electricity storage will begin at The University of Queensland early next year.
- 21-Oct-2010
- New era for Queensland agriculture and food research
- Queensland’s position as an international leader in tropical and sub-tropical agriculture and food research has been given a boost by today’s launch of The Queensland Alliance for Agriculture & Food Innovation (QAAFI).
- 20-Oct-2010
- UQ and Korea Gas Corporation sign research agreement
- The University of Queensland’s (UQ) technical expertise and cutting-edge research in unconventional gas resources, like coal seam gas, has attracted the attention of the single largest importer of liquefied natural gas in the world.
- 20-Oct-2010
- UQ and UWA joint research awards announced
- The first awards have been announced under a new bilateral research collaboration agreement between The University of Western Australia and The University of Queensland.
- 18-Oct-2010
- Doctors advised to avoid information from pharmaceutical companies
- Promotional tactics by pharmaceutical companies can influence some doctors and may harm their prescribing according to an international team of researchers led by The University of Queensland.
- 16-Oct-2010
- Hot topics inspire UQ student
- University of Queensland PhD student, Lee Hickey, was one of 12 young agricultural scientists to attend this year’s Crawford Fund Conference where Biodiversity and World Food Security were the hot topics.
- 13-Oct-2010
- Future of the humanities put on hold
- One of Australia’s leading scholars will discuss how the humanities are fighting for survival at a UQ public lecture next week.
- 06-Oct-2010
- Consistent evidence: speed cameras do reduce injuries and deaths
- Placing speed cameras on roads reduces the number of road traffic injuries and deaths, according to a new study by University of Queensland and QIMR researchers.
- 04-Oct-2010
- Think outside the cube
- Starting this afternoon, Brisbane local Louise Bellchambers will campout in the Queen Street Mall for 100 hours inside a 3x3 metre transparent cube to raise awareness about mental health issues.
- 04-Oct-2010
- UQ researcher awarded Fellowship from Confucius Institute
- The Confucius Institute Headquarters has awarded a CI Fellowship in Chinese Studies to Dr Leong Ko from the UQ School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies.
- 04-Oct-2010
- UQ researchers identify a new target for breast cancer treatment
- Researchers from the Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence - home to UQ's School of Pharmacy - have identified a potential new target for breast cancer therapy.
- 01-Oct-2010
- UQ student awarded for bringing technology closer to kids
- A University of Queensland (UQ) postgraduate student has been recognised for inspiring kids to embrace technology through robotics.
- 30-Sep-2010
- Prehistoric highlanders uncovered
- The world’s earliest known high-altitude human settlement, dating back 49,000 years, has been found buried under volcanic ash in the mountains of Papua New Guinea.
- 30-Sep-2010
- QBI researchers discover "inner compass" in the human brain
- If you have ever lost your sense of direction in an unfamiliar place, then researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute may be able to help.
- 29-Sep-2010
- Grandparents needed for parenting study
- UQ researchers are on the lookout for grandparents who want to fine tune their parenting skills to take part in a new program.
- 28-Sep-2010
- UQ researcher to bring hydrogen power one step closer to reality
- University of Queensland research is set to bring readily available hydrogen power one step closer to reality.
- 28-Sep-2010
- Tiny fish may hold key to cancer and lymphatic disease breakthroughs
- A UQ researcher is using small transparent fish as a weapon in the battle against cancer and lymphatic disease.
- 28-Sep-2010
- Molecular research reaps big rewards
- Most people don’t think twice about the roundworms in their backyard, however Dr Massimo Hilliard has built his career studying them – and now the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientist has been rewarded for his efforts.
- 28-Sep-2010
- Why successful speech is all in the timing
- An innovative, Australian-first project conducted at The University of Queensland (UQ) will provide new insights into language disorders.
- 28-Sep-2010
- UQ research to explore why medicine sells
- UQ’s Dr Elizabeth Stephens is set to investigate why consumers are more likely to buy a “clinically proven” cosmetic product.
- 28-Sep-2010
- Exploring a new material for solar powered applications
- New, more efficient and durable materials for use in solar energy applications is the focus of Dr Chenghua Sun from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
- 28-Sep-2010
- Fighting heart disease with a simple saliva test
- A University of Queensland (UQ) research project aims to detect, prevent and manage heart disease using a simple saliva test.
- 28-Sep-2010
- Resolving a 40-year old dilemma to improve the treatment of nerve pain
- Dr Michel Coppieters’ research into the unexplained world of nerve pain aims to contribute to improved treatment and prevention of this mystifying and increasingly common condition.
- 28-Sep-2010
- Public forum explores looming global food crisis
- The future of the world's food supplies will be on the table tomorrow when the Global Change Institute hosts a public forum at Customs House.
- 27-Sep-2010
- Successful supervisors
- The University of Queensland has recognised seven of its most inspiring research higher degree supervisors.
- 27-Sep-2010
- Unique research laboratory established between Brisbane and Beijing
- The Queensland Brain Institute today opened the first joint neuroscience research laboratory between Australia and China.
- 23-Sep-2010
- Remarkable year keeps getting better for QBI neuroscientist
- Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientist Dr Michael Piper has topped off a remarkable year by receiving a 2010 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award and $90,000 of funding for his project.
- 23-Sep-2010
- Improving performance of cancer therapy
- UQ researcher Dr Kris Thurecht is developing new molecules to potentially improve the performance of cancer therapy by delivering drugs directly to cancers.
- 23-Sep-2010
- UQ scientists explore the quantum world to fight disease
- A University of Queensland researcher is set to enhance disease-detecting technology through quantum mechanics after winning a $100,000 UQ Foundation Research Excellence award.
- 23-Sep-2010
- UQ researchers celebrated for performance and leadership
- Eleven young University of Queensland researchers have been honoured at the 2010 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.
- 22-Sep-2010
- Encouraging research and innovation excellence
- The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (SBS) and the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) has celebrated the achievements of their emerging researchers at the annual Research and Innovation Awards ceremony on Wednesday, September 22.
- 21-Sep-2010
- Study challenges anecdotal evidence of diagnostic delay in ovarian cancer
- Most women with ovarian cancer in Australia are investigated and diagnosed promptly, despite anecdotal suggestions to the contrary, according to research published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
- 20-Sep-2010
- New media technology changes nature of war
- Dr Sebastian Kaempf, from UQ's School of Political Science and International Studies, says he believes that digital new media technology has altered the nature of war.
- 20-Sep-2010
- Employees unaware of family leave entitlements: UQ research
- Family-friendly workplaces are increasingly on the political agenda – but there are still many issues to address in making this a reality for Australian families.
- 20-Sep-2010
- Supermarkets work hard to restore consumer trust in food: UQ study
- UQ researchers are uncovering the strategies major supermarket chains use to convince customers to trust where their food comes from.
- 20-Sep-2010
- Marriage no longer enjoys privileged status: UQ study
- Researchers from UQ’s Institute for Social Science Research have found that marriage no longer enjoys the privileged status it once did.
- 20-Sep-2010
- UQ researchers develop anti-burn ad campaign
- Graphic television commercials and newspaper ads have been used to reduce the incidence of young males being burned by throwing petrol on campfires, bonfires and outdoor BBQs.
- 20-Sep-2010
- Tsunami a turning point in researcher's career
- The Boxing Day Tsunami caused 82 deaths and displaced more than 15,000 people in the island nation of the Maldives.
- 17-Sep-2010
- Ensuring developing countries are not left behind
- The University of Queensland’s School of Tourism is doing its bit to help ensure developing countries are not left behind as the world economy evolves.
- 17-Sep-2010
- Green accommodation opens at Heron Island Research Station
- Researchers visiting Heron Island Research Station can now enjoy the modern comforts of a new accommodation complex, located only five metres from the beach.
- 17-Sep-2010
- New boats to boost UQ marine research
- UQ Science has recently commissioned three new boats to expand its research and teaching in aquatic and marine science.
- 17-Sep-2010
- PhD student has his eyes on the prize
- Have you ever failed to find something even though it was right in front of you? UQ PhD student Will Harrison may be able to help.
- 16-Sep-2010
- Chilli cancer cure on the cards
- Finding a cure for cancer is a hot topic, and Tina Wu is looking in an unlikely place for answers.
- 15-Sep-2010
- PhD student explains the art of being deaf
- If you thought that being deaf could prevent you from winning a speaking contest, think again.
- 15-Sep-2010
- Maths modelling unlocks developmental disorders
- Computational neuroscientists at the Queensland Brain Institute have done the sums – and found that a mathematical model could help improve the understanding of developmental disorders.
- 15-Sep-2010
- Sowing the seeds of male fertility
- Australian scientists have discovered the chemical signals that ensure men produce sperm instead of eggs.
- 14-Sep-2010
- Saving Australia's bananas in under three minutes
- Your favourite lunchbox treat could be under threat from a killer fungus, but not if UQ research student Kevan Walter Jones has his say.
- 14-Sep-2010
- California students' dreaming becomes a reality at UQ
- It could be argued that one of the best things that can be done to protect the environment is to educate bright young students about ecology, wherever they come from in the world.
- 07-Sep-2010
- National study proves illness prevention programs save lives & give best value for money
- University of Queensland and Deakin University researchers have today released a report with dozens of recommendations that strongly support more spending on prevention, but also warn that not all prevention measures are wise investments.
- 07-Sep-2010
- Low pre-natal Vitamin D doubles schizophrenia risk
- Newborn babies with low levels of vitamin D have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute have found.
- 06-Sep-2010
- Scientists breathe easy with new dolphin DNA testing
- Collecting DNA from dolphins is now easier thanks to scientists at The University of Queensland, Georgetown University, and the Baltimore Aquarium
- 03-Sep-2010
- Cultural research may be misleading
- Making assumptions about culture based on existing research that scores countries according to various dimensions may be a flawed process, according to two academics from The University of Queensland Business School.
- 02-Sep-2010
- Japan looks to Australia for help with rice shortages
- University of Queensland (UQ) research has found Queensland wild rice may have a part to play in tackling global food shortages.
- 30-Aug-2010
- Tyrannosaurs sent back to the Northern Hemisphere
- A team of palaeontologists from The University of Queensland has challenged the recent identification of a possible tyrannosaur fossil from Australia.
- 25-Aug-2010
- Cancer research fellow seeks volunteers for early detection of lung cancer study
- A UQ study is seeking at-risk volunteers to help aid early detection and treatment of lung cancer.
- 23-Aug-2010
- UQ program helps mothers cope with life after baby
- The UQ Psychology Clinic is seeking women who are experiencing emotional difficulties after having a baby to participate in a group program.
- 20-Aug-2010
- Chronic pain and immune research take top awards
- IMB researchers took out two of the four awards on offer at the recent Queensland Health and Medical Research Awards.
- 18-Aug-2010
- Sunflower research snares new fellowship
- Research into using plant seeds to produce otherwise costly drugs has snagged Dr Joshua Mylne the inaugural IMB Fellowship, the Professor John S. Mattick Fellowship.
- 18-Aug-2010
- New stem cell discovery a preliminary step for regenerative medicine
- A discovery by researchers at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will enable better methods to grow stem cells for use in cancer research and regenerative medicine.
- 16-Aug-2010
- Think before you travel, researcher says
- Muslim countries are caught between developing their tourism industries and making sure their culture is not eroded in the process, a leading researcher from The University of Queensland says.
- 13-Aug-2010
- Panda passion driver for career in research
- Xu Ping likes pandas so much, she is dedicating her working life to conservation, as both a researcher and an educator.
- 13-Aug-2010
- Free program available for parents of children with Autism
- Researchers at UQ’s Parenting and Family Support Centre are offering a free parenting program to parents of children aged two to nine with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
- 06-Aug-2010
- Couples dealing with dementia needed for music study
- Couples where one member has dementia and the other is the primary care-giver are sought for a UQ–University of Melbourne research study.
- 05-Aug-2010
- The origin of animals and disease found on The Great Barrier Reef
- Professor Bernard Degnan from UQ's School of Biological Sciences has led an international team of scientists to sequence the genome of the first marine animal from Australian waters.
- 04-Aug-2010
- Neuroscientist eyes top award
- A leading researcher from the Queensland Brain Institute has been awarded the 2010 Boycott Prize for career achievement in the field of retinal neuroscience.
- 03-Aug-2010
- Biological junk reveals treasure to People’s Choice Award finalist
- A University of Queensland researcher who sees treasure in ‘junk’ DNA has been nominated for an Australian Museum Eureka Prize People’s Choice Award.
- 28-Jul-2010
- UQ research finds palm trees are not "Gondwanan"
- University of Queensland research has found cabbage palms have not always called Australia home.
- 27-Jul-2010
- Setting the record straight on coral reefs and climate change
- A new book demystifying the science surrounding coral reefs and climate change has been launched by the Queensland Governor Her Excellency Dr Penelope Wensley at Brisbane’s Customs House.
- 27-Jul-2010
- Guilt fuels commitment to the job: expert
- Feeling a sense of guilt or obligation towards an employer can increase an employee’s commitment to an organisation, a University of Queensland Business School researcher has found in a study of Chinese workers.
- 26-Jul-2010
- New strategies in SMI mining and minerals processing research
- The Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland has undertaken an international search for a new Director of The Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC).
- 26-Jul-2010
- UQ researchers develop a dissolvable needle-free Nanopatch for vaccine delivery
- UQ research has found the Nanopatch – a needle-free, pain-free method of vaccine delivery – is now dissolvable, eliminating the possibility of needle-stick injury.
- 23-Jul-2010
- UQ offers online support for Indigenous Australian postgraduates
- Closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous participation in postgraduate study is the aim of a recently launched UQ website.
- 21-Jul-2010
- New UQ law report investigates Indigenous customary law in Queensland courts
- A new UQ report, launched by The Honourable Justice Margaret McMurdo AC, has found that there is no coherent system in place for proof or pleading of Indigenous customary law in Queensland and this forms a barrier for those relying on these laws in courts.
- 20-Jul-2010
- Gut flora study gives insight into obesity
- A UQ academic’s research into whether nature or nurture influences the development of gut flora has been published in Nature and may hold the key to understanding obesity.
- 20-Jul-2010
- Quantum systems and biodiversity targeted in new Centres of Excellence
- The University of Queensland will lead two new Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence which have been awarded $36.4 million today to position Australia internationally in quantum technologies and to help solve environmental management problems.
- 16-Jul-2010
- Bligh case for QR National sale "bogus": UQ academic
- Professor at UQ's School of Economics, John Quiggin, has called for an election to restart the debate over the sale of the State government's coal assets.
- 15-Jul-2010
- Large predatory fish fossil found near Isisford
- The fossil of a large, fast-swimming predatory fish, similar to the modern day Indo-Pacific tarpon, has been found near Isisford, central-western Queensland.
- 14-Jul-2010
- Researchers link up to develop dengue test
- University of Queensland researchers will team with Alere Australia to develop a cheap, simple test for diagnosing dengue fever in its early stages.
- 14-Jul-2010
- Hendra virus antibody to be produced in Brisbane
- A pioneering product aimed at treating people exposed to the deadly Hendra virus will be produced in Brisbane, after a three-way agreement was announced at The University of Queensland today.
- 14-Jul-2010
- UQ experts discover creatures of the deep
- Scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute have used high-tech equipment to capture underwater creatures at depths not documented from before.
- 14-Jul-2010
- Up, up and away with scramjet project
- Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry Richard Marles MP visited The University of Queensland today Wednesday July14, 2010, to meet scientists and inspect progress on a million project to help develop scramjet-based access-to-space systems.
- 13-Jul-2010
- UQ students have commercialisation advantage
- Intense local and international interest is building around University of Queensland Business School (UQBS) commercialisation programs.
- 13-Jul-2010
- 'Stem cell detectives' uncover potential cancer cause
- Australian researchers have uncovered a new mutation in stem cells that may be linked to the development of leukaemia, breast and colon cancer.
- 08-Jul-2010
- UQ wins contract to evaluate Paid Parental Leave scheme
- A collaborative research team led by Professor Bill Martin of UQ’s Institute for Social Science Research will conduct the Federal Government’s Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme evaluation.
- 07-Jul-2010
- Visit strengthens long relationship between UQ and Mornington Island
- The University of Queensland’s decades-long links with an Indigenous group, the Mornington Island Dancers, were strengthened when the group re-visited St Lucia campus recently.
- 07-Jul-2010
- Relationship breakdown - the real cost
- Separation leaves men feeling isolated and women experiencing greater levels of poverty, according to a leading researcher at The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 07-Jul-2010
- Group discussion enough to shatter stereotypes
- Having a short group discussion about why a negative stereotype is invalid is enough to overcome that stereotype and improve performance, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 06-Jul-2010
- Research funds criminal justice intervention
- A University of Queensland researcher has received a prestigious Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship to conduct a series of field experiments testing the effectiveness of Third Party policing.
- 06-Jul-2010
- Tourism one goal away from a win
- Tourism Australia managing director Andrew McEvoy has used a business breakfast to call for operators to set goals as a way of building profits and tourist numbers.
- 05-Jul-2010
- World's largest ADHD study underway at UQ
- Brisbane researchers are almost halfway through the biggest ever study into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) – and they are seeking additional research participants.
- 01-Jul-2010
- Here comes the sun
- Developing a cervical cancer vaccine and watching it start protecting millions of young women worldwide is more than most researchers would hope for in a lifetime.
- 29-Jun-2010
- ADHD research wins neuroscientist academy honour
- A leading cognitive neuroscientist from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute and School of Psychology has been honoured by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) for his research into attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- 28-Jun-2010
- New ARC Linkages funding to 20 UQ projects
- A method to image human joints in motion, and improving students’ reading achievements in rural and mining communities are among UQ projects supported in round two of the Australian Research Council Linkage Projects scheme announced today.
- 23-Jun-2010
- UQ attracts top research talent from Vietnam
- When Alzheimer’s researcher Dr Hoang Lam Pham (Lam) was given the chance to work at any Australian university, UQ was the straightforward choice.
- 22-Jun-2010
- CMVH helping to deliver largest Defence health study
- The Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health (CMVH), through its University of Queensland Node, is helping to deliver a $12 million health study, which is the most extensive health study to be undertaken by Defence.
- 22-Jun-2010
- Fish study turns colour vision theory inside out
- Neurobiologists at the Queensland Brain Institute have found that animals are not always as brightly coloured as they seem – at least not to their counterparts.
- 22-Jun-2010
- UQ conservation research team awarded US$275,000 MacArthur Foundation Grant
- An interdisciplinary research team at The University of Queensland has been awarded a third grant from the US based MacArthur Foundation to continue a conservation project in Solomon Islands for a further three years.
- 21-Jun-2010
- UQ makes a home for homeless research
- The University of Queensland is part of a $4 million research partnership to develop evidence to underpin policies aimed at reducing the amount of homeless people in Australia.
- 21-Jun-2010
- UQ has new scientific collaborations with China
- SHANGHAI: New collaborations between The University of Queensland and China could help unravel the causes of brain disorders like schizophrenia and combat Hendra Virus.
- 21-Jun-2010
- UQ dugong researcher unlocking mysteries of species
- UQ dugong researcher Elizabeth Burgess has been awarded a Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship 2010.
- 17-Jun-2010
- Fringe dwellers hold secrets of survival
- Corals right out on the exposed edges of the world’s great coral reef zones may hold an important clue to the survival of coral ecosystems facing intensifying pressure from human activities and climate change.
- 17-Jun-2010
- Ocean changes may have dire impacts on people
- The first comprehensive synthesis on the effects of climate change on the world’s oceans has found they are now changing at a rate not seen for several million years.
- 17-Jun-2010
- Habitat offset policies are not working
- University of Queensland researchers are investigating whether habitat offsets could genuinely compensate for the removal of large old trees, the key feeding habitat for the endangered Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo in south-eastern Australia.
- 15-Jun-2010
- Research to bring personalised medicine into focus
- The University of Queensland leads an Australian research team that will help usher in the age of personalised medicine, following announcement of $40.2 million by the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, today.
- 12-Jun-2010
- Mentoring a new generation of tourism leaders
- UQ’s School of Tourism is helping early career researchers to reach their potential with the creation of a new mentoring scheme.
- 11-Jun-2010
- Young marine biologists aim to make a difference
- Eager to save shrinking fish stocks and shape the future of their field, two UQ marine biology graduates will soon dive headfirst into a tour of Papua New Guinea.
- 11-Jun-2010
- Queensland academics to join NASA astronomers to observe Hayabusa homecoming
- A University of Queensland (UQ) mechanical engineering lecturer is one of two Australian academics to join astronomers from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other organisations who will get a front row seat and a rare opportunity to study a spacecraft's targeted fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere.
- 11-Jun-2010
- Bringing history to life at Canterbury Cathedral
- If you visit the world-renowned Canterbury Cathedral in the near future, part of your experience may be courtesy of UQ research.
- 10-Jun-2010
- Depth important in generating reef diversity
- A study by UQ researchers reveals that corals are more adapted to smaller ecological niches than previously thought, and provides new insights into the processes that generate diversity on coral reefs.
- 10-Jun-2010
- UQ legal research to improve sustainable management of land
- Landholders will find it easier to understand the laws affecting the sustainable management of their land once a research project by a UQ law academic is complete.
- 10-Jun-2010
- Pioneering UQ research to unlock Queensland’s geothermal secrets
- A new project by the Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence (QGECE) at The University of Queensland is aiming to identify new resources for enhanced geothermal systems.
- 10-Jun-2010
- Atomic art promotes sustainability
- UQ scientists have earned their place alongside artists in a new exhibition that promotes sustainability through creative practice.
- 09-Jun-2010
- War vs growth: the dilemma of plants fighting infections
- UQ scientists have helped uncover an evolutionary dilemma where plants that develop disease resistance pay a high price for this trait.
- 08-Jun-2010
- Psychology researcher wins leadership award
- A UQ researcher who is working to better understand the ageing brain has been singled out for her achievements.
- 07-Jun-2010
- UQ researchers to discuss body image in the UK
- Beauty is in the eye of beholder, or a few hundred psychologists, as will be the case during an international conference in Bristol, England from June 22 – 23.
- 04-Jun-2010
- Crocodiles ride ocean currents to travel the high seas
- UQ ecologists have unlocked the mystery of how salt-water crocodiles cross large stretches of the sea despite being poor swimmers – they like to surf.
- 04-Jun-2010
- Two top Queenslanders with UQ connections
- Giving deaf children an opportunity to be heard has earned UQ graduate and current PhD candidate Dimity Dornan the Queenslander of the Year Award.
- 03-Jun-2010
- UQ students dig deep to volunteer in Peru
- Seven UQ students will spend three weeks encouraging learning and being role models to local children when they travel to Villa El Salvador, Peru, in July this year.
- 01-Jun-2010
- UQ researcher counts the world's green spaces
- While big-city living can be fun and exciting, it can have negative impacts on quality of life as well as the environment, according to a UQ researcher.
- 01-Jun-2010
- Unlocking a billion dollar puzzle
- UQ environmental planning experts are working to find the best solution to a $2.2 billion question – how best to manage and preserve Australia’s biodiversity.
- 01-Jun-2010
- Rainforest research secures funding
- Two UQ postgraduates have been recognised by The National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) for their outstanding work in the area of biodiversity
- 28-May-2010
- No profit but increasingly powerful role
- Not-for-profit organisations are set to play a major role in business, forging of closer ties with corporations and government, according to a leading expert from The University of Queensland.
- 28-May-2010
- Business students urge action for combating climate change
- Queensland’s key industries may face significant barriers in adapting to climate change but it is essential they undertake early action, UQ student research has concluded.
- 28-May-2010
- Research provides new hope for Mary River Turtle
- Queensland’s biodiversity inspires passion among locals and visitors alike, with a UQ researcher travelling all the way from Brazil to play her part.
- 26-May-2010
- UQ research shows 90 percent of consumers confused by credit contracts
- Research by The University of Queensland has found that more than 90 percent of consumers do not understand important features of their contracts for home loans, credit cards, store cards and car loans.
- 24-May-2010
- Australia gets good report card for child death rate – but room for improvement
- While Australia is one of the healthiest countries in the world for adults, the child mortality rate could be improved, according to new research co-authored by University of Queensland Professor of Medical Statistics and Population Health, Alan Lopez.
- 24-May-2010
- UQ finds 50 percent same-sex attracted women are with children and most want marriage
- University of Queensland research has shown almost 50 percent of same-sex attracted women over the age of 34 have children in their lives and most want to marry.
- 24-May-2010
- UQ research hopes to save threatened wallabies
- Preservation of Australia's smallest and most threatened animal is in the hands of postgraduate student Kristin Donaldson from UQ's School of Biological Sciences.
- 21-May-2010
- Older Australians overprescribed antidepressants
- Older Australians are being overprescribed medications for depression, according to a study by University of Queensland researchers published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.
- 21-May-2010
- A Significant Woman of Her Time: Daphne Mayo online exhibition
- The Fryer Library at The University of Queensland has developed a major new online exhibition to pay tribute to one of Australia's most important sculptors, Daphne Mayo (1895–1982).
- 19-May-2010
- UQ researchers build links with the world
- Nine UQ researchers will travel the world building research links and bringing that knowledge back to Queensland thanks to funding from the Queensland Government.
- 19-May-2010
- UQ researcher receives $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for innovative global health advance
- The University of Queensland has received a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 11-May-2010
- Love for Sale & Labour for Hire
- A new study by UQ’s Human Trafficking Working Group has found that Australia’s response to human trafficking has been preoccupied with sex trafficking and has failed to address trafficking in children and labour.
- 10-May-2010
- UQ Physics boosts the signal
- UQ physicists have demonstrated a novel solution to the problem of information degradation when amplifying signals at the quantum information level.
- 10-May-2010
- Amazon archaeology expert to speak at UQ
- UQ will kick off National Archaeology Week by presenting one of the world’s leading experts on the ancient environment of the Amazon.
- 07-May-2010
- Biofuels research looks to the future of flying
- The Queensland Government has worked with UQ to secure a world-first green fuel initiative which could slash greenhouse gas emissions by fuelling planes with algae.
- 05-May-2010
- Improved farming practices to combat global warming
- The global market for sugarcane is expanding, and new research at UQ is providing clues as to how improved farming practices will reduce the environmental footprint of sugarcane farming.
- 05-May-2010
- UQ scientist receives AAS honour
- A University of Queensland scientist who is bringing the world of polymer science to food technology has been awarded one of the highest honours by the Australian Academy of Science.
- 05-May-2010
- Collaboration between UQ and Delhi Fire Service
- A University of Queensland academic is working with the Delhi Fire Service in India as part of research on mapping urban fires.
- 28-Apr-2010
- Organisations should invest in assessing climate vulnerability: researcher
- Organisations that apply a “wait and see” approach to thinking about the impacts of climate change on their business might reach a point where it is too late to adapt, according to a University of Queensland Business School expert.
- 28-Apr-2010
- Where and When? Predicting when you are at risk from fire
- University of Queensland researchers are undertaking a world leading study into the prediction and subsequent modelling of urban fires.
- 27-Apr-2010
- UQ offering adults with Type 2 diabetes some TLC
- Researchers from The University of Queensland are recruiting participants from central Queensland to trial a new technology aimed at helping patients manage Type 2 Diabetes.
- 27-Apr-2010
- Turning around environmental management in Australia
- The national Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network, backed by $55 million Federal Government funding, will be launched today in Brisbane.
- 27-Apr-2010
- Strategic alliance to promote new surgery Chair
- The Australian Department Defence has today entered a Strategic Alliance with The University of Queensland which will see the establishment of a Chair of Military Surgery in the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences.
- 23-Apr-2010
- Remembering ANZAC Day for the right reasons
- ANZAC Day is a proud and solemn occasion for many Australians, but the event shouldn’t be taken out of context.
- 22-Apr-2010
- New report looks at health impacts of climate change
- The Director of UQ's National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (EnTox) has welcomed a new report released today on the potential impacts of climate change on human health.
- 22-Apr-2010
- Ipswich Study launches tomorrow
- Ipswich residents will have an opportunity to help shape healthy cities for the future, not only in Ipswich, but internationally, with a study launching tomorrow night.
- 21-Apr-2010
- Love food, will travel
- Celebrity chef Alastair McLeod believes the term ``foodie’’ has nothing to do with snobbery and everything to do with appreciating fresh and quality fare.
- 21-Apr-2010
- Less is more! Nanopatch is 100 times better than needle and syringe
- New research, led by Professor Mark Kendall, from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, demonstrates that a vaccine delivered by a Nanopatch induces a similarly protective immune response as a vaccine delivered by needle and syringe, but uses 100 times less vaccine.
- 21-Apr-2010
- Weight gain during pregnancy associated with long-term obesity for mothers
- Women who gain excessive weight during pregnancy are more likely to be overweight or obese 21 years after giving birth, UQ research has found.
- 16-Apr-2010
- UQ goes solar in a big way
- The University of Queensland will use a State Government investment in solar energy to help install Australia’s largest and most powerful array of photovoltaic panels.
- 15-Apr-2010
- Funding assists fight against dengue fever
- UQ scientists are turning to bacteria in their fight against dengue fever.
- 14-Apr-2010
- Researchers delve into genetic code of tumours in hunt for cancer therapies
- Australian scientists are playing a vital role in a worldwide search for cancer therapies, described in the top scientific journal Nature recently.
- 14-Apr-2010
- Borallon inmates to master Macbeth
- The witches of Macbeth have never looked quite like those currently rehearsing at Borallon prison.
- 14-Apr-2010
- Fishy research confirms archerfish seeing clearer
- If you have ever looked up from the depths of the ocean, you will understand how difficult it can be to identify objects above the surface.
- 14-Apr-2010
- UQ research helps to provide a Smart Future
- University of Queensland research into new and efficient vaccines will be one of the benefits of the latest Smart Futures Premier’s Fellowship.
- 14-Apr-2010
- International collaboration charts function of human brain
- The human mind has deciphered the mechanics of infinite concepts. Yet, in all its time it has had trouble understanding how its own self works.
- 13-Apr-2010
- UQ researchers gain international recognition
- Eleven University of Queensland researchers have been honoured as international leaders in their fields at a ceremony today.
- 13-Apr-2010
- UQ researcher to study soy in China
- It seems the humble soybean is not only a staple of the vegetarian diet; it’s also environmentally friendly, with UQ’s Professor Peter Gresshoff set to investigate the crop’s genetics in China.
- 12-Apr-2010
- Do you have a family history of cardiovascular disease?
- Do you have a history of cardiovascular disease in your family? If so, University of Queensland researchers may be interested in your involvement in a study.
- 12-Apr-2010
- Climate science goes super at UQ
- UQ’s newly established Global Change Institute has received $1.4 million in ARC funding to attract the best young minds to tackle climate change.
- 09-Apr-2010
- Biofuels researcher wins Eisenhower Fellowship
- A University of Queensland researcher has met with US political and business leaders to fast-track biofuel development after winning a top international fellowship.
- 09-Apr-2010
- Bioinformatics hub shares its expertise
- What do you get when you marry the latest advances in computer science and molecular biology?
- 08-Apr-2010
- A phone in the hand maps bird in the bush
- Queenslanders are being encouraged to lend their iPhones to science, in a new initiative to uncover the behaviour of one of the states most elusive birds – the cassowary.
- 08-Apr-2010
- UQ researcher to talk turtles in the Big Apple
- How marine rubbish is affecting sea turtles will be dinner conversation in Manhattan on April 13, with UQ’s Dr Kathy Townsend leading the discussion.
- 01-Apr-2010
- UQ welcomes prize marine conservationist
- Distinguished ARC Laureate Fellow and eminent Pew Fellow, Professor Peter J Mumby has been appointed to a newly created position as Professor in UQ's School of Biological Sciences from April 1, 2010.
- 31-Mar-2010
- Australian Academy of Science honours UQ scientist
- One of Australia’s leading biologists, UQ’s Professor Scott O’Neill, has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science – one of the highest honours for individual contributions to science awarded in Australia.
- 30-Mar-2010
- 'Evil twin' threatens world oceans, scientists warn
- The rise in human emissions of carbon dioxide is driving fundamental and dangerous changes in the chemistry and ecosystems of the world’s oceans, international marine scientists warned today.
- 28-Mar-2010
- Increased population is leading to sick turtles
- University of Queensland researchers have discovered that one of the effects of increased human population is stress being placed on the environment leading to sick turtles.
- 23-Mar-2010
- Employee networks key to company performance
- Large companies and governments can make major gains in productivity by investing in their internal communication networks, say University of Queensland researchers.
- 18-Mar-2010
- Two UQ researchers ranked highest in nation
- Two University of Queensland researchers have been recognised as being the highest-ranked in the country at the recent National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Awards.
- 11-Mar-2010
- SMEs have the advantage in economic crisis
- Strategic planning gives small businesses a critical advantage in adverse economic climates according to a University of Queensland Business School strategy expert.
- 11-Mar-2010
- UQ scientist receives inaugural Australia-India science award
- University of Queensland Scientist Dr Akshat Tanksale has been awarded an inaugural Australia India Science and Technology Research Award (AISTRA).
- 09-Mar-2010
- Novel material paves the way for next-generation information technology
- UQ researchers have successfully demonstrated a futuristic semiconductor technology that will pave the way for the next generation of electrical and information technology systems.
- 09-Mar-2010
- Report reveals drug diversion success
- Queensland drug-users experience significant positive outcomes from drug intervention, according to a UQ study in which almost half of the participants reduced drug use following diversionary tactics.
- 08-Mar-2010
- Leading health economist joins UQ's School of Economics
- The School of Economics is pleased to announce the appointment of a new staff member, Professor Paul Frijters.
- 08-Mar-2010
- Researchers claim triple victory on the nation’s stage
- The University of Queensland put its best foot forward at a leading national tourism education conference, with researchers taking out three major awards and supplying the body’s new chair.
- 04-Mar-2010
- Help for people who are stopping driving
- A new study at The University of Queensland is exploring the needs and experiences of people with dementia and their carers as they stop driving.
- 04-Mar-2010
- UQ program for young adults with intellectual disability attracts extended licence deal
- The University of Queensland, via its commercialisation company, UniQuest, has signed an agreement with the Endeavour Foundation to extend its rights to deliver the innovative Latch-On literacy program for another five years.
- 02-Mar-2010
- UQ research finds that attractive women increase risky behaviour in young men
- University of Queensland research suggests that the presence of a beautiful woman can lead men to throw caution to the wind.
- 01-Mar-2010
- Neuroscientist steers research into neurological disorders
- Scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute have uncovered a vital clue into how the brain is wired, which could eventually steer research into nervous system disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and cognitive disorders including autism.
- 28-Feb-2010
- Early cannabis users three times more likely to have psychotic symptoms
- Researchers at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute and School of Population Health have found young adults who use cannabis from an early age are three times more likely to suffer from psychotic symptoms.
- 28-Feb-2010
- Economist counts the costs of stopping climate change
- How much does it really cost to stop deforestation?
- 26-Feb-2010
- Fish use secret communications
- In a remarkable new finding, scientists have reported that certain coral reef fish use ultraviolet (UV) vision to tell the difference between their own and other similar species.
- 25-Feb-2010
- Researchers call for urgent public action on koala survival
- The general public are being asked to get involved in saving the koala or face a future without Queensland’s faunal emblem.
- 24-Feb-2010
- Walking linked to easing arthritis
- "Progressive walking" combined with glucosamine sulphate supplementation has been shown to improve the symptoms of osteoarthritis.
- 24-Feb-2010
- UQ researcher exposes something fishy
- UQ research has found being a copycat works out pretty well for a certain reef fish.
- 23-Feb-2010
- New Centre looks for better prescription outcomes
- A new University of Queensland Centre opening tomorrow will tackle the lack of an agreed set of compliances for all health practitioners with prescribing authority.
- 22-Feb-2010
- Wanna make a bet that women gamble?
- Typical Australian gamblers are no longer just men playing poker, with more women becoming addicted, isolated and even suicidal, a researcher from The University of Queensland has warned.
- 18-Feb-2010
- UQ research uncovers how antidepressants actually work
- Researchers at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute have uncovered how antidepressants stimulate the brain to improve a person’s mood.
- 17-Feb-2010
- Troubled teens and depressed kids: New European research shows how Qld parenting program can help
- Two new European studies show how The University of Queensland’s Triple P – Positive Parenting Program can treat childhood depression and tame out-of-control teenagers.
- 16-Feb-2010
- UQ research shows canecutter’s disease on the rise among travellers
- University of Queensland research has shown “canecutter’s” disease is a growing problem for travellers.
- 16-Feb-2010
- UQ research eyes off colourful reef fish
- Most people wouldn’t give a second thought to the inner workings of the fish eye, but research by University of Queensland scientists is unlocking the secrets hidden behind these fishy lenses.
- 11-Feb-2010
- Zero-emission electricity studied to power the Galilee Basin
- In the wake of mining billionaire Clive Palmer’s announcement to build six mines in the Galilee Basin, UQ research is investigating the possibility of emission-free electricity from a plentiful underground energy source to power the development.
- 10-Feb-2010
- Cultures of suicide
- A UQ researcher has surveyed and interviewed students across three continents to understand the social representations, values, beliefs, attitudes and meanings associated with youth suicide.
- 09-Feb-2010
- Phone App to improved Stroke rehab
- A UQ study will employ a unique mobile phone application to improve the “communicative fitness” and lifestyle of brain-injured patients.
- 09-Feb-2010
- New koala action group formed
- Researchers from four Queensland universities, government, industry and interest groups have joined forces to stop the imminent extinction of koalas in South-East Queensland.
- 08-Feb-2010
- UQ health researchers to tell the story of Ipswich
- University of Queensland researchers are calling upon Ipswich locals to share their life stories.
- 05-Feb-2010
- Common scents - honeybees guide UQ neurological discoveries
- Every moment of every day the brain is forced to process thousands of separate odorants from the world around us.
- 04-Feb-2010
- Crown Princess Mary awards future UQ postdoc prestigious Danish award
- The School of Mathematics and Physics at UQ will soon be home to award-winning Danish astrophysicist, Dr Signe Riemer-Sorensen.
- 04-Feb-2010
- Bird migration becoming more hazardous
- Can you imagine living your whole life in summer? In one of the most spectacular wildlife migrations on the planet, millions of shorebirds do exactly this by making a 20,000km round trip from their Arctic breeding grounds to wetlands in the southern hemisphere and then migrating north again each year.
- 03-Feb-2010
- UQ institute jets into the fuel of the future
- UQ has entered into a new agreement with an American alternative energy company to turn Queensland sugar cane into jet biofuel.
- 02-Feb-2010
- Arthritis genes discovered by UQ scientists
- University of Queensland researchers have been part of a major breakthrough in understanding the cause of the debilitating arthritic condition ankylosing spondylitis.
- 02-Feb-2010
- Perth student proves brainiest of them all
- Uma Jha from Perth has been crowned the 2010 Australian Brain Bee Champion in a battle of neuroscience knowledge in Sydney.
- 01-Feb-2010
- UQ researchers investigate the impact of deer on the environment
- UQ researchers are conducting a project that will provide data on the impact of wild red deer on the environment and their value as a game species.
- 29-Jan-2010
- UQ research gets $8.6M boost
- University of Queensland researchers have been awarded more than $8.6million in National Health and Medical Research Council funding announced today.
- 28-Jan-2010
- Caring for the carers of those with mental illness
- The University of Queensland has joined a consortium trialling a new support program for families caring for relatives with mental illness.
- 28-Jan-2010
- Women still want children: new report
- The Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP has released a new report from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health focusing on women’s reproductive health.
- 27-Jan-2010
- Researchers discover ways to maximise their intellectual capital
- Protecting Intellectual Property and identifying ways to optimise its commercial potential are among the topics UQ researchers and Research Higher Degree students will cover at this year’s research commercialisation "boot camps" run by UQ’s main commercialisation company, UniQuest.
- 22-Jan-2010
- UQ law experts to help Pakistan counter migrant smuggling and human trafficking
- Two UQ Law researchers leave for Islamabad this week to assist Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in its efforts to stop the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons.
- 21-Jan-2010
- UQ welcomes federal research funding injection
- The University of Queensland has received the third-largest allocation nationally in federal funding for research and research training for 2010 announced today.
- 20-Jan-2010
- Attention drug drives memory research
- Scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute have found a way to measure the attention span of a fly, which could lead to further advances in the understanding of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism in humans.
- 20-Jan-2010
- Dementia education the focus of agreement
- UQ and Alzheimer's Australia (Qld) will work together to reduce the impact of dementia after signing a new Memorandum of Understanding recently.
- 19-Jan-2010
- World’s elite scientists to come to Queensland
- Queensland will host some of the world’s elite scientists later this year at the 24th International Conference on Statistical Physics sponsored by The University of Queensland.
- 19-Jan-2010
- A flying boost for neuroscience
- Understanding the causes of autism and schizophrenia could be a step closer for researchers from the Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland after they unravelled the secret world of the wasp genome.
- 14-Jan-2010
- Experts to discuss the Australian Diaspora experience
- Budding researchers will explore migrant and settler society experiences and the linked issues of language and culture at an upcoming UQ conference.
- 13-Jan-2010
- Teaming up to beat the teeming millions
- There are more species of insects on the planet than any other group. While they are not everyone’s favorite topic, they fascinate UQ entomology lecturer Dr David Merritt, who leads Entomology Curriculum Australia (ECA), a project making an education in entomology available to anyone, anywhere in Australia.
- 13-Jan-2010
- Renowned Harvard physicist and educator to visit UQ
- Renowned Harvard physicist and lecturer Professor Eric Mazur will visit UQ this week to reveal his insights and methods into teaching large classes at University level.
- 12-Jan-2010
- Early puberty leads to increased aggression in women
- A University of Queensland study has found that females who experience early puberty have increased levels of aggression.
- 08-Jan-2010
- Partnered women gain more weight
- A University of Queensland study has found that women who live with a partner gain more weight than those without a partner or child.
- 08-Jan-2010
- UQ’s quantum computers make light work of Harvard's chemistry
- UQ physicists and Harvard chemists have teamed up to build a quantum computer that could have profound implications for wider science.
- 07-Jan-2010
- Fish, like humans, despise a free-loader: study
- An international research team including experts from The University of Queensland has looked to cleaner fish to appreciate how humans may have evolved to punish free-loaders.
- 05-Jan-2010
- From medieval manuscript to modern publication
- A University of Queensland researcher is continuing a life’s passion, bringing medieval literary treasures to contemporary readers.
- 04-Jan-2010
- UQ innovation boosts sugar company’s global deal
- University of Queensland (UQ) research into environmentally and economically sustainable production of sugars and ethanol biofuel has helped Australian-based company CSR Sugar Limited (CSR) sweeten a deal with agricultural research giant, Syngenta.
- 24-Dec-2009
- UQ dengue research makes another breakthrough
- Work by Queensland researchers to control the spread of dengue fever has taken a leap forward.
- 24-Dec-2009
- World Heritage pulling power versus protection a tourism dilemma
- World Heritage listing can be a double-edged sword, a researcher from The University of Queensland’s School of Tourism has found.
- 22-Dec-2009
- QBI helps Millie prepare for neuroscience finals
- It is not how most Year 10 students are spending their holidays but working in a world-renowned neuroscience institute has proved an early Christmas present for Cleveland District State High student Millie MacDonald.
- 22-Dec-2009
- Bees show off the perfect landing
- Honey bees undergo a sudden transition from speeding aircraft to hovering helicopter as they perform the delicate art of landing on a flower.
- 20-Dec-2009
- New grant supports solar research
- University of Queensland researchers have been awarded $945,000 funding from the Australian Solar Institute.
- 18-Dec-2009
- UQ to research new ways of mining and mineral extraction
- The University of Queensland will host a new $17.5 million Cooperative Research Centre aimed at transforming Australia’s mineral resources.
- 18-Dec-2009
- Aust-China research boosted at UQ
- The University of Queensland today received more than $360,000 in Government funding to further strengthen research linkages with China.
- 18-Dec-2009
- UQ Arts researchers receive grants to support international collaborations
- Three University of Queensland academics are among the successful recipients of The Australian Academy of Humanities grants funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.
- 17-Dec-2009
- UQ research investigates ethical dilemmas of judicial appointments in illegal regimes
- A UQ Pacific law expert is investigating the competing considerations involved for potential candidates in deciding whether to accept judicial appointment in an illegal regime.
- 16-Dec-2009
- UQ research finds Australians’ food habits have changed
- Cleverly marketed convenience foods combined with time-poor households have resulted in changed eating habits for Australian families, a recent UQ PhD has found.
- 10-Dec-2009
- Family life can lead to cannabis disorders
- One in five young people experience a cannabis use disorder, according to a UQ and Mater Hospital study published today in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.
- 09-Dec-2009
- UQ research finds the mum-bub bond may reduce neglect
- UQ researcher Dr Lane Strathearn sees strengthening the bond between mother and baby as a possible way of reducing childhood neglect.
- 09-Dec-2009
- UQ researchers collaborate on an international stage
- Developing better treatments for child burns victims is the aim of UQ researcher Dr James R. McMillan, who was yesterday awarded an International Science Linkages Grant.
- 08-Dec-2009
- In love with that dress? UQ Business School research finds out why
- UQ Business School expert Alastair Tombs and co-researcher Shelagh Ferguson (University of Otago) pose new questions about why our clothes are so important to us.
- 07-Dec-2009
- Aussie galaxy survey to lead to "new physics"
- Australian astronomers have released the first set of data from the first project to look at the effects of “dark energy” halfway back in the Universe’s lifetime.
- 07-Dec-2009
- Cheap fresh water for Queensland country towns using geothermal heat
- An underground source of hot-rock energy may have the potential to produce low-cost fresh water, according to The University of Queensland’s Queensland Geothermal Energy Centre of Excellence.
- 07-Dec-2009
- Carbon payment scheme could stop large-scale extinctions
- Queensland researchers have unveiled a new strategy for saving the world’s forests on the eve of crucial climate change talks in Copenhagen.
- 02-Dec-2009
- UQ links up for better research
- Researchers from The University of Queensland will speed up their effort to develop new drugs thanks to the latest round of Federal Government funding.
- 02-Dec-2009
- UQ law academic to research emerging Australian drug concern
- New research led by a University of Queensland legal expert will provide law enforcement agencies and criminal justice officials with a detailed analysis of the use and impact in Australia of the drug khat.
- 02-Dec-2009
- New UQ book indicates Australian offshore laws in urgent need of reform
- A new book by a leading maritime law expert has found that Australian offshore legislation, in particular the laws relating to fisheries, immigration, defence and customs, and the Australian Offshore Constitutional Settlement 1979, is in serious need of review.
- 01-Dec-2009
- UQ student off to China after scholarship win
- A UQ student will help chart China’s rise on the world stage after winning a new scholarship awarded by the Prime Minister.
- 30-Nov-2009
- Love of animals attracts Sir Llew to new post
- UQ’s former Chancellor of 15 years, Sir Llew Edwards, has been lured back to the University for his love of animals – becoming the honorary patron of The Centre for Companion Animal Health.
- 30-Nov-2009
- UQ study reveals people’s thoughts on living longer
- If people were given a pill to make them live longer what would they do with that extra time? According to a new study by University of Queensland researchers, they would spend it with their family.
- 30-Nov-2009
- Citation - Mr Nick Stump
- Mr Nick Stump has more than 40 years’ worth of experience in the mining and metals industries both in Australia and overseas.
- 30-Nov-2009
- Citation – Mr Desmond McWilliam
- Mr Desmond McWilliam has made a significant contribution to the University though his role in establishing a publishing company devoted entirely to the international dissemination of Triple P – the Positive Parenting Program®.
- 30-Nov-2009
- High Court judge and poet among seven UQ honorary doctors
- High Court Justice Susan Kiefel and acclaimed poet Professor Emeritus Thomas Shapcott AO are among seven recipients of University of Queensland honorary doctorates this year.
- 30-Nov-2009
- New centre to enhance research into infectious diseases
- The University of Queensland (UQ) has enhanced its position as a leading centre for biological and health science research, with the opening of a new research centre focused on infectious diseases.
- 30-Nov-2009
- UQ student achieves rare feat with publication honours
- One of UQ’s summer research scholars has recently had her work published in the prestigious PLoS journal, a rare achievement for an undergraduate student.
- 27-Nov-2009
- Green is the new black in hospitality
- Going green may be a bigger – and more important - challenge for the hospitality industry than winning back customers when the economy improves, a leading academic and consultant from The University of Queensland says.
- 26-Nov-2009
- Destruction spreads "like a disease"
- People have cleared more than a quarter of the world's forests and half of its grasslands, according to a paper published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society by researchers from The University of Queensland and Imperial College London.
- 25-Nov-2009
- UQ archaeology digs into the life behind Pompeii
- Brisbane may be 2000 years and half-a-world away from Pompeii, but it hasn’t stopped a UQ archaeologist from digging up some hidden treasures.
- 25-Nov-2009
- High-voltage alumni keep UQ in orbit
- Powerlink Chair and the first woman to graduate from electrical engineering at UQ, Else Shepherd, AM, is the University's Alumnus of the Year for 2009.
- 24-Nov-2009
- Spider secrets decoded in world-first database
- Queensland scientists have developed a world-first database that catalogues the venom components from hundreds of spiders.
- 20-Nov-2009
- Sugarcane CRC research delivers outstanding results
- The Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation through Biotechnology (CRC SIIB) based at UQ St Lucia has announced another year of strong progress in providing new and diverse opportunities for the Australian sugarcane industry.
- 20-Nov-2009
- UQ student records Indonesian tales of survival
- Research by a University of Queensland language graduate has allowed Indonesian women survivors to tell their stories for the first time.
- 18-Nov-2009
- New book aims to help public protect reefs for future generations
- A new book which demystifies the science surrounding coral reefs and climate change, will be launched at the UQ Moreton Bay Research Station open day on Saturday, November 21.
- 17-Nov-2009
- UQ appoints world’s first professor of engagement
- The Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at The University of Queensland has established a professorial position of engagement, believed to be a world-first for the tertiary sector.
- 17-Nov-2009
- UQ physicist joins Hawking as a Distinguished Research Chair
- UQ physicist Professor Guifre Vidal has been named by Canada’s Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics (PI) as one of 10 new Distinguished Research Chairs.
- 13-Nov-2009
- UQ Physics joining forces to tackle quantum issues
- UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics has strengthened its bonds with Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI).
- 13-Nov-2009
- Snoring sounds may hold the key to a good night’s sleep
- Hours of analysing snoring sounds have paid off for a group of researchers from The University of Queensland and Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital.
- 11-Nov-2009
- Deep blue sea experience great for thinking green
- If you want people to care about the environment, give them a close call with a whale, turtle or dolphin. That is what researchers have found at The University of Queensland.
- 10-Nov-2009
- Multi-million dollar world-leading cancer imaging facility at UQ
- A $2.5 million grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) will be used to establish a world-class cancer imaging centre at The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB).
- 10-Nov-2009
- UQ researchers produce world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum
- UQ researchers are leading green energy technology with confirmation of the world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum plants.
- 09-Nov-2009
- UQ researchers first in the world to solve the genetic code of canola
- Until recently, the genetic code of canola was a mystery.
- 06-Nov-2009
- Critical milestone for UQ centre
- Sharing its research outcomes with the wider community has been key to the success of UQ’s Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, which next month celebrates its 10-year anniversary.
- 06-Nov-2009
- Research shows stronger States could solve Australia’s federation woes
- Research by a UQ law academic indicates that giving more power to Australia’s states and territories would be a better way to address Australia’s federal problems than simply increasing the power of the Commonwealth
- 30-Oct-2009
- UQ medical research in good shape
- Medical research worth $40 million will commence at The University of Queensland in 2010, thanks to funding announced by the Federal Government today.
- 29-Oct-2009
- Coal in the Commonwealth study: points to the future of coal in Australia
- Continued robust use of coal and broad deployment of clean coal technologies is crucial for Australia’s energy and economic future, according to a multi-disciplinary study released today by The University of Queensland (UQ): “Coal and the Commonwealth.”
- 28-Oct-2009
- UQ’s biotechnology responds to global change
- Next-generation approaches in disease detection and prevention are being developed by biotechnologists at The University of Queensland (UQ) in a bid to curb the influence of a changing climate and sprawling population.
- 27-Oct-2009
- UQ discoveries receive national funding
- University of Queensland research has received a $44 million boost, thanks to funding announced by the Federal Government today.
- 26-Oct-2009
- UQ research finds mantis shrimps have an eye for a better dvd
- The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and players, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
- 26-Oct-2009
- Love and luxury set to become tourist temptations
- Romance and indulgence could be among the keys to enticing Brisbane people to spend a night in Ipswich, a study from The University of Queensland has found.
- 23-Oct-2009
- UQ researchers receive Bill & Melinda Gates funding
- Developing a portable screening device for malaria and using mobile phones to diagnose pneumonia are two UQ research projects which today received support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- 21-Oct-2009
- "Smart" student projects on show at UQ
- Innovative student ideas and research projects will be on display for members of the community, school groups and industry representatives at The University of Queensland’s 2009 ITEE Innovation Expo on Thursday October 22.
- 21-Oct-2009
- Public lecture discusses the Women of World War II
- The controversial cultural history of Allied Servicewomen during World War II will be explored in a free research seminar at UQ on Friday, October 23.
- 21-Oct-2009
- Highest cannabis users are Australians
- A new Lancet paper co-authored by a UQ researcher states that Australians are the highest cannabis users in the world, only matched by USA and New Zealand.
- 20-Oct-2009
- Innovative UQ program helps treat depression and obesity
- A UQ pilot study to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative traditional Chinese exercise program on depression and obesity has produced very promising results.
- 19-Oct-2009
- TLC on offer for adults with diabetes
- Help for those with type 2 diabetes is only a phone call away, thanks to a research team from UQ’s Centre for Online Health.
- 16-Oct-2009
- UQ physicists taming the quantum world
- Two UQ physicists have taken to the big screen to explain how the weird and wonderful world of quantum principles is being tamed to advance our future technologies.
- 15-Oct-2009
- Lights, camera, travel…
- Nostalgia and imagination are attracting people to a new niche market in tourism, but cold hard facts and plenty of analysis is what has helped two researchers from The University of Queensland write about the phenomenon with considerable success.
- 15-Oct-2009
- Museum director ready to unearth public treasures
- The new director of UQ’s Anthropology Museum hopes the “hidden gem” under her care will become better known with researchers and the public alike.
- 15-Oct-2009
- UQ marine scientist awarded for sea turtle research
- UQ’s Dr Kathy Townsend, a marine biologist from the Moreton Bay Research Station, has been awarded an international science prize to continue her work on the impact of marine rubbish on sea turtles.
- 14-Oct-2009
- Transforming Indigenous studies through a new teaching approach
- In the spirit of Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations, a team of academics from The University of Queensland is set to evaluate how problem-based learning (PBL) is used in the teaching of Indigenous Australian Studies.
- 14-Oct-2009
- Common gene variant found to regulate iron levels
- An international research team including researchers at UQ's Diamantina Institute and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research has identified a new variant of a gene that helps to regulate iron and haemoglobin levels.
- 13-Oct-2009
- Australian continent to blame for Samoa, Sumatra quakes
- The recent earthquakes in the Pacific and Indonesia have one University of Queensland researcher questioning whether the two are related.
- 08-Oct-2009
- Lack of retail grocery competition impacts Australians' health
- Limited competition in the grocery sector could be having a serious effect on public health, according to a University of Queensland study published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
- 06-Oct-2009
- Edge detection crucial to eyesight
- In a major advance in understanding how our eyesight works, Australian scientists have shown that birds' amazing flight and landing precision relies on their ability to detect edges.
- 06-Oct-2009
- UQ researchers attempt to define architecture
- UQ Architecture research is taking a fresh approach to a debate which has been raging for centuries – is architecture art or is it a profession?
- 06-Oct-2009
- UQ researcher to translate the language of love
- Tales of romance may form the basis of Kylie Layton’s Masters research, but she is required to delve deeper than Mills and Boon novels.
- 06-Oct-2009
- UQ researcher on the hunt for viruses
- UQ scientist Ian Mackay is always on the lookout for that lucky find – well, if you consider unknown strains of the common cold virus lucky.
- 05-Oct-2009
- Transparent fish helping to shine new light on how we move
- The natural transparency of young zebrafish has allowed neuroscientists to use light, much like we use a remote control, to turn on and off neurons that may be responsible for how we move our bodies.
- 05-Oct-2009
- UQ research keeps seniors in the know
- UQ researchers have been investigating how seniors can keep informed about the services and opportunities that are available to help them age well.
- 05-Oct-2009
- UQ School of Tourism among the top five in the world
- The University of Queensland’s School of Tourism has become a sought-after destination in its own right.
- 02-Oct-2009
- Aircraft that can see for themselves
- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.
- 30-Sep-2009
- T. rex disease research goes to the birds
- University of Queensland research is opening up a new insight into the lives of the mightiest of all dinosaurs, and it isn’t pretty.
- 30-Sep-2009
- Ian Frazer awarded Honda Prize
- UQ’s Professor Ian Frazer has been awarded the 2009 Honda Prize for his contribution to the development of the world’s first cervical cancer vaccines.
- 29-Sep-2009
- UQ researcher reports on how well we’re managing the world’s protected areas
- When the Korean Government wanted a report card on the state of the country’s national park system, it sought out the right man for the job – UQ’s Associate Professor Marc Hockings.
- 28-Sep-2009
- UQ academic helps foster the next generation of researchers
- Director of UQ's Clinical Centre for Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury & Health, Professor Paul Hodges, has been awarded a $10,000 prize for his work supervising research higher degree students.
- 28-Sep-2009
- Green chemistry fuels UQ wastewater study
- UQ’s Dr Korneel Rabaey will hone his knowledge in wastewater research as he taps into an exciting new way of producing energy-rich biofuels from wastewater and biomass.
- 24-Sep-2009
- Research award to fund plant-grown drugs
- Cancer drugs may soon grow on trees if a University of Queensland researcher has his way.
- 24-Sep-2009
- Improved treatment for stroke patients within reach
- The complex activities that occur in the human body so people can accurately reach towards objects is the subject of a new University of Queensland study which holds promise for improved treatment of stroke patients.
- 24-Sep-2009
- UQ PhD students off to Harvard
- Science and humanities may be at opposite ends of the academic spectrum, but the disciplines will come together at a climate change conference to be held at Harvard University in 2010.
- 24-Sep-2009
- Hybrid nanoparticles to express-courier
- Safe, efficient and site-specific delivery of drugs or genes is one step closer thanks to a $75,000 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award for Dr Zhi Ping Xu.
- 24-Sep-2009
- UQ research breathes new life into insect evolution
- As humans face the challenges of a climate change, one UQ researcher is turning to the insect world for some clues to adapting to a changing environment.
- 24-Sep-2009
- UQ research to provide relief for Australian canola farmers
- Australian canola farmers are one step closer to protecting their crops from a devastating disease thanks to a researcher from The University of Queensland.
- 24-Sep-2009
- Long-term passion for finding life patterns in obesity
- Understanding and preventing obesity is the driving force for University of Queensland researcher Dr Abdullah Mamun.
- 24-Sep-2009
- UQ scientist to help guide future of Australian medical research
- A University of Queensland researcher has become one of only two Queenslanders to be appointed to a national research committee.
- 23-Sep-2009
- UQ research to secure baby boomers’ investments
- New research by a UQ legal expert will aim to avoid the kind of investor fallout experienced in the recent Storm Financial collapse.
- 23-Sep-2009
- UQ research finds health outcomes may be decided in the womb
- A project conducted at The University of Queensland is aiming to uncover why some pregnancy complications can make an individual more susceptible to heart disease and kidney failure.
- 23-Sep-2009
- Support needed to stop the Hendra Virus
- The University of Queensland has established the Alister Rodgers Memorial Hendra Virus Research Assistance Fund to work towards a solution to the problems of Hendra virus.
- 22-Sep-2009
- UQ public lecture may say goodbye to flu forever
- Could University of Queensland research say goodbye to the flu forever?
- 22-Sep-2009
- UQ researchers rewarded for excellence
- The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding $685,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards tonight (Tuesday, September 22).
- 22-Sep-2009
- UQ researcher says compromise is the best solution to the whip controversy
- A “happy medium” is what jockeys and the Australian Racing Board should aim for when it comes to using whips, according to UQ veterinary academic Associate Professor Paul Mills.
- 21-Sep-2009
- UQ researcher offers a greater incentive to eat your greens
- UQ PhD candidate and nutritionist Christine Houghton is set to investigate whether broccoli could help in the fight against diabetes.
- 18-Sep-2009
- UQ secrets unveiled at Research Week
- Eradicating influenza, learning from Italian scientists and explaining the secret of successful postgraduate studies are among the topics being covered at The University of Queensland during its upcoming Research Week.
- 17-Sep-2009
- New national survey finds gay Australians want to marry
- A national survey conducted by researchers at The University of Queensland has found that the majority of same-sex attracted Australians reported marriage to be their personal preference for relationship recognition, dispelling the myth that most same-sex couples do not wish to marry or are content with de facto status.
- 14-Sep-2009
- UQ looks to the future of research with ARC fellowships
- UQ research aimed at better diagnosing breast cancer is just one of 16 projects to be awarded prestigious fellowships by the Australian Government this week.
- 10-Sep-2009
- Groups are key to good health
- UQ Professor of Psychology Jolanda Jetten says the quality of a person’s social life could have an even greater impact than diet and exercise on their health and well-being.
- 09-Sep-2009
- UQ Business School student finds short selling important in better portfolio management
- UQ Business School postdoctoral fellow Anthony Hatherley has found that better understanding the relationship between assets improves investors’ ability to construct effectively diversified portfolios.
- 08-Sep-2009
- UQ Science takes over writers festival
- One of UQ's leading scientists will take his work to the literary world this Friday, September 11.
- 08-Sep-2009
- $1.9M surge for UQ solar discovery
- University of Queensland researchers have received almost $2 million from the Queensland Government to lead an international alliance working on the next generation of solar cells.
- 08-Sep-2009
- International focus for naturopath turned researcher
- A journey that started with a bad back and the threat of a major operation is about to culminate in a study tour to a leading American medical facility for a researcher at The University of Queensland.
- 04-Sep-2009
- Test developed at UQ diagnosed Australia’s first swine flu victim
- When the first cases of H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) were reported in Mexico in April, UQ researchers got to work developing a test to diagnose the virus.
- 02-Sep-2009
- UQ ecologist recognised for weed work
- A University of Queensland ecologist has won a prestigious award for her work in designing more effective control strategies to combat the spread of invasive weeds.
- 31-Aug-2009
- Eyes on the prize and head in the stars
- What began as a nationwide contest to encourage an interest in astronomy has ended with a tour of one of the world’s largest telescopes in Hawaii – all without leaving Brisbane.
- 28-Aug-2009
- UQ research finds rape victims are not assured justice
- Despite years of legislative reform, women who report rape may still be treated insensitively by the criminal justice system, UQ research has found.
- 27-Aug-2009
- National search for proteins that cause MS
- A University of Queensland researcher is part of a national project which has received $1 million funding to discover the proteins that cause multiple sclerosis (MS).
- 27-Aug-2009
- UQ law academic assists Solomon Islands’ traditional leaders with conservation issues
- In the wake of changes in life style and pressures affecting natural resources, a UQ law academic is helping Solomon Islands’ traditional leaders deal with related law and governance issues.
- 26-Aug-2009
- UQ researcher discovers how the mum-bub bond may cross generations
- We all know that parents tend to treat their children the way their parents treated them, but why? UQ PhD candidate and developmental paediatrician Dr Lane Strathearn may have found the answer in mothers’ brains.
- 26-Aug-2009
- UQ Business School sheds new light on managing workplace conflict
- With workplace conflict a big issue in Australian organisations, UQ Business School Honours student Jeremy Chen is finding out just how this affects workplace trust.
- 22-Aug-2009
- Predators key to sustainable farming
- Barn owls have emerged as the unlikely heroes in the fight against climate change, saving Malaysian farmers more than money, UQ PhD Student Chong Leong Puan has found.
- 21-Aug-2009
- UQ scientists awarded Eureka prize
- The designers of conservation planning software that helped rezone the Great Barrier Reef have been recognised with the prestigious Sherman Eureka Prize for Environmental Research.
- 21-Aug-2009
- UQ study finds new treatment for communication disorders
- UQ researchers have found certain drugs can change how the brain processes language in a finding that has implications for new treatments of communication disorders.
- 21-Aug-2009
- UQ seminar brings health inequalities to the lunch table
- The University of Queensland’s Healthy Communities Research Centre is continuing to support international efforts in the field of community health by bringing UK Emeritus Professor Richard Wilkinson to Ipswich for a lunch seminar on August 25.
- 21-Aug-2009
- Lack of management strategy endangers mangrove coastal defence
- In the face of impending climate change impacts coastal mangrove defence has been declining rapidly, while support for assessment of this valuable habitat has weakened, according to a panel of International experts at INTECOL 2009 in Brisbane this week.
- 20-Aug-2009
- Does gardening improve your memory?
- Ever wanted to bottle the green fresh aroma of a forest? UQ researcher Dr Nick Lavidis has done just that with a new "eau de grass" spray soon to be launched on the market.
- 20-Aug-2009
- UQ Science graduate reaches for the stars
- In just one and a half years, one University of Queensland physics student has completed her Bachelor of Science degree – that’s only half the time it usually takes.
- 20-Aug-2009
- UQ engages with fellow entrepreneurs
- The University of Queensland is forging closer ties with the business community with the appointment of two Smart Futures Entrepreneurs-in-Residence announced in Parliament today by State Treasurer Andrew Fraser.
- 19-Aug-2009
- New low emission coal technology will provide double power, reduce costs and help the environment
- A University of Queensland researcher has successfully completed a lab-scale test on a new technology which has the potential to revolutionise the way the world views and uses coal.
- 16-Aug-2009
- Combining Aboriginal knowledge and Western science to create building materials of the future
- UQ researchers have teamed up with the Indigenous people of the Myuma Group to identify and develop potential technological applications for Spinifex grass.
- 16-Aug-2009
- UQ cooperates with $90 million
- The University of Queensland will share in almost $90 million worth of research funding announced by the Federal Government last week.
- 14-Aug-2009
- Driving environmentally-friendly luxury
- Luxury hotels must play a key role in changing consumer habits to ensure visitor indulgence does not equate to environmental piracy, a leading tourism expert has warned.
- 13-Aug-2009
- Closing the health gap could take generations
- It is likely to take several generations to close the gap between the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people’s health, according to leading chronic disease researcher, Professor Wendy Hoy.
- 13-Aug-2009
- Report card on Tweed waterways released
- UQ research has helped take the pulse of waterways in northern New South Wales and flag what needs to be done to keep them in good shape.
- 13-Aug-2009
- Shining star in astrophysics
- A researcher from The University of Queensland has been awarded the Astronomical Society of Australia‘s 2009 Louise Webster Prize.
- 10-Aug-2009
- UQ on show at the Ekka
- Talking scientists, animals being born and helping us celebrate our 100th birthday are just some of the things being showcased by UQ at this year’s Ekka.
- 07-Aug-2009
- Survey to find out how UQ is supporting students to engage in good learning practices
- UQ students are being asked to rate how UQ is supporting students to engage in their learning via a survey.
- 06-Aug-2009
- Cabbie-turned-sociologist investigates the finance of taxi-driving
- After experiencing the taxi-driving industry first-hand, recent PhD graduate Maarten Rothengatter was driven to explore the financial issues facing cabbies.
- 06-Aug-2009
- UQ researchers find quantum errors do compute
- Physicists from The University of Queensland have found the emerging field of quantum computing may be more stable than previously thought.
- 05-Aug-2009
- Large grant to innovative Tai Chi depression/cardiovascular disease program
- A University of Queensland research team has been awarded the second largest grant provided under the National Heart Foundation (NHF) and beyondblue Cardiovascular Disease and Depression Strategic Research Program.
- 30-Jul-2009
- Genes unlocked in search for breast cancer vaccine
- Researchers at The University of Queensland have helped identify genes that could hold the key to treating a common and deadly type of breast cancer.
- 29-Jul-2009
- UQ research finds a mother’s mental health can impact on children
- Teenagers whose mothers have mental health impairments are likely to suffer behavioural problems, UQ research has found.
- 29-Jul-2009
- Translational Research Institute Queensland receives record $50M gift
- Australia will have a stronger role in global efforts to address major diseases like cancer and diabetes following a $50 million gift, the biggest donation of its kind in the nation’s history.
- 27-Jul-2009
- UQ researchers soak up stem cell potential
- Despite its seemingly simple appearance, the humble sea sponge could have the ability to advance stem cell research, according to scientists working at UQ’s Heron Island Research Station and the St Lucia Campus.
- 27-Jul-2009
- UQ Small Animal Clinic treats dog deafness
- Dog breeders have travelled from all over eastern Australia to bring their dogs to be treated for deafness at The University of Queensland’s Small Animal Clinic at St Lucia.
- 27-Jul-2009
- PhD student studies Burmese gender battle
- In researching for her PhD thesis, The University of Queensland’s Dr Jessica Harriden battled gender inequity and military rule in Burma (Myanmar), but now her war is won.
- 27-Jul-2009
- UQ researchers awarded Australian Stem Cell Funding
- Two University of Queensland researchers will drive the translation of stem cell biology into economic benefit through their leadership of new research programs, announced by the Australian Stem Cell Centre today.
- 23-Jul-2009
- UQ wins quarantine commendation
- The University of Queensland has been awarded a certificate of commendation by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.
- 23-Jul-2009
- UQ research finds schools can help reduce depression
- School-based intervention programs could help curb the amount of antidepressants being prescribed to adolescent boys, UQ research has found.
- 23-Jul-2009
- PhD examines ambush marketing
- For most of the world, the lighting of the Olympic flame in Beijing was a moment in history. But for University of Queensland PhD researcher Sarah Kelly, it was also a well-planned ambush.
- 22-Jul-2009
- UQ researchers find fertile pastures
- University of Queensland researchers are breaking new ground in rainforest regeneration.
- 22-Jul-2009
- UQ researcher trials new treatments for whiplash
- For physiotherapist Associate Professor Michele Sterling, treating whiplash is all about thinking outside of the box.
- 22-Jul-2009
- UQ physiotherapist treats world champion cyclist
- Using ultrasound imaging, UQ physiotherapist Dr Julie Hides is helping a world-champion cyclist ride her bike pain free.
- 22-Jul-2009
- AIBN and US researchers join forces
- A UQ institute has joined forces with a leading American university to work on research to change the way we live.
- 16-Jul-2009
- UQ study shows how camels keep their cool
- UQ research has found when it comes to camels, staying cool may be the key to reproductive success.
- 15-Jul-2009
- Nanopatches to join the fight against swine flu
- In response to the growing threat of swine flu, a UQ team is applying nanopatch technology to potentially solve the problems associated with vaccinating millions of Australians, thanks to a recently announced government grant.
- 14-Jul-2009
- UQ scientist’s outstanding pain management research recognised
- A UQ Science researcher has received a prestigious honorary fellowship for her long-time work into understanding the underlying mechanisms of pain.
- 14-Jul-2009
- New knowledge shared at UQ Business School research event
- UQ Business School will showcase research talent at the annual Research Students' Colloquium on Monday, July 20.
- 13-Jul-2009
- Smarter sugar cane on the horizon
- Research which aims to increase the profitability and sustainability of the Australian sugarcane industry is one step closer to reality thanks to the work of a UQ-based institute.
- 10-Jul-2009
- UQ research decodes the secret language of the sea
- Even parasite-eating fish recognise the benefits of good advertising, UQ research has found.
- 09-Jul-2009
- UQ metals researchers tap the best ideas
- University of Queensland metals researchers have scooped the pools at a unique science event held on the Gold Coast recently.
- 08-Jul-2009
- UQ study reduces euthanasia rates of cats
- Unwanted cats and kittens who have to be “put down” are the subject of a new study at The University of Queensland’s Centre for Companion Animal Health.
- 07-Jul-2009
- Sugarcane research aims to harvest green energy
- Scientists based at UQ are working towards one of sustainable energy’s holy grails – harvesting the untapped potential of sugar cane.
- 06-Jul-2009
- Leading sociologist takes lead in SBS Faculty
- The University of Queensland has appointed Professor David de Vaus as Executive Dean of its Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (SBS).
- 06-Jul-2009
- Research blooms with commercial launch of new native plant
- A new Australian native plant developed by The University of Queensland’s Centre for Native Floriculture was recently launched at Manawee Garden Centre, Buderim.
- 06-Jul-2009
- UQ physicist takes a quantum leap
- A UQ physicist is seeking answers to a persistent problem throughout human history: how do I compute things?
- 06-Jul-2009
- UQ researchers break the law - of physics
- Two UQ Science researchers have proved two famous physical laws that have been widely used for the past 25 years do not always work.
- 06-Jul-2009
- A man of influence
- A University of Queensland scientist has been recognised as one of Australia’s most influential men under 45 by a leading men’s magazine.
- 02-Jul-2009
- UQ conference to focus on motherhood
- Mothering Sunday may have been and gone but an international conference to be held at UQ this week will delve into the important role mums play all year round.
- 01-Jul-2009
- Ian Frazer to inspire new generation of researchers
- The future of Australian medical research is looking bright thanks to a new initiative giving Queensland secondary students the chance to complete a unique research immersion program.
- 01-Jul-2009
- UQ research uncovers the potential for super-sized abalone
- Designer abalone could be an option in the foreseeable future, thanks to a project associated with UQ’s Heron Island Research Station.
- 30-Jun-2009
- UQ generates first Australian swine flu vaccine
- The University of Queensland has produced the first Australian batch of a new candidate vaccine against the H1N1 “swine flu” virus.
- 29-Jun-2009
- Out of Africa ... UQ law researchers to investigate environmental crime and corruption in Tanzania
- Legal experts from UQ will head to Tanzania in August to investigate the country’s capacity to prosecute and sentence cases of environmental crime and corruption.
- 26-Jun-2009
- PhD scholar to make his mark studying fingerprints
- University of Queensland student Matthew Thompson is set to study the psychology behind fingerprint identification after being awarded a prestigious Queensland Government Smart Futures PhD Scholarship.
- 23-Jun-2009
- UQ awarded more than $5M in Australian Laureate Fellowships
- The University of Queensland has received two prestigious new national fellowships, targeting research into improved coral reef management and an alternative to antibiotics.
- 23-Jun-2009
- Got DNA? UQ can test it
- A UQ genetic testing centre is promising if something has DNA, they can test it.
- 18-Jun-2009
- UQ centre aims to uncover the health benefits of trail bike riding
- The University of Queensland’s Healthy Communities Research Centre, in collaboration with Australian Dirt Bike Adventures, is currently administering the first phase of a research project into the health benefits of trail bike riding based in Queensland.
- 18-Jun-2009
- Virtual worlds and video games explored at teaching conference
- Not all academic conferences include sessions on the Nintendo Wii, but an upcoming UQ event is happy to explore new boundaries in the name of better teaching.
- 17-Jun-2009
- Queensland researchers help unlock genetic keys to MS
- New genes discovered by Australian and New Zealand researchers may hold the key to new treatments for people with multiple sclerosis (MS).
- 15-Jun-2009
- Red wine ingredient demonstrates significant health benefits: research review
- The benefits of alcohol are all about moderation. Low to moderate drinking – especially of red wine – appears to reduce causes of mortality, while too much drinking causes multiple organ damage.
- 12-Jun-2009
- UQ research student unearths WWII Nominal Roll errors
- What began as a chat during an annual catch-up with war mates soon turned into an important mission for Bill Park, who will receive his Master of Philosophy from UQ in July.
- 12-Jun-2009
- UQ researcher wants complementary therapist registration to improve safety
- A UQ researcher is calling for the registration of complementary medicine therapists to make it safer to consult a naturopath.
- 11-Jun-2009
- Type 2 Diabetes? UQ wants you!
- University of Queensland researchers are seeking volunteers to help with a study to investigate the causes of diabetic heart diseases and the best methods for detection.
- 10-Jun-2009
- UQ’s rainmakers enter international competition
- A team of 10 UQ undergraduate students is aiming to prove you don’t need to perform a rain dance to encourage the clouds to open.
- 10-Jun-2009
- Research program helps children with anxiety
- Anxiety is the most common psychological complaint experienced by children and adolescents. It can lead to significant social and academic difficulties and often increases the risk of youth developing other psychiatric disorders.
- 10-Jun-2009
- UQ research shows brain cells make clever connections
- University of Queensland research has revealed that growing nerve fibres may navigate by using a clever mathematical trick.
- 10-Jun-2009
- Jellyfish joyride a threat to the oceans
- Early action could be crucial to addressing the problem of major increases in jellyfish numbers, which appears to be the result of human activities.
- 08-Jun-2009
- UQ looks to the future with smart fellows
- Six scientists from The University of Queensland have received Smart Future Fellowships to help further their research into areas such as disease detection and clean energy.
- 05-Jun-2009
- UQ study discovers why some older adults develop gambling problems
- University of Queensland research is uncovering why a flutter on the pokies can lead to bigger problems for some older adults.
- 04-Jun-2009
- One step closer to turning off cancer genes with gene-silencing
- Researchers at The University of Queensland have developed a way to deliver drugs which can specifically shut down cancer-causing genes in tumour cells while sparing normal healthy tissues.
- 04-Jun-2009
- Mosquito facility takes dengue fight to new stage
- An international team of collaborators, aiming to eliminate dengue fever worldwide, has taken a major step forward with the opening of a state of the art Mosquito Research Facility (MRF) in Cairns.
- 03-Jun-2009
- UQ pearlers link up with industry
- UQ research ranging from better pearls to better plastics was given a $3.5 million boost today with the latest round of Australian Research Council funding.
- 29-May-2009
- New management treatment for diabetic dogs and cats
- Diabetic pets can have a new lease on life, thanks to research conducted at The University of Queensland’s Centre for Companion Animal Health.
- 27-May-2009
- UQ journalism experts examine media fallout from Fiji in Samoa
- Two staff members from the School of Journalism and Communication recently spent a week in Samoa discussing the media freedom issues plaguing Fiji and elsewhere in the Pacific.
- 25-May-2009
- Aerospace collaboration ready to take off
- Italy, a key nation in aerospace research, has signalled its intention to collaborate more closely on hypersonics research with The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.
- 25-May-2009
- New research hub at UQ facilitates reliable results
- UQ Science continues to break new ground with the launch of the Hub of Organics Analysis, giving University of Queensland scientists access to a state-of-the-art testing facility that will cut the time taken to conduct research projects.
- 21-May-2009
- Queensland Government funds UQ cancer fight
- University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will use a $5 million grant from the Queensland State Government to unlock the genetic causes of pancreatic and ovarian cancer.
- 20-May-2009
- UQ research finds mangroves being fed to death
- New UQ Science research has found the increase in nutrients coming out of our river systems is putting pressure on our mangrove forests and making them far more susceptible to environmental variability and climate change.
- 19-May-2009
- Strategic China-Australian Neuroscience Program to research brain function and disease
- A unique China-Australian collaboration in neuroscience has been formed between UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and The Institute of Biophysics (IBP), Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- 19-May-2009
- UQ leads new era of ecosystem management
- The University of Queensland will lead a national collaboration at the forefront of linking science to ecosystem management thanks to the establishment of a new research network.
- 19-May-2009
- New biomarker centre to develop early disease diagnosis
- Early diagnosis and tailored treatment of disease are the potential outcomes a new centre to be formed in The University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology.
- 18-May-2009
- UQ helps to manage Moreton Bay’s unique dolphin population
- A UQ Science student’s research on the bottlenose dolphin population of Moreton Bay is so important, a German TV documentary crew has flown half way round the world to film it.
- 18-May-2009
- UQ researchers to develop E. coli vaccine
- Protecting Queensland's beef industry whilst reducing food poisoning outbreaks in humans is the aim of Dr Rowland Cobbold, a researcher from UQ’s School of Veterinary Science.
- 16-May-2009
- UQ & Sea World team up on groundbreaking dugong research
- Biologists from the University of Queensland have teamed up with Sea World and Sydney Aquarium to assess the health and reproductive status of wild dugongs in Moreton Bay this week.
- 15-May-2009
- Research commercialisation benefits from Budget boost
- UniQuest, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, has welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to increased spending on innovation and science, announced in Tuesday’s Budget.
- 15-May-2009
- UQ research leads to better pay deal for community services workers
- Research by a University of Queensland academic has played a critical role in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission’s recent decision to award Queensland community services workers a 19.25 percent pay increase.
- 14-May-2009
- Federal Budget dedicates $194 million to UQ infrastructure
- The University of Queensland has applauded the recent Federal Budget, which includes $194 million in funding for UQ infrastructure projects.
- 13-May-2009
- UQ research reveals East Timor’s stolen generations
- Touched by the stories of Australia’s stolen generations, UQ PhD graduate Helene van Klinken felt she could not let the tales of displaced East Timorese children go untold.
- 12-May-2009
- UQ research finds kava is safe and effective
- UQ research has found a traditional extract of Kava, a medicinal plant from the South Pacific, to be safe and effective in reducing anxiety.
- 11-May-2009
- UQ researcher asks older adults to stand up for their health
- Older people who watch more than two hours of television per day are invited to participate in a UQ research study.
- 06-May-2009
- Sustainable intervention key to ongoing schistosomiasis control
- A new international study has shown that rates of the parasitic disease schistosomiasis have rebounded to pre-intervention levels in the north-western African republic of Mali.
- 03-May-2009
- Fulbright scholarship for UQ Business School graduate
- UQ Business School Alumnus and cybercrime expert Dr Kim Kwang (Raymond) Choo has been awarded a 2009 Fulbright professional scholarship.
- 01-May-2009
- UQ programs a new era of conservation planning
- Researchers at The University of Queensland have developed software to help make the job of conservation planners a bit easier.
- 01-May-2009
- UQ experts ready to comment on swine flu
- UQ scientists and academics are available for expert comment on the emerging swine flu pandemic. Expertise ranges from the science of virus, to the medical implications, to the tourism and economic implications.
- 30-Apr-2009
- UQ researchers seek help in saving reefs
- Scientists from The University of Queensland are asking tourists to help monitor the health of reefs worldwide.
- 30-Apr-2009
- UQ research on the hunt for fishes from the deep
- A University of Queensland researcher has returned from where no person has been before – deep in the western Pacific.
- 29-Apr-2009
- Shakespearean play breaks new boundaries
- Next week will mark a milestone production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar when it is performed by inmates of the maximum-security Borallon Correctional Centre.
- 24-Apr-2009
- UQ branches out into pea fuel
- The discovery of a hormone that controls how plants form branches and the use of a legume tree in biodiesel production are just two of the major scientific breakthroughs to come out of UQ’s ARC Centre of Excellence in Integrative Legume Research this year.
- 22-Apr-2009
- Bright future for Queensland’s agricultural research
- A new partnership announced today between the Queensland Government and The University of Queensland is set to deliver more powerful research outcomes for Queensland agriculture.
- 22-Apr-2009
- MangroveWatch is coming to the Wide Bay area
- Enthusiastic Queensland locals are joining a new Community Coastcare intitiative to help look after our valuable estuary and mangrove habitats.
- 21-Apr-2009
- Reef boom beats doom
- Marine scientists say they are astonished at the spectacular recovery of certain coral reefs in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park from a devastating coral bleaching event in 2006.
- 21-Apr-2009
- Cervical cancer vaccine reaches Vanuatu
- A Brisbane team are working closely with the Vanuatu Government to trial a program for effective delivery of cervical cancer vaccines to schoolgirls in resource-poor settings.
- 21-Apr-2009
- UQ Business School completes emissions audit for Customs House
- UQ Business School�s Sustainable Business Unit was recently commissioned to conduct a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions audit for The University of Queensland�s Customs House.
- 20-Apr-2009
- UQ research could improve Chlamydia home testing
- A product created by scientists at The University of Queensland could make Chlamydia testing more accessible, particularly to those living in remote areas.
- 20-Apr-2009
- Learning from the Bundaberg Base Hospital experience
- Marissa Edwards looked to the Bundaberg Base Hospital experience when she started her University of Queensland PhD investigating what people do when confronted by wrongdoing in the workplace.
- 20-Apr-2009
- International team cracks mammalian gene control code
- An international consortium of scientists, including researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), have probed further into the human genome than ever before.
- 20-Apr-2009
- New theory to understand plant stress
- A University of Queensland researcher has co-authored a new theory that can help predict how different plant species might respond to climate change, and may enable the production of better stress-resistant crops in the future.
- 16-Apr-2009
- New faces of peace at UQ
- For some, the word peace conjures up images of hippies and free love. Not so for the new 2009 cohort of UQ Rotary World Peace Fellows.
- 15-Apr-2009
- Heritage-listed steam train explores Queensland’s history
- The University of Queensland-sponsored Q150 Steam Train departs Ipswich today (Tuesday, April 14), embarking on a journey that will span five months and visit more than 30 Queensland communities.
- 14-Apr-2009
- It's UQ Graduate Student Week
- If you are a PhD, Master of Philosophy, honours or postgraduate study student looking to improve your research skills, then UQ Graduate Student Week is for you.
- 13-Apr-2009
- 600 families wanted for national ADHD study
- A group of UQ neuroscientists is about to embark upon one of Australia’s biggest studies into the relationship between genes and children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
- 12-Apr-2009
- Research looks at plants’ abilities to adapt in a changing environment
- Australia’s unique plant life could be under threat from global climate change, according to University of Queensland research.
- 09-Apr-2009
- Volunteers needed for ethical research
- The University of Queensland is seeking members of the public to be part of its animal ethics committees.
- 09-Apr-2009
- New website on NT judge gives insights into Indigenous criminal justice history
- A new biographical website has been launched on an important 1950s Northern Territory judge, combining unpublished cases, media reportage and contemporary analysis on an important period in Australian legal history.
- 08-Apr-2009
- UQ seminar focuses on whiplash
- Dealing with chronic whiplash disorders can be challenging, so two UQ research centres have organised a free seminar for those with whiplash injuries, their families and healthcare professionals.
- 08-Apr-2009
- Talking about the mother of all fish
- The big questions of death, sex, evolution and fish will all be on the table at a University of Queensland public lecture on April 8.
- 07-Apr-2009
- Gates and AusAID fund project to save lives of babies and mothers
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and AusAID are joining forces with the newly-formed AusAID Knowledge Hubs to fund a $4 million project aimed at reducing the millions of maternal and child deaths that occur globally each year.
- 31-Mar-2009
- Maternal excessive weight gain in pregnancy linked with obesity for adult children
- A new study has found that the children of mothers who gain excessive weight during pregnancy are still at risk for obesity once they reach adulthood.
- 31-Mar-2009
- Sea sponges busted by UQ researchers
- When it comes to sex, sea sponges are certainly not monogamous.
- 31-Mar-2009
- UQ research urges QLD Health to adopt Brazilian dengue controls
- UQ research into the way Brazil is dealing with dengue fever could have lessons for Queensland.
- 30-Mar-2009
- Loneliness and bad jobs a real pain in the back according to UQ researcher
- If you are unhappy with your job or are female and live alone, chances are you may take longer to recover from lower back pain than your less stressed counterparts, says recent UQ PhD recipient and osteopath Dr Nick Penney.
- 27-Mar-2009
- Saving the environment one church at a time
- Caring for the environment is an important part of the mission of the Church, says recent UQ PhD recipient Clive Ayre.
- 27-Mar-2009
- UQ team works towards a brain breakthrough
- UQ's foundation Professor of Clinical Neuroscience Peter Silburn really likes looking into people's brains. In fact, with the assistance of neurosurgeon Dr Terry Coyne and a team of researchers, he's been deeper into the human brain than most people in the world.
- 26-Mar-2009
- UQ research reclaims the power of speech
- A UQ researcher has revealed a new treatment for a speech disorder that commonly affects those who have suffered a stroke or brain injury.
- 26-Mar-2009
- Record funds for UQ's cancer fight
- Scientists at The University of Queensland (UQ) will use a record research grant to give new hope to patients with two of Australia's most fatal cancers.
- 26-Mar-2009
- UQ research finds crayfish win by cheating
- A study conducted at UQ's Moreton Bay Research Station has found, when it comes to crayfish, size really does matter.
- 25-Mar-2009
- Caution in the "war" on biker gangs
- UQ’s Dr Andreas Schloenhardt cautions police and legislators to not adopt ill-conceived reactionary measures to recent gang related violence despite the renewed calls for tougher action.
- 25-Mar-2009
- Debt not so deadly after all
- Running a budget deficit to give needy individuals one-off payments and keeping citizens in work is a good move by the government according to Dr Bruce Littleboy, a senior lecturer in economics at UQ.
- 25-Mar-2009
- UQ students dig up dirt on dung beetle research
- Dung beetles are renowned for their smelly habitats, yet these little creatures could hold the key to South East Queensland’s changing biodiversity, according to new UQ research.
- 25-Mar-2009
- UQ project targets breathing problems
- Do you have chronic breathing troubles or know of someone who does?
- 23-Mar-2009
- UQ pilot wastewater plant treats domestic waste
- Generating clean energy and high-quality recycled water from two of the main sources of household waste is closer to reality, thanks to UQ environmental engineering research.
- 23-Mar-2009
- Vet science student learns real skills in Vietnam
- University of Queensland veterinary science student Tarni Cooper has discovered a way to mix philanthropy with seeing the world: improving production of pigs in Vietnam.
- 17-Mar-2009
- Fulbright Scholar to research military health threat
- University of Queensland PhD student Major Alyson Auliff will use a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to help in the battle against malaria, a major cause of Australian military casualties.
- 12-Mar-2009
- Community pharmacy research to improve use of medicines
- Three University of Queensland researchers have received separate grants aimed at improving the practice of community pharmacy and customer health, through better use of medicines.
- 11-Mar-2009
- UQ researcher uncovers koalas' creature comforts
- UQ Master of Science student Maren Dammann is aiming to uncover what makes a koala's wish list when it comes to choosing a place to live.
- 11-Mar-2009
- Advice to make your business bloom
- UQ’s Centre for Native Floriculture (CNF) has released their latest learning tool to help new growers develop a better understanding of the industry.
- 10-Mar-2009
- Time is not on the side of older dads
- University of Queensland research has revealed the older a dad is the more likely his children will have reduced cognitive abilities.
- 09-Mar-2009
- Holding a mirror up to a gibbon’s mind
- University of Queensland developmental psychologists have taken a step into our evolutionary past by studying gibbons.
- 04-Mar-2009
- UQ scientists ready to learn from coral bleaching
- If a coral bleaching event hits Australia’s Great Barrier Reef this year, marine biologists from The University of Queensland will be ready to document the action.
- 26-Feb-2009
- UQ researchers expose Sherlock Holmes of the marine world
- Scientists from The University of Queensland have revealed a coral reef fish has been successfully living incognito by using its colour-changing ability.
- 26-Feb-2009
- UQ research finds heat could be stifling turtles’ swimming abilities
- It seems we’re not the only ones struggling to adapt to the summer weather – UQ researchers have found the increased temperatures may be affecting turtles too.
- 25-Feb-2009
- Worms hold key to Great Barrier Reef’s richness
- Studying “zombie snails” and discovering the Great Barrier Reef’s hidden species is all in day’s work for University of Queensland Associate Professor Tom Cribb.
- 25-Feb-2009
- UQ research opens eyes to motion-induced blindness
- Researchers at The University of Queensland are providing insight into why our eyes sometimes play tricks on us.
- 20-Feb-2009
- UQ marine research ready to take flight again at Heron
- UQ’s Heron Island Research Station in the Great Barrier Reef reopens today (Friday, February 20), following a $9 million upgrade.
- 20-Feb-2009
- Scholarship recipient keen to be part of RSPCA trial
- UQ Business School honours student Christilene du Plessis has been awarded a $25,000 RSPCA Qld Scholarship to help in the search for an ethical way to find homes for Queensland shelter animals.
- 18-Feb-2009
- International research supports upper house accountability
- Collaborative research involving scholars from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia suggests a vibrant upper house improves accountability of governments.
- 18-Feb-2009
- UQ research rocks the music festivals
- University of Queensland research has gone backstage to some of Australia’s biggest music festivals to discover what makes them tick.
- 16-Feb-2009
- Research team explores Cape York's Indigenous culture
- A UQ anthropologist has received a Q150 grant to research traditional craft practice and material culture among the Lamalama people of eastern Cape York Peninsula.
- 13-Feb-2009
- UQ research finds our lifestyle is making us sick
- It's not just the climate that is struggling with what humans have done to the modern world, our genes are feeling the pressure as well, according to Professor Greg Gibson's recently published book.
- 13-Feb-2009
- UQ academic gets to the heart of the matter
- As Valentine’s Day draws near, UQ senior lecturer Toni Johnson-Woods is keeping the flames burning as she delves deep into some of Australia’s most titillating 1950s’ romance fiction.
- 13-Feb-2009
- Taking the Bard behind bars
- Shakespeare’s work speaks to people from all walks of life, as Dr Rob Pensalfini knows first hand.
- 12-Feb-2009
- UQ Business School professor recognised as Lecturer of the Year
- UQ Business School’s Julie Walker beat 2500 lecturers across Australia to take out the UniJobs 2008 Lecturer of the Year award last week.
- 10-Feb-2009
- Putting a name to the fluke
- In a world first, a UQ researcher has developed a non-invasive screening method for potentially fatal liver and intestinal flukes plaguing the lives of an estimated 9 million people throughout southeast Asia.
- 09-Feb-2009
- Library innovations save students' time
- UQ students need no longer wonder whether a computer will be free at the library – they can simply check a monitor or head online in advance.
- 09-Feb-2009
- UQ medical researchers get $22M boost
- Vaccines for cancers, better pain relief and getting people off the couch and exercising are some of The University of Queensland research programs given a multi-million dollar boost today.
- 06-Feb-2009
- UQ involved in GP Super Clinic
- The University of Queensland will contribute $1.7 million towards a GP Super Clinic to be established at Redcliffe.
- 06-Feb-2009
- New Exec Dean gets down to business
- UQ’s new Executive Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law is committed to enhancing student experiences and outcomes, and to ensuring the faculty’s financial future.
- 05-Feb-2009
- Nanotechnology used to probe effectiveness of antibiotics
- A group of researchers led by scientists from the London Centre for Nanotechnology, in collaboration with a University of Queensland researcher, have discovered a way of using tiny nano-probes to help understand how an antibiotic is effective against bacteria.
- 04-Feb-2009
- Advancing research careers through commercialisation
- UQ researchers and Research Higher Degree students can learn more about getting their discoveries, inventions and expertise out to the global market at UniQuest's annual research commercialisation workshops.
- 03-Feb-2009
- UQ research shows women make a difference on boards
- Research by UQ Business School’s Renee Adams has found women appear to significantly enhance the monitoring capacity of the boards they join.
- 02-Feb-2009
- Australian neuroscientists recognise QBI researcher's early work
- A University of Queensland neuroscientist has been recognised with a prestigious national research award.
- 29-Jan-2009
- Parliamentary Secretary to visit UQ Gatton
- The beauty of Australia’s native flowers will be a key focus for Queensland’s Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism, Regional Development and Industry, Jan Jarratt, when she visits the UQ Gatton Campus on Friday, January 30.
- 29-Jan-2009
- UQ researchers win two prestigious Australia Fellowships
- Two University of Queensland scientists have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia Fellowships valued at a total of $8 million.
- 28-Jan-2009
- A new recipe for recruiting success
- They’re among the most needed workers in Australia, and now UQ research has uncovered why chefs may be so difficult to recruit and retain.
- 28-Jan-2009
- New IT course inspired by iPhone
- To sample the innovative teaching practices at The University of Queensland, look no further than your iPhone.
- 27-Jan-2009
- US study finds Australia’s Triple P-Positive Parenting program lowers child abuse injuries and fosters placements
- US study finds Australia’s Triple P-Positive Parenting program lowers child abuse injuries and fosters placements
- 27-Jan-2009
- New UQ research finding about the bane of parents' lives - head lice
- Head lice are a challenge for parents of primary-school aged children all around the world, including Australia.
- 26-Jan-2009
- Boost for UQ dental decay and autism research
- University of Queensland researchers have gained funding for a range of studies to prevent child dental decay.
- 23-Jan-2009
- UQ research finds breastfeeding stops neglect
- When a mother breastfeeds she is essentially protecting her child from herself, according to UQ researcher and developmental paediatrician, Dr Lane Strathearn.
- 22-Jan-2009
- Research breakthrough targets genetic diseases
- A cure for debilitating genetic diseases such as Huntington's disease, Friedreich's ataxia and Fragile X syndrome is a step closer to reality, thanks to a recent scientific breakthrough.
- 20-Jan-2009
- Muslims covered in a veil of media mistrust – PhD study
- A UQ psychology graduate has shown media portrayals of international conflict involving Muslims may facilitate the idea that Muslim beliefs are incompatible with Australian society.
- 20-Jan-2009
- Eat Smart study offers young people obesity treatment
- Overweight and obese adolescents aged between 10 and 17 years can take part in a new innovative weight management program being conducted in Brisbane and Ipswich.
- 16-Jan-2009
- Kids reach for the stars at UQ
- Queensland high school students will be reaching for the stars next week at UQ.
- 15-Jan-2009
- UQ research discovers how dangerous DNA can cause cell suicide
- DNA can spell danger, and may even drive a cell to suicide, according to new research from Queensland scientists.
- 15-Jan-2009
- UQ research finds speech disorders can be assessed from a distance
- There should be no barriers to providing high-quality speech pathology services, according to University of Queensland PhD graduate Dr Anne Hill.
- 08-Jan-2009
- UQ virtual software engineers success
- A UQ led project that allows undergraduate engineering students to gain valuable industry exposure, without donning a hard hat, has been recognised internationally.
- 05-Jan-2009
- UQ study shows governments need more honest environmental accounting
- University of Queensland research is paving the way for better management of our precious natural environment.
- 01-Jan-2009
- UQ scientists closing the zap on dengue fever
- A mosquito-borne virus that each year harms up to 100 million people and kills more than 20,000 is a step closer to being controlled after a breakthrough by Queensland scientists.
- 01-Jan-2009
- Gatton makes New Year research resolutions
- The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus is already looking forward to a productive 2009 after recently hosting the 21st South East Asian Regional Centre for Agriculture University Consortium (SEARCA-UC).
- 23-Dec-2008
- UQ research uncovers the bright side of trauma
- Trauma may be the key to healing the world, according to UQ researcher and Shorncliffe local Dr Emma Hutchison.
- 23-Dec-2008
- Symposium ignites chemical collaborations
- Finding new climate change and clean energy solutions was the focus when a group of chemists from The University of Queensland and National University of Singapore (NUS) converged for a two-day symposium last week.
- 22-Dec-2008
- UQ archaeologists singled out for success
- UQ archaeology experts have recently hosted a national conference and been singled out for their commitment to research and Indigenous engagement.
- 22-Dec-2008
- Little croc looms large over outback town
- A new exhibit featuring more fossils of the world’s first modern crocodilian, opened this week in Isisford, central-western Queensland.
- 22-Dec-2008
- UQ wins tender for Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies
- Mums and bubs will find a new resource at UQ in 2009, after the Queensland Government chose UQ researchers to lead an important new centre of excellence.
- 19-Dec-2008
- Abortion and miscarriage bring psychiatric risk
- Drug and alcohol problems and psychiatric disorders are more likely in women who have had an abortion or miscarriage, a University of Queensland study has found.
- 18-Dec-2008
- Study reveals antidepressants most common medication for Australian women
- A new study has revealed the most commonly prescribed medication for Australian women is antidepressants.
- 16-Dec-2008
- UQ measures the cost of baby turtles’ dash for freedom
- UQ research is uncovering the true cost of how baby turtles make their dash from hatching in the dunes to the relative safety of the ocean.
- 15-Dec-2008
- UQ research finds caterpillars kill foals
- Researchers from The University of Queensland have found hairy caterpillars are responsible for causing abortions in Australian mares.
- 15-Dec-2008
- UQ research finds koalas are no dwarves
- University of Queensland research has found one of Australia’s iconic animals is not a shadow of its former self.
- 11-Dec-2008
- UQ research targets West Nile Virus and Dengue Fever
- Research conducted at The University of Queensland could contribute to the development of a vaccine and cure for West Nile virus and Dengue fever.
- 09-Dec-2008
- UQ researcher uncovers what athletes need to perform well
- Watching her father qualify for the 1988 Olympics was what inspired UQ PhD graduate Dr Caroline Ringuet to research the needs of high-performance athletes.
- 09-Dec-2008
- 81-year-old graduates at UQ Gatton
- At the age of 81, Gatton local Jim Galletly will today be awarded his PhD.
- 05-Dec-2008
- Human trafficking website launched
- UQ’s Human Trafficking Working Group has launched a website providing background, case reports, publications and presentations on human trafficking in Australia.
- 05-Dec-2008
- UQ research program attracts investment from Internet tycoon
- A UQ research program seeking to develop computer systems and robots capable of intelligent thought, self-awareness, creativity, learning and emotion has received the first $100,000 donation from Australian entrepreneur Sean Howard.
- 03-Dec-2008
- UQ Business School practices what it preaches, corporate sustainability
- UQ Business School is leading the way in corporate sustainability by conducting its first carbon audit to chart it carbon footprint.
- 03-Dec-2008
- UQ family tradition continues
- Graduations are a special time for all involved, but for the Stephenson family, today’s UQ graduations will be especially memorable.
- 03-Dec-2008
- UQ future researchers are bright sparks
- A group of PhD students from UQ’s School of Physical Sciences have sparked a new network of young researchers interested in optical and laser sciences.
- 02-Dec-2008
- UQ graduations get under way
- Students graduating at The University of Queensland today will have the added honour as the last cohort to come under the Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences banner.
- 01-Dec-2008
- Scientists identify need for better river and wetland protection
- The protection of Australia's freshwater ecosystems has been discussed at the Australian Protected Area Congress finishing today at the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
- 27-Nov-2008
- Neuroscientists isolate gene essential to early brain development
- UQ neuroscientists have discovered the crucial role a specific gene plays in forming the neural tube, the earliest identifiable structure in the developing brain and an essential precursor to the entire central nervous system.
- 27-Nov-2008
- Donald Argus among 10 UQ honorary doctors
- BHP Billiton chair Donald Argus, AO, and the first Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands the Right Honorable Sir Peter Kenilorea, KBE, PC, are among 10 recipients of University of Queensland honorary doctorates this year.
- 26-Nov-2008
- Reef field guide launched
- The first comprehensive field guide to the Great Barrier Reef will be launched by UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield at Customs House today (10am, Thursday, November 27).
- 25-Nov-2008
- Program helps families cope with caring
- Looking after a loved one with dementia is never easy, but a new UQ program could help carers better cope with the burden.
- 24-Nov-2008
- UQ academic is Queensland's 2008 Young Water Professional
- Dr Sandra Hall, from UQ's Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), has been named the Queensland Young Water Professional of the Year.
- 24-Nov-2008
- UQ research reveals how Idol lures the masses
- Whether it inspires or irritates you, reality television has the power to capture a wide audience, something Australian Idol has cleverly used to its advantage.
- 21-Nov-2008
- Deep blue research digs up evolutionary past
- University of Queensland deep sea research has dug up an insight into the evolutionary past of some of the earliest animals.
- 21-Nov-2008
- Memory mission explores new territory in neuroscience
- Astrophysicists peer into the far corners of deep space for dark matter, but for neuroscientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) exploring the unknown is much closer to home.
- 20-Nov-2008
- Law or Fact: the best approach to proof of traditional laws and customs
- A University of Queensland researcher has received government funding for a project that aims to help resolve the tensions between traditional laws and customs and the judicial system.
- 20-Nov-2008
- UQ's new CEIT powers an Australian education revolution
- Virtual learning environments and science experiments conducted through web browsers are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Australia's first centre of leadership in educational innovation at UQ.
- 20-Nov-2008
- Mangroves under the microscope at Moreton Bay tomorrow
- They may be smelly, muddy and full of biting insects but 75 percent of the fish caught in Queensland depend on mangroves, which is just one reason to protect the threatened wetlands, according to UQ researcher Dr Norm Duke.
- 19-Nov-2008
- Aussies have their say
- The reconciliation process between Indigenous and white Australians may begin with an understanding of how and why racial attitudes are formed, a University of Queensland survey has revealed.
- 19-Nov-2008
- UQ research 'waifs' goodbye to poor body image
- The potential of using more realistic models in the mass media in place of ultra-thin and ultra-muscular images is the focus of research by UQ PhD candidate Phillippa Diedrichs.
- 19-Nov-2008
- Koala calls an old mine home
- In collaboration with Rio Tinto Coal Australia, UQ researchers have found former coal mines can be successfully transformed into comfortable koala accommodation.
- 18-Nov-2008
- UQ's Ian Frazer makes statement on skin cancer vaccine
- Statement by Professor Ian Frazer on skin cancer vaccine ahead of the Australian Health and Medical Research Conference in Brisbane
- 16-Nov-2008
- Australian literary landscape mapped
- Acclaimed author David Malouf has recalled his time as a student at The University of Queensland to celebrate 80 years of the Fryer Library and to launch the final volume of The Bibliography of Australian Literature.
- 14-Nov-2008
- Orphaned koala becomes first-time mother
- An orphaned baby koala that was flown 1200km to be raised in captivity has recently become a first-time mum, following her successful return to the wild.
- 14-Nov-2008
- Democracy's dark side to be discussed at UQ
- One of the world's leading political thinkers, Professor John Keane, will hold a free public lecture on the history and future of democratic rule at UQ next week.
- 13-Nov-2008
- New centre researches planet-friendly plastics
- Cheaper energy sources and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions are among the key benefits of the Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics (COPE), which opens at The University of Queensland next week.
- 13-Nov-2008
- Wireless networks restore rainforests
- An innovative wireless network that could hold the key to preserving Australia’s rainforests is the subject of a University of Queensland seminar to be held next month.
- 13-Nov-2008
- Australian of the Year awarded for excellence in cervical cancer research
- The 2006 Australian of the Year, Professor Ian Frazer, will tonight receive a further honour, the Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research.
- 13-Nov-2008
- Crops, forestry and horticulture now on offer in the Northern Territory
- Bachelor of Agricultural Science students can now take their interest in crops, forestry and horticulture to the Northern Territory.
- 13-Nov-2008
- Heritage policy preserves 'Queenslandness'
- Brisbane's heritage planning policy should focus on preserving the city's rich architectural tradition and regional character in response to recent urban expansion, according to UQ PhD student Dr Robert Riddel.
- 13-Nov-2008
- Cancer research claims French science prize
- She’s travelled between Brisbane and Paris to better understand skin cancer, and now UQ PhD student Marina Kvaskoff has been awarded a top French prize for her research.
- 12-Nov-2008
- Genetic blueprint revealed for kidney design and formation
- Researchers have generated the first comprehensive genetic blueprint of a developing mammalian organ, shedding light on the genetic and molecular dynamics of kidney formation.
- 11-Nov-2008
- UQ research delves further into the mysteries of the brain
- Researchers from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute will delve further into the mysteries of how our brains works thanks to more than $7.5 million in funding.
- 10-Nov-2008
- Australian gene technology launched in US
- A new gene expression analysis platform developed in collaboration between Australian scientists and Invitrogen Corporation to help other researchers understand fundamental aspects of human development has been launched in the US market.
- 07-Nov-2008
- Minerals centre promises more metal for less power
- Construction has started on a $7 million mineral research centre at The University of Queensland, which aims to boost Queensland’s mineral production and cut the state’s power use.
- 06-Nov-2008
- Computer program puts P1 drivers to the test
- Evaluating the skills of Queensland’s P1 drivers has become a whole lot easier, thanks to an innovative computer-based test developed by a UQ researcher.
- 06-Nov-2008
- PhD student grabs cattle study by the horns
- Pain relief and faster healing for beef cattle that have been dehorned is the aim of a UQ PhD student’s award-winning project.
- 06-Nov-2008
- UQ joins forces to fight asthma
- Australian asthma sufferers may soon breathe easy, thanks to a UQ collaborative research project that looks at new antibiotic treatment.
- 06-Nov-2008
- Sustaining Australian agriculture by protecting plant innovation
- UQ researchers will draw on a recent trend of patenting new plant and animal varieties to see if it will enhance or hinder the Australia’s agricultural industry.
- 31-Oct-2008
- UQ study looks at the profile of bankrupt debtors
- Rising rates of consumer bankruptcy will come under in the spotlight in a new University of Queensland study.
- 31-Oct-2008
- Taking the sting out of insect disease
- University of Queensland researchers have made a discovery that could open up a new front in the fight against insect-transmitted diseases.
- 30-Oct-2008
- Researchers change focus on threatened species
- University of Queensland-led research is suggesting new ways to protect threatened species.
- 29-Oct-2008
- AIBN researcher embarks on a grand challenge
- UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Innovative Global Health Research.
- 29-Oct-2008
- Insect world royalty shows they really count
- Research led by the head of visual neuroscience at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute has demonstrated honey bees are capable of routinely counting up to four.
- 28-Oct-2008
- Neurology expert to drive imaging technology for better health outcomes
- The University of Queensland has recruited a world expert in imaging to establish a centre that will use the latest scanning technology to work on cures for some of the most debilitating human diseases.
- 27-Oct-2008
- Rising CO2 “will hit reefs harder”
- Rising CO2 levels in the world’s oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change.
- 27-Oct-2008
- New understanding of how we remember traumatic events
- Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered a new way to explain how emotional events can sometimes lead to disturbing long term memories.
- 23-Oct-2008
- Mental health research supported at UQ
- UQ’s School of Medicine is set to expand its research activity in the area of workplace stress and trauma, thanks to funding from the Australian Critical Incident Stress Association.
- 23-Oct-2008
- Cone shell toxin offers new hope for chronic pain sufferers
- Better chronic pain relief could be possible in the future, according to research announced today by scientists at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute.
- 22-Oct-2008
- First-year students explore extraterrestrial life
- First-year students from UQ’s Advanced Study Program in Science have organised a national symposium to explore ideas such as the origins of the Universe and the possible nature of life on other planets.
- 21-Oct-2008
- Award winner secures a future for our parks
- Fighting for a sustainable future is The University of Queensland’s Dr Marc Hockings, who has been awarded the Kenton Miller Award for his research into nature conservation in national parks and reserves.
- 21-Oct-2008
- UQ gets fabrication infrastructure boost
- A $100 million Australian National Fabrication Facility launched this month in Canberra includes a Queensland node, based at The University of Queensland.
- 21-Oct-2008
- Spin doctor of another nature
- UQ physicists from the School of Physical Sciences have produced simulations of a strange phenomenon known as spontaneous quantum vortices.
- 20-Oct-2008
- Knocking the Sox off cancer and lymphatic disorders
- Researchers have identified a gene critical for the development of the lymphatic system in a discovery that will have implications for treatment of cancer and lymphatic disorders and other diseases.
- 19-Oct-2008
- Scientific hunch poised to save thousands from toxic fish poisoning
- A neuroscientist at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute has found a way to combat a debilitating illness that affects an estimated 50,000 people a year in tropical regions.
- 19-Oct-2008
- UQ medical research receives a healthy boost
- The University of Queensland today received $31 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grants, confirming its position as the state’s top research institution.
- 16-Oct-2008
- Professor Ian Frazer's speech on receiving PM's Prize for Science
- UQ Diamantina Director Professor Ian Frazer’s speech on being awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science, Thursday, October 16, 7pm, Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra
- 16-Oct-2008
- PM’s science prize for Frazer
- UQ’s cervical cancer vaccine co-creator Professor Ian Frazer has won the 2008 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.
- 16-Oct-2008
- Research leaps ahead at UQ
- University of Queensland researchers will be further pushing the boundaries of science thanks more than $43 million in funding announced today.
- 15-Oct-2008
- Pairing up is better than being single in the sea
- UQ research has confirmed teamwork is key to any good relationship, even those between parasite-eating fish.
- 15-Oct-2008
- Research no longer restricted to higher degrees
- Business students doing their first degree can now apply for UQ's new Summer Research Scholarships.
- 13-Oct-2008
- Indo-Australian study identifies genetic region involved in schizophrenia risk
- A study involving an Indian population has led to an important discovery in schizophrenia genetics.
- 10-Oct-2008
- Deep sea pipelines to green gas production
- University of Queensland researchers are working to tap into a wealth of natural gas resources located in distant, deep-ocean fields off the coast of Western Australia.
- 09-Oct-2008
- Koalas calling
- With the help of mobile phone technology, UQ researchers are set to decipher the distinctive grunting noises made by male koalas during the spring mating season.
- 07-Oct-2008
- UQ researcher to give free public lecture on rheumatoid arthritis
- One of Australia's leading rheumatologists, Professor Ranjeny Thomas, will discuss the latest research into the cause, treatment and prevention of rheumatoid arthritis on Wednesday, November 19 at 1.30pm.
- 07-Oct-2008
- UQ houses Australian-first imaging technology
- UQ’s cutting edge technology has expanded with the acquisition of an Australian first animal scanner system, part of a new National Imaging Facility (NIF).
- 01-Oct-2008
- UQ and Queensland Health join forces for mental health
- UQ’s School of Social Work and Human Services and Queensland Health today announced a joint Chair in Mental Health at a ceremony at the University's St Lucia campus.
- 30-Sep-2008
- Sea squirts signal sea pollution
- A University of Queensland researcher is set to investigate how organisms living in the marine environment adapt to pollution.
- 26-Sep-2008
- Research gets to the heart of the scatter
- A UQ physicist is hoping to unlock the secrets of how electrons behave in organic superconductors in a new study.
- 26-Sep-2008
- UQ’s young researchers receive travel funding
- Two up-and-coming UQ researchers recently had an opportunity to attend a major international science conference in the Northern Hemisphere, thanks to funding from Merck Pty Ltd, a leading chemical and pharmaceutical company.
- 25-Sep-2008
- UQ research could help ease financial crunch
- A University of Queensland researcher is helping to put more cash into the kitty or Australia’s low-income earners.
- 25-Sep-2008
- UQ research finds a little bit of sunshine gives clean water
- University of Queensland research is developing a new class of efficient photocatalysts that can drive wastewater purification using the power of the sun.
- 25-Sep-2008
- Calcium key to muscle function
- Treatments for debilitating conditions such as muscular dystrophy could be found in the foreseeable future, thanks to a UQ study.
- 24-Sep-2008
- Improving drug manufacture and delivery
- UQ researcher Dr Shizhang Qiao is working on developing a new self-assembly technology to synthesise new nanoparticles for selective separation of biomolecules.
- 24-Sep-2008
- Switching on to neuronal switch-off
- A Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientist at UQ is working on ways to reduce neuronal loss in the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s disease.
- 24-Sep-2008
- Nano expert to maximise UQ’s research networks
- The University of Queensland (UQ) has promoted a researcher renowned for his work with minute matter in order to scale up its global research networks.
- 23-Sep-2008
- UQ researchers rewarded for excellence
- The University of Queensland has paid tribute to its emerging research leaders, awarding more than $800,000 at the annual UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.
- 23-Sep-2008
- Unlocking the brain after stroke
- University of Queensland research is set to unlock the regions of the brain central to successful language treatment following a stroke.
- 23-Sep-2008
- Making music to deal with dementia
- Dementia often robs spouses of quality time together but an innovative UQ project hopes to find ways to reclaim it.
- 23-Sep-2008
- UQ study looks at foreign sex worker exploitation and human trafficking
- Australia and Canada's records in combating human trafficking were among the worst in the developed world, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 22-Sep-2008
- Research probes cellular housekeeping
- A UQ structural biologist has received $85,000 to investigate how material coming into and out of the cell is sorted, information which will improve our understanding of diseases such as cancer.
- 22-Sep-2008
- Leading thinkers tackle the big issues at UQ
- Two of Australia’s leading thinkers will share their views on the hot topics of climate change and alternate energy sources next week as part of UQ’s Research Week.
- 19-Sep-2008
- UQ celebrates 10 years of showcasing outstanding research
- The University of Queensland will show why it is one of Australia’s leading research-intensive universities next week when it celebrates its annual Research Week.
- 18-Sep-2008
- Immigration initiative ripens
- University of Queensland researcher and lecturer Dr Mark Schubert has discovered the government’s recently announced seasonal workers scheme may further cultivate Australia’s friendship network within the Pacific.
- 18-Sep-2008
- UQ three minute thesis competition hots up
- Imagine explaining your life’s work in three minutes? As part of The University of Queensland’s Research Week events, seven research higher degree candidate finalists will do just this as they vie for an international research or conference grant of up to $5000.
- 17-Sep-2008
- Counting the cost of pesticide resistance
- Researchers from the Beef CRC have developed a new test which could help producers minimise acaricide resistance in cattle ticks.
- 15-Sep-2008
- Workplace safety gets a virtual boost thanks to UQ research
- The University of Queensland has teamed up with the construction and resources industries to help make hazardous work places safer.
- 11-Sep-2008
- Myths and realities of human trafficking revealed
- UQ researchers will reveal the myths and realities of human trafficking in Australia at a public forum on September 22.
- 10-Sep-2008
- Scientists call for world's largest marine park in coral sea
- Townsville: Australia’s most eminent tropical marine scientists today strongly backed calls by the Pew Environment Group and partners to secure world-class, no-take marine reserves at key locations around the world.
- 10-Sep-2008
- Major international prize for Frazer
- UQ's cervical cancer vaccine co-creator Professor Ian Frazer has won a major international prize worth more than $1.08 million.
- 09-Sep-2008
- Researchers win all-Academy award
- Two UQ Business School researchers have won the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award at this year’s Academy of Management Conference in Anaheim.
- 08-Sep-2008
- World experts in brain plasticity gather in Brisbane
- Leading neuroscientists from Australia, China, and the USA will visit The University of Queensland this week to join Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientists in a three day symposium.
- 06-Sep-2008
- UQ continues Crocodile Hunter’s legacy
- The legacy of Steve Irwin lives on at The University of Queensland, two years after the Crocodile Hunter’s tragic death on September 4.
- 04-Sep-2008
- CAAS future proofs the beef industry
- Protecting Queensland’s profitable beef industry whilst reducing food poisoning outbreaks in humans is just one proposed project to be conducted within the Centre for Advanced Animal Science.
- 01-Sep-2008
- UQ Gatton becomes hub of animal research
- Queensland Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries, the Hon Tim Mulherin today opened the $33million Centre for Advanced Animal Science at The University of Queensland Gatton Campus.
- 01-Sep-2008
- UQ wrestles crocs with Australia Zoo
- The University of Queensland has continued its collaboration with Australia Zoo, capturing and tagging 15 large estuarine crocodiles in Far North Queensland in August.
- 01-Sep-2008
- UQ student gets first hand look at US Democratic convention
- A University of Queensland student has been awarded a scholarship to study American politics up close and personal at the US national Democratic convention in Denver this week.
- 27-Aug-2008
- Supply chain fertile ground for innovation
- UQ Business School PhD student Maree Storer believes major innovations can come from the unique relationship between companies working together in the supply chain.
- 27-Aug-2008
- UQ erupts volcanic research
- Research by a University of Queensland geologist is unlocking the ancient secrets of a period of Earth's history when the world was wracked by massive volcanic eruptions.
- 27-Aug-2008
- The sophisticated sex lives of sea squirts
- It may not be pretty, but the humble sea squirt could well be the envy of many: the marine organism never has to worry about contraceptives or IVF.
- 25-Aug-2008
- Taking care of Mum
- Improving the health of pregnant women and new mothers is a top priority for UQ researcher Dr Yvette Miller.
- 25-Aug-2008
- "Was it good for you?" - UQ research looks at entertainment services
- Beijing’s eye-catching Bird’s Nest Stadium has made a notable impression on many Olympic spectators, yet China’s strict security may have detracted from the event, according to new UQ research.
- 25-Aug-2008
- Partnership promotes plastics sustainability
- A sustainable future for the plastics industry is a step closer to reality, thanks to a new agreement between The University of Queensland and Queen’s University Belfast.
- 22-Aug-2008
- UQ researcher wins international space prize
- Forget trying to move mountains, one University of Queensland researcher wants to move asteroids.
- 22-Aug-2008
- Third Paralympics for UQ researcher
- Paralympic sport has been a long-time passion for UQ’s Sean Tweedy, who will attend his third Games in Beijing in September.
- 21-Aug-2008
- Bee research receives a $2.5 million buzz at QBI
- The Queensland Minister for Tourism Regional Development and Industry, Desley Boyle today opened The University of Queensland’s new $2.5 million “All Weather Bee Flight Facility” at the Queensland Brain Institute.
- 20-Aug-2008
- UQ research touches a nerve
- University of Queensland researchers have traced the origins of one of the most important steps in animal evolution – the development of nerves.
- 20-Aug-2008
- UQ prescribes a new way for medicine
- University of Queensland research into how hospital doctors prescribe medication is leading to safer patient outcomes.
- 20-Aug-2008
- Investment boost for UniQuest start-up companies
- Two start-up companies spun out of UniQuest, The University of Queensland’s main commercialisation company, have received a financial boost to advance their research priorities.
- 18-Aug-2008
- Glow worms glimmer on cue
- University of Queensland researcher and lecturer Dr David Merritt has discovered Tasmanian cave glow-worms are energy conservationists: they switch their lights off at night-time.
- 18-Aug-2008
- UQ & partners to streamline healthy water management
- A new University of Queensland (UQ)-led research project will streamline access to the data that underpins decisions about water management in south east Queensland and globally.
- 17-Aug-2008
- UQ-China research to energise future
- The University of Queensland will lead a large-scale Australia-China partnership on clean energy technologies, targeting clean coal, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen production and energy storage.
- 17-Aug-2008
- Brain tumour origin identified
- Australian and American scientists have identified the origins of the most malignant type of brain tumour in a discovery that could lead to better therapies and improve our understanding of how tumours initiate.
- 12-Aug-2008
- Schizophrenia researchers reach groundbreaking consensus
- A study conducted at the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research has contributed to a major breakthrough in understanding the cause of schizophrenia.
- 11-Aug-2008
- Plant research branches out at UQ
- New UQ research may not be able to make money grow on trees but it’s definitely controlling the number of branches, with huge implications for the forestry, plant science and agriculture industries.
- 10-Aug-2008
- UQ research helps to unlock key to Australian plate movement
- New UQ volcano research is helping to unlock the mystery surrounding one of the world’s most important tectonic events.
- 08-Aug-2008
- New project targets sport doping cheats
- Scientists at The University of Queensland and Macquarie University, Sydney have received almost $360,000 Federal Government funding to explore novel approaches to detect Growth Hormone drug cheats in elite sports.
- 08-Aug-2008
- UQ research reveals the origins of chooks
- The question of whether the egg or the chicken came first may not have been solved, but University of Queensland research is helping find how the humble chook moved around the world.
- 06-Aug-2008
- Dedicated partnership may be coral weakness
- Great Barrier Reef coral communities may not be able to recover from bleaching as easily as previously proposed, according to new UQ research.
- 01-Aug-2008
- Schizophrenia researchers welcome new blood
- Researchers from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute are set to conduct a world-first clinical trial into the link between prenatal vitamin D levels and schizophrenia prevalence.
- 31-Jul-2008
- UQ students shine in Singapore
- Undergraduate students recently had the opportunity to represent the University of Queensland in front of an international academic audience.
- 30-Jul-2008
- Science to refine a cleaner chemical future
- The University of Queensland, the Australian sugar industry and a Korean research force have teamed up with the goal of ‘greening’ the global chemical industry.
- 29-Jul-2008
- UQ researcher wins National Drug and Alcohol Award
- Years of investigation into the effects of alcohol consumption have earned UQ’s Dr Rosa Alati a National Drug and Alcohol Award for Excellence in Research.
- 23-Jul-2008
- Nursing homes a popular option in Taiwan
- University of Queensland research has found that the decision to place elderly parents in a nursing home is becoming increasingly acceptable.
- 22-Jul-2008
- Space researcher ready to take off for NASA
- Rowan Gollan considers himself fortunate to be the first person to go to NASA under the new memorandum of understanding (MOU) between The University of Queensland and NASA.
- 21-Jul-2008
- Satellite tracking technology to shed light on shark behaviour
- A University of Queensland (UQ) marine biologist will use satellite technology to track tiger sharks as part of a project to better understand the greatly feared sea dwellers and prevent future attacks on bathers.
- 21-Jul-2008
- Moving with the times: moving species to save them from extinction
- University of Queensland researchers believe we need to consider the radical step of moving plants and animals to help them survive the impact of climate change.
- 17-Jul-2008
- The benefits of a little resistance for older adults
- University of Queensland research is showing the benefits of resistance training in keeping older Australians in tip top form.
- 17-Jul-2008
- Electrifying mind matter part of new UQ research
- For suffers of neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, daily trembling and shaking can be unbearable however, new UQ research could assist in helping patients regain control.
- 16-Jul-2008
- Languages opening new doors
- The University of Queensland's student recruitment manager now has a unique perspective to offer potential students - she has just finshed being one.
- 15-Jul-2008
- UQ research discovers the power of Asian media
- University of Queensland research is discovering the power of the media in South-East Asia.
- 15-Jul-2008
- UQ recognises distinguished US scholar
- The University of Queensland will today (Wednesday, July 16) recognise the President of the University of South Carolina, Dr Andrew A Sorensen, with an honorary doctorate.
- 14-Jul-2008
- Tell it as it is: 30 years of independence in Solomon Islands
- Book launches are always fun events, celebrating the end of a long process beginning with research and writing and going through to production and distribution.
- 13-Jul-2008
- The Ekka explained
- An historical account of the Brisbane Exhibition has revealed much more about Queensland than its love of show bags, fairy floss and cattle displays.
- 11-Jul-2008
- UQ research shows how to save more Australian biodiversity
- Conservation scientists from The University of Queensland are showing saving biodiversity in Australia can be cheap by applying a little economics.
- 10-Jul-2008
- Naturopaths support tougher regulation of complementary medicine
- Naturopaths are strongly in favour of regulation of their industry, a University of Queensland researcher has found.
- 10-Jul-2008
- UQ takes carbon dioxide geosequestration research to China
- University of Queensland researchers are taking their expertise in dealing with carbon dioxide emissions to China.
- 09-Jul-2008
- Coral decline to hit rich and poor
- The gradual disintegration of the world's coral reefs under climate change will have significant impacts on food supplies, international tourism, water quality and the safety of coastal communities.
- 08-Jul-2008
- A baby's smile is a natural high
- UQ medical graduate and US-based pediatric researcher, Dr Lane Strathearn, has found a baby's smile can trigger much more than just a fuzzy feeling for a new mother.
- 08-Jul-2008
- Statistician to tackle environmental pollution
- When it comes to saving the environment people usually think of eco-warriors chaining themselves to trees not the power of statistics.
- 07-Jul-2008
- Thinking Pink on Graduation Week
- University of Queensland PhD student Amanda Niehaus has worn many hats in her time: partner, mother and breast cancer patient, and is set to don another, her graduation cap, on July 16.
- 02-Jul-2008
- Planning for the future
- A team of researchers from UQ's Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) has proved you don't have to be psychic to predict the future.
- 27-Jun-2008
- UQ researcher recognised for outstanding achievements in medical research
- The University of Queensland’s Dr Trent Woodruff has been recognised for his research into a new drug to help sufferers of neurodegenerative diseases.
- 27-Jun-2008
- New telemedicine service to help in the care of sick babies
- "Tiny Tom", an innovative new telemedicine service which will help with the care of sick babies in North Queensland was launched in Townsville today Friday, June 27.
- 26-Jun-2008
- Spotting the killer hot spots
- Killer hotspots of over-heated ocean water which destroy huge areas of coral and bring starvation to birds, fish and other sea creatures can now be pinpointed, thanks to a major advance in the use of satellite technology by Australian and American researchers working under the Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) program.
- 25-Jun-2008
- Seasonal variations linked to heart failure
- An association between winter months and an increase in heart failure has been confirmed by Sally Inglis, a PhD student at The University of Queensland’s School’s of Medicine and Nursing.
- 25-Jun-2008
- Clowning around advances cerebral palsy research
- A University of Queensland PhD student is creating medical magic under the big top during these school holidays with her research into treatment for children with cerebral palsy.
- 25-Jun-2008
- Research higher degree students invited for postgrad information days
- Can you picture yourself undertaking a postgraduate degree in Earth Sciences, Mathematics or Physics at a leading Australian University?
- 24-Jun-2008
- Overcrowding & understaffing increases MRSA infection levels
- A review article authored by a University of Queensland academic has found overcrowding and understaffing in hospitals are two key factors in the transmission of MRSA (Meticillin – Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) infections worldwide.
- 24-Jun-2008
- International neuroscientists arrive at UQ
- UQ’s Queensland Brian Institute (QBI) is this week hosting 180 brain imaging specialists from around the world who have arrived for the annual FSL & FreeSurfer course, being held in the southern hemisphere for the first time.
- 24-Jun-2008
- Pandas expose tourists’ spiritual souls
- Tourists who see pandas at China’s leading panda zoos consider it a spiritual experience but are unsure how they can help conserve them, a UQ tourism study has found.
- 23-Jun-2008
- Motorbikes and Mafias: fighting organised crime
- Convicting organised crime gangs, such as the Mafia, outlaw motorcycle gangs and Chinese Triads, may soon become easier through a project involving UQ researcher, Dr Andreas Schloenhardt.
- 23-Jun-2008
- UQ researchers looking for people who hear colours
- University of Queensland researchers are seeking volunteers to take part in research into the world of synaesthesia, where people may hear colours.
- 20-Jun-2008
- Monitoring mining sustainability
- Researchers from UQ’s Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) have developed a new framework which can be used to monitor and report on a company’s community engagement strategies.
- 20-Jun-2008
- Research delves into gender inequality in the workplace
- A new University of Queensland study has proposed a link between the hierarchical structure of organisations and the limited number of females in peak leadership positions.
- 19-Jun-2008
- UQ-US team targets faster Alzheimer’s detection
- Early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease is in the sights of University of Queensland (UQ) scientists who have secured $1.6 million for new research.
- 18-Jun-2008
- Best code for disease detection, bar none
- Malaria and dengue fever will be the early targets of new trans-Pacific research using minuscule “barcodes” to detect disease.
- 18-Jun-2008
- Fulbrights set for international exchange
- The announcement of the 2008 Fulbright Scholars has reinforced The University of Queensland’s status as a hub of international academic exchange.
- 17-Jun-2008
- Consumers the new terrorists: academic
- The image of Australians as a group of flat-screen-TV-loving materialists is grossly overstated, a public policy lecturer will tell an audience at The Brisbane Institute seminar series tomorrow night (Tuesday, June 17).
- 16-Jun-2008
- Mum-and-dad investors factor in alternatives when choosing investment funds
- A UQ study has found that mum-and-dad investors consider market returns and the performance of the fund — relative to other similar investment options.
- 16-Jun-2008
- UQ research finds ageing is satisfying
- University of Queensland research is turning conventional wisdom on its head when it comes to grumpy old men and women.
- 16-Jun-2008
- New funds for UQ & UW fellow travellers
- SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. A $450,000 deal between The University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of Washington (UW) will fund new opportunities for study and research exchanges spanning the Pacific Ocean.
- 12-Jun-2008
- Fear and bacteria: Possible ways of controlling the cane toad
- Scaring cane toads and targeting their bacteria are two control strategies that will be suggested by a Queensland scientist at today’s (June 12) Australian Vertebrate Pest Conference in Darwin.
- 12-Jun-2008
- UQ Business School grows the world’s stock of knowledge
- More than 120 people were glued to their seats on Friday as UQ Business School’s research students shared their findings with fellow students and staff.
- 12-Jun-2008
- Researchers find an Australian dinosaur with South American heritage
- Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces.
- 11-Jun-2008
- UQ researchers & Rio Tinto Alcan on winning streak
- A team of researchers from The University of Queensland and Rio Tinto Alcan has recently been recognised for research into a common problem faced by the aluminium industry.
- 11-Jun-2008
- UQ scientists find fishermen make better marine reserves
- University of Queensland research has found fishermen’s expertise contributes to better designed marine reserves.
- 11-Jun-2008
- QBI neuroscientists make Alzheimer's disease advance
- Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientists at UQ have discovered a new way to reduce neuronal loss in the brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.
- 10-Jun-2008
- Uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial to walk the earth
- University of Queensland research is uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth – the 2.5 tonne wombat-like Diprotodon.
- 10-Jun-2008
- Ipswich hosts workshop on ageing well
- Seniors organisations and groups concerned about ageing well may be interested in a workshop being run by The University of Queensland and Ipswich City Council on Monday, June 16.
- 06-Jun-2008
- Team-building and soft skills imperative for success in multicultural project teams
- More focus on building trust and inclusiveness within multicultural teams can increase the likelihood of project success according to UQ Business School research.
- 05-Jun-2008
- UQ researchers are smart fellows
- University of Queensland researchers working on better cancer drugs, more efficient sewage treatment and vitamin D deficiency will share in $1.8 million of funding in the latest round Smart State Innovation Funding.
- 04-Jun-2008
- Laing O’Rourke and UQ Business School team up for sustainability
- Global development and construction company Laing O’Rourke will work with experts from UQ Business School to further embed sustainable business practices throughout the organisation.
- 04-Jun-2008
- UQ's needle free vaccine delivery research recognised
- University of Queensland researcher Professor Mark Kendall has been awarded the 2008 Amgen Medical Research Award for his excellence in translational medical research studies.
- 03-Jun-2008
- UQ researchers improve foods for elderly
- Improved foods for elderly patients with swallowing difficulties are a potential outcome from a new industry linkage grant awarded to a team of University of Queensland researchers.
- 02-Jun-2008
- UQ research uncovers the hidden world of turtles
- The frog may be the environmental indicator of the land, but University of Queensland researchers reckon when it comes to the sea, we should look to the turtle.
- 02-Jun-2008
- Research leader establishes earthquake support group
- A dynamo of UQ research and commercialisation is lending his energy to a new charity for child survivors of last month’s earthquake in southwest China.
- 30-May-2008
- UQ researchers make breakthrough in renewable energy materials
- University of Queensland researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that produces highly efficient miniature crystals which could revolutionise the way we harvest and use solar energy.
- 29-May-2008
- UQ researchers build close links to community
- Researchers from The University of Queensland will share in more than $22.2 million in funding in the latest round of Australian Research Council Linkage grants announced today.
- 28-May-2008
- UQ appoints new Professor of Animal Nutrition
- An internationally regarded expert in cattle and sheep nutrition has been appointed as a Professor in Animal Nutrition in UQ's Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science.
- 26-May-2008
- Growth of alternative medicine in the spotlight
- The reason women are increasingly turning to non-conventional health treatments will be the focus of world-first research led by The University of Queensland (UQ) into the multi-billion dollar complementary and alternative medicine industry.
- 23-May-2008
- Fluorescent nano-barcodes could revolutionise diagnostics
- A new technology with research and clinical application including the early detection of disease has been invented and developed by University of Queensland researchers.
- 22-May-2008
- UQ is the climate for a Smart State hat trick
- A University of Queensland expert who pioneered research linking climate change projections with coral reef distress is the 2008 Smart State Premier’s Fellow.
- 21-May-2008
- UQ researchers make West Nile vaccine breakthrough
- University of Queensland researchers have made a giant leap forward in the race to develop a vaccine for the potentially debilitating West Nile virus.
- 19-May-2008
- Springer assists UQ's Heron Island Research Station in Australia
- Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) has made a donation of journals and books to UQ's Heron Island Research Station (HIRS).
- 18-May-2008
- New UQ executive helps future-proof discovery workforce
- The University of Queensland has bolstered its commitment to training future generations of researchers by creating a new senior position with a focus on early career researchers.
- 15-May-2008
- Discovery of cell linked to learning and memory
- Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered a fundamental component of the process that regulates memory formation.
- 14-May-2008
- Scientists find weird shrimp has astounding vision
- A Swiss marine biologist and an Australian quantum physicist have found that a species of shrimp from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, can see a world invisible to all other animals.
- 14-May-2008
- Australian university research leads to global ICT deal
- Faster internet speeds with extended distance capabilities will soon be available worldwide, following the signing of a licensing deal with a US-based company for cutting-edge technology developed by researchers from The University of Queensland and the University of Sydney.
- 07-May-2008
- UQ percolates a good cup of maths
- A new field in mathematics called percolation has emerged and one University of Queensland researcher has his cup ready to go.
- 07-May-2008
- Mathematics simplifies sleep monitoring
- A UQ researcher has created a new way to measure breathing patterns in sleeping infants which may also work for adults.
- 07-May-2008
- Hypersonics research boosted with new appointments
- The University of Queensland has joined with the Defence, Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) to further advance Australia’s leadership in hypersonics research.
- 02-May-2008
- Students recreate famous overland odyssey
- Just over half a century ago, six intrepid Oxford students set off on a journey of epic proportions, traversing continents, deserts, frozen mountains and rivers in their quest to drive overland from London to Singapore. This June, a UQ student and alumnus, together with some Oxford peers, will attempt to retrace their steps.
- 29-Apr-2008
- UQ researchers get more bang for each conservation buck
- Ecologists are weighing up the costs of conserving global biodiversity with a new study.
- 29-Apr-2008
- Astute Nanotechnology celebrates first year of success
- University of Queensland-based Astute Nanotechnology will celebrate the achievements of its first year in business with a special presentation and cocktail reception tomorrow Tuesday, April 29.
- 28-Apr-2008
- UQ leads the way on complementary medicine research
- The University of Queensland is leading the way on research into complementary medicines to make them part of mainstream medical use
- 24-Apr-2008
- UQ nanotechnology powering green energy future
- One of Australia’s leading nanotechnology researchers has been recognised for his work on sustainable energy with a second Federation Fellowship.
- 24-Apr-2008
- UQ and NASA sign MOU
- The University of Queensland has signed a memorandum of understanding with NASA to continue close collaboration on hypersonic propulsion project
- 23-Apr-2008
- Diamantina Institute officially unveiled
- The University of Queensland's Diamantina Institute for Cancer Immunology and Metabolic Medicine was officially opened today at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
- 22-Apr-2008
- Researchers put Queensland on the map
- Researchers from the University of Queensland, in partnership with Queensland Museum, are driving an exciting project designed to generate a new conception of Queensland’s cultural and environmental history.
- 21-Apr-2008
- Community benefits from student marine research
- Five UQ science students have been awarded scholarships to assist research projects that will enhance knowledge of the local environment for the Stradbroke Island community.
- 18-Apr-2008
- Schizophrenia research here to stay
- The University of Queensland has secured a continuing PhD scholarship in the area of schizophrenia research, thanks to a $550,000 donation.
- 17-Apr-2008
- Cone snails and plants used to develop oral drug for pain
- Molecules from cone snail venom and African plants are being used by Queensland researchers as a blueprint to develop an oral drug to treat chronic pain.
- 15-Apr-2008
- UQ tops Smart State grants
- UQ students will research new ways to tackle obesity, diabetes, cerebral palsy, iron disorders and food poisoning, using new Smart State Government grants announced this morning.
- 15-Apr-2008
- Bikini corals recover from atomic blast
- Half a century after the last earth-shattering atomic blast shook the Pacific atoll of Bikini, the corals are flourishing again. Some coral species, however, appear to be locally extinct.
- 14-Apr-2008
- New book points the way to a better visitor experience
- A new book written by UQ tourism academics is making it easier for museums and wildlife and ecotourism attractions to build a connection with their visitors.
- 14-Apr-2008
- UQ Vice-Chancellor launches UQ eSpace
- UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield, AO, has formally launched UQ eSpace, The University of Queensland's open access institutional repository.
- 11-Apr-2008
- Female astrophysicist helps unlock the secrets of the Universe
- What do exploding stars, gender equality and Ultimate Frisbee have in common? Usually not much, unless you are Dr Tamara Davis.
- 11-Apr-2008
- UQ kidney researcher attracts international medal
- University of Queensland researcher Professor Wendy Hoy has been recognised internationally for her work on kidney disease.
- 10-Apr-2008
- Looping genes may hold a key to understanding breast cancer
- Another piece of the puzzle that is breast cancer has been found by University of Queensland researchers.
- 09-Apr-2008
- Public lecture encourages good health
- A public lecture to be held at UQ this week will offer an explanation as to why, despite being one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world, Australia has one of the highest rates of lifestyle diseases.
- 08-Apr-2008
- UQ research chips away at the past
- Who would have thought that the best place to find out when people first came to Australia would be in India, but for University of Queensland archaeologist Dr Chris Clarkson it makes perfect sense.
- 07-Apr-2008
- UQ hosts stem cell centre node
- Senator the Hon. Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, has opened the Australian Stem Cell Centre’s Queensland laboratories at The University of Queensland.
- 03-Apr-2008
- Better care for dementia patients through new funding
- With Australia’s ageing population, diseases like dementia are on the rise. And, thanks to $1.7 million in recent grants, The University of Queensland will be at the forefront of research dealing with a range of dementia-related issues.
- 02-Apr-2008
- Water scientists sought
- UQ is looking for Australia’s best up-and-coming water scientist.
- 27-Mar-2008
- UQ project looks at seniors' participation in local governance
- A new University of Queensland study is looking at ways Ipswich City Council can communicate better with seniors.
- 26-Mar-2008
- Students launch into new degree
- Students of the new Bachelor of Biomedical Science at UQ received a lively induction into their undergraduate careers when they gathered on campus for an introductory day of experimental science activities earlier this month.
- 25-Mar-2008
- New type of vision found in shrimp
- University of Queensland research has identified a completely new type of vision never seen before in the animal world – and it is probably all about sex.
- 20-Mar-2008
- Queensland researchers get the latest tools to fight cancer
- University of Queensland researchers will be at the forefront of fighting cancer thanks to a new $3.2 million grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation.
- 19-Mar-2008
- Young engineers experience Papua New Guinea
- Two UQ Mechanical Engineering students have swapped the lecture theatre for a palm oil mill in Papua New Guinea this semester.
- 18-Mar-2008
- Health focus on East Timor and Bougainville troops
- The Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health (CMVH) has launched its largest study into the health of returned Australian troops.
- 18-Mar-2008
- Giving kids a helping hand
- Researchers from The University of Queensland are offering parents practical ways to help their kids learn the skills of life.
- 17-Mar-2008
- Federalism under microscope in Brisbane
- Brisbane will host an international panel of experts in July to discuss the challenges and opportunities for federal systems around the world.
- 13-Mar-2008
- Students tackle human trafficking
- UQ law students are taking action to help raise awareness of and prevent human trafficking in Australia.
- 12-Mar-2008
- Thinner, stronger and more flexible research
- You wouldn’t normally associate golf balls with condoms but for University of Queensland researcher Dr Darren Martin, it is all about covering things.
- 11-Mar-2008
- Size does matter: researchers adapt drug dosing to body size
- University of Queensland researchers are leading the charge in adapting drug dosing to a society that is changing shape.
- 10-Mar-2008
- Simple test to unlock the diabetes roulette in children
- University of Queensland researchers are developing a simple test that may predict whether a child will develop Type 1 diabetes.
- 07-Mar-2008
- Researchers unlock snake and spider mystery
- University of Queensland researchers have unlocked new evidence that could help them get to the bottom of our most common phobias and their causes.
- 07-Mar-2008
- UQ Literacy Expert helps Tasmanian School Children
- University of Queensland literacy expert, Dr Carol Christensen, has accepted a personal invitation from Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon to drive the state’s Literacy Action Plan.
- 06-Mar-2008
- World-first stem cell screening facility to target brain tumours
- More effective treatments for brain cancer will be developed at a tumour-cell testing facility opened on Wednesday, March 5, at The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI).
- 06-Mar-2008
- People with albinism wanted for survey
- A University of Queensland researcher is seeking volunteers with albinism to complete a survey that will provide the first snapshot of the disease in Australia.
- 05-Mar-2008
- AusAID success for UQ
- Three research teams from The University of Queensland’s School of Population Health are involved in an $8.8million AusAID initiative to improve the quality and effectiveness of Australia’s overseas aid.
- 05-Mar-2008
- Sky’s the limit for bee brain power
- Families flocked to see the latest animated hit Bee Movie, but scientists from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have long embraced the bee for very different reasons.
- 05-Mar-2008
- Global warming threatens more than just coral
- Rising sea levels from global warming will threaten the livelihoods and homes of more than 200,000 people who live on coral atolls in coming generations.
- 03-Mar-2008
- Earthquake predictions prove accurate for researchers
- Two large earthquakes have occurred in quick succession in Sumatra, Western Indonesia, only months after University of Queensland researchers publicly identified the area as a high-risk zone for seismic activity.
- 27-Feb-2008
- Hold on to your habitats!
- A new University of Queensland koala habitat study has raised serious questions about the adequacy of habitat protection guidelines currently employed by conservation planners.
- 27-Feb-2008
- Breakthrough gene research honoured
- Innovative gene research involving scientists at UQ’s Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine has been honoured by leading scientific journals Science and Nature.
- 26-Feb-2008
- Unmanned plane tracks marine mammals from air
- A remote-controlled plane will be tested for use in counting dugongs and whales in Moreton Bay next month.
- 25-Feb-2008
- Engineering a waste breakthrough for tourism industry
- UQ engineering researchers are driving a sustainable solution to the problem of waste caused by tourism.
- 21-Feb-2008
- AIBN building ties with US
- In a major coup, UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology will host the first ever National Science Foundation strategic workshop to be held in Australia.
- 19-Feb-2008
- When organisational change doesn’t change the organisation
- Visiting academic at UQ Business School Professor Mats Alvesson has found that some change programs inadvertently reinforce the existing organisational culture.
- 18-Feb-2008
- UQ signs clean coal research agreement with German university
- The University of Queensland has established a milestone Cooperation Agreement with the RWTH Aachen University in the area of coalbed methane research and technologies.
- 18-Feb-2008
- Aussie neuroscientist tests addiction drug
- UQ pharmacy graduate Dr Selena Bartlett is starting clinical trials of a drug that could potentially curb addictions such as smoking, drinking, gambling even depression.
- 18-Feb-2008
- APEX supports UQ autism spectrum disorders research
- UQ psychologists are working on new research which one day may improve the social and communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
- 15-Feb-2008
- UQ research has dolphins in its sights
- If you are boating in Moreton Bay and happen to see what appears like a man pointing a rifle at dolphins, don't panic, it's all in the name of research.
- 15-Feb-2008
- Cairns trials innovative tele-rehab initiative
- Patients in Northern Queensland requiring rehabilitation consultations may benefit from an innovative telehealth rehabilitation service currently being trialled by Queensland Health, The University of Queensland and statewide telehealth services.
- 14-Feb-2008
- UQ pioneers new surgical procedure for pets
- University of Queensland vets are among the first in Australia to perform keyhole surgery on dogs.
- 14-Feb-2008
- UQ workshop boosts native title research
- University of Queensland researchers are leading the field in attempts to address a critical shortfall of high quality research capacity and personnel in the resolution of native title claims.
- 13-Feb-2008
- Queensland technology licensed by billion-dollar US company
- University of Queensland scientists have developed a proprietary technology that will help other researchers in understanding fundamental aspects of growth, development, and disease, which has been licensed to one of the world’s largest life science technology companies.
- 11-Feb-2008
- UQ study maps the eye
- A new online archive of more than 770 retinal topography maps covering 160 species has been launched by University of Queensland researchers.
- 08-Feb-2008
- Poor health literacy cause for alarm
- The Healthy Communities Research Centre at UQ Ipswich is calling for a national focus on "health literacy" following the release of findings which reveal that most Australians don’t have the basic knowledge to keep themselves healthy.
- 07-Feb-2008
- More brain research suggests "use it or lose it"
- Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) scientists have found another important clue to why nerve cells die in neurodegenerative diseases, based on studies of the developing brain.
- 06-Feb-2008
- UQ researchers solve long-standing financial puzzle
- UQ Business School academic Dr Jamie Alcock and graduate Trent Carmichael have solved a financial problem that has puzzled researchers for more than 10 years.
- 06-Feb-2008
- Grant to boost unique heart disease research
- University of Queensland researchers are developing a new targeted approach to help combat one of Australia’s biggest medical problems – cardiovascular disease.
- 05-Feb-2008
- Service focus for legal profession
- Poor performing Queensland lawyers are usually fined for abusing trust accounts and their legal service quality, according to a review of the state’s legal disciplinary matters.
- 05-Feb-2008
- Stem cells treatment for brittle bones in the womb
- The extraordinary results of an in utero stem cell treatment could lead to a new treatment for babies with brittle bones, as well as a range of other disabling conditions, according to a maternal-fetal medicine researcher, now based at The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 29-Jan-2008
- Drug drought for pregnant women
- The existing research and development and business model of the pharmaceutical industry is failing pregnant women, according to a leading maternal-fetal medicine researcher, now based at The University of Queensland.
- 21-Jan-2008
- Protein discovery offers hope for prostate cancer
- Australian scientists are researching a possible way of making aggressive prostate cancer cells less invasive after their discovery of a protein essential for the normal functioning of cells.
- 18-Jan-2008
- New religious beliefs focus too much on self
- Moving away from traditional religious beliefs to trendy, self-focused religions and spirituality is not making young adults happier, according to new research.
- 17-Jan-2008
- UQ research predicts type 2 diabetes explosion
- Health loss caused by type 2 diabetes will more than double in Australia by 2023, as health loss from most other major causes falls, according to new research by The University of Queensland’s (UQ) School of Population Health.
- 11-Jan-2008
- Centre will break down barriers to understanding disability
- Better support for people with intellectual disabilities will be an outcome of a unique new research and teaching centre based at The University of Queensland.
- 04-Jan-2008
- UQ adds Defence to research armoury
- The University of Queensland (UQ) will be at the forefront of a new $80 million centre aimed at giving Australian industry a leading edge in winning major national and international defence contracts.
- 20-Dec-2007
- Expert discusses ways to reduce road carnage
- School programs and roadside engineering initiatives show more promise in the battle to reduce road deaths rather than expensive television advertising campaigns.
- 20-Dec-2007
- Green energy viable for tourism despite poor perceptions
- Installing renewable energy is economically viable for tourist accommodation despite being considered too expensive and inefficient, according to the first Australian study of renewable energy in tourism accommodation.
- 17-Dec-2007
- Global action call to save reefs
- Eminent coral scientists have given world leaders in Bali more reason to act urgently against climate change, by producing a new report that warns coral reefs will disappear within decades if atmospheric CO2 levels continue to rise.
- 14-Dec-2007
- Carbon crisis: ‘now or never’ to save coral reefs
- Most coral reefs will not survive the predicted rises in global temperatures and atmospheric CO2 emissions that are forecast, marine scientists will reveal tomorrow morning at UQ.
- 13-Dec-2007
- UQ to graduate Australia’s first audiologist with a Cochlear implant
- When Bill Raymond graduates as an audiologist from The University of Queensland on Friday, it will be an incredible achievement for the 24-year-old, who was born with a severe hearing disability.
- 12-Dec-2007
- Much-needed good news for sufferers of chronic pain
- Newly discovered link between emotions and pain is much-needed good news for sufferers of chronic pain
- 12-Dec-2007
- UQ health and medical researchers recognised in awards
- Three researchers from The University of Queensland have been recognised in the inaugural National Health and Medical Research Council Awards.
- 12-Dec-2007
- UQ scientists make a quantum leap in research
- University of Queensland researchers are among an international team to have made the first ever execution of a quantum calculation, a major step towards building the first quantum computers.
- 12-Dec-2007
- UQ students reap rewards
- UQ Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science (NRAVS) students, Robyn Cave and Lee Hickey, have reaped rewards for academic excellence in agricultural studies, receiving the Bryan Memorial and Bell medals respectively.
- 11-Dec-2007
- Lost in Africa chasing rays
- Andrea Marshall put everything on the line to follow her African dream to research and save one of the world’s largest manta ray populations.
- 05-Dec-2007
- Think carefully about “green” packaging: expert
- Biodegradable packaging may not be all it’s cracked up to be, according to world food packaging expert, Dr Gordon L Robertson, who is also an adjunct professor at The University of Queensland.
- 05-Dec-2007
- Free study for engineering researchers
- UQ’s School of Engineering is waiving postgraduate research study fees for outstanding international students to help fill engineering research gaps in Australia.
- 04-Dec-2007
- UQ researchers break new ground in earthquake predictions
- Researchers from UQ’s Earth Systems Science Computational Centre (ESSCC) who were able to predict a series of three large Sumatran earthquakes that occurred in September, will present their ground-breaking research at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), held from December 10 to 14.
- 03-Dec-2007
- Keeping an eye on evolution
- University of Queensland research has found the "missing link" in the evolution of the eye.
- 03-Dec-2007
- Veterinary pioneer awarded UQ Gatton Gold Medal
- A veterinarian and dedicated teacher who has made a significant contribution to the Australian and worldwide development of the veterinary profession for more than 40 years will be honoured at The University of Queensland (UQ), Gatton Campus on Friday.
- 03-Dec-2007
- 'Young guns' of coral reef research head downunder
- A worldwide network of the next generation of leading coral reef scientists and managers is set to meet for the first time at The University of Queensland (UQ) in Brisbane on December 10-14, 2007.
- 30-Nov-2007
- Arts and science combine for UQ graduations
- A UQ Arts graduate who has risen to become President of one of America’s top universities will be honoured at a graduation ceremony next Monday, December 3.
- 29-Nov-2007
- Report looks at the future of Australia
- A report into the future of Australian society is calling on the newly elected Rudd Government to meet the challenges facing the country’s diverse cities and regions.
- 29-Nov-2007
- Fireweed thrives on rise of mud
- Removing sediment and reducing industrial runoff into Moreton Bay will not only help control fireweed but improve the general health of the Bay, UQ research shows.
- 29-Nov-2007
- Social groups and surrounds improve ape’s life
- A new system to improve the quality of life for great apes in zoos has been created at UQ.
- 27-Nov-2007
- UQ hosts conference on changing issues in public health nutrition
- The impact of climate change on health and the link between socio-economic status and food choices will be some of the topics discussed by the world’s leading public health nutritionists meeting in Brisbane this week.
- 26-Nov-2007
- ‘Pea Pod’ to benefit new bubs
- With the help of an innovative new machine, University of Queensland researchers are gaining an important insight into the way babies grow and how certain factors affect their development.
- 26-Nov-2007
- Early Catholic leaders failed Aborigines
- Australia’s early Catholic bishops failed Aborigines by paying lip service to their plight and not providing enough resources to help them, according to a new historical study.
- 26-Nov-2007
- UQ expert joins global consensus on world’s deadliest diseases
- A University of Queensland professor is among the panel of world leading health scientists who have reached consensus on the world’s most deadly diseases.
- 23-Nov-2007
- Numbers add up to confirm the Don as the greatest of all time
- An analysis of world cricket rankings has shown that no matter how performance is measured, Sir Donald Bradman remains the greatest of all time.
- 23-Nov-2007
- Conference examines aftermath of war
- When the gunfire stops, peace is declared and the soldiers return, how does society understand and interpret the terrible nature of war and its aftermath?
- 22-Nov-2007
- Stage one of $33m UQ Gatton CAAS development officially opened
- The Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries, Tim Mulherin, today opened the first stage of a $33 million Centre for Advanced Animal Science at The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus.
- 21-Nov-2007
- European honour for Queensland scientist
- A Queensland scientist has been elected as a member of one of the world’s most respected scientific organizations, the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).
- 20-Nov-2007
- Child safety workers need more cultural training
- Queensland’s child safety officers need more resources and cultural training to better protect children who come from culturally diverse families, according to new social research.
- 20-Nov-2007
- The more things change, the more they stay the same
- A new book by UQ Business School's Professor Jörgen Sandberg explains why most contemporary organisations talk the talk, but many don’t walk the walk.
- 20-Nov-2007
- Environment shapes dolphin noises
- Dolphins appear to change their vocalisations depending on their physical and social environments and level of human interaction, new research shows.
- 19-Nov-2007
- Engineering students experience South America
- A team of UQ metallurgical engineering students has returned from a South American field trip to some of the world’s largest mining and minerals processing plants.
- 16-Nov-2007
- New $63 million facility attracts international brain expertise
- Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has opened the $63 million state-of-the-art Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) research facility at UQ’s St Lucia campus.
- 16-Nov-2007
- $50 million funding for major UQ research institute
- The University of Queensland has welcomed the signing of a $50 million funding agreement from the Queensland Government for the University’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB).
- 16-Nov-2007
- Birds may not have clawed their way up the evolutionary tree
- University of Queensland researchers have clipped the wings of the idea that the ancestors of modern birds were tree dwellers.
- 16-Nov-2007
- UQ Business School congratulates The Queensland Orchestra
- Head of UQ Business School, Professor Tim Brailsford, has congratulated The Queensland Orchestra on its Limelight Award for the best orchestral performance of the year.
- 15-Nov-2007
- Resilient MBA student receives UQ award
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) student Damian Vassallo's career has included surviving the tech stock crash, starting a business, and then being recruited by one of his own clients.
- 14-Nov-2007
- MBA student's community spirit recognised by UQ
- Facing an employee demonstration at the age of 12 was a decisive moment for UQ Business School Master of Business Administration (MBA) student, Ashwin Sreekumar.
- 14-Nov-2007
- Chinatown founder, former Premier among UQ honorary doctorates
- The Father of Brisbane’s Chinatown, Eddie Liu, OBE OAM, and former Queensland Premier, Wayne Goss, are among six recipients of University of Queensland honorary doctorates this year.
- 14-Nov-2007
- To patent or not to patent
- A team of UQ researchers is examining a new trend of patenting plant innovations and determining its value to the Australian horticulture industry.
- 12-Nov-2007
- Responsible investments do perform
- UQ Business School academic, Dr Darren Lee, was one of eight experts from around the world dispelling the myth that responsible investments were doomed to under-perform.
- 09-Nov-2007
- UQ Physics Professor named Moyal Medallist for 2007
- Professor Peter Drummond from UQ's School of Physical Sciences has been awarded the Moyal Medal for 2007.
- 07-Nov-2007
- UQ honours Steve Irwin with free public lecture event
- The University of Queensland will honour Steve Irwin’s contribution to crocodile research and wildlife conservation with a free public lecture at the St Lucia campus on November 14.
- 07-Nov-2007
- Outback Queensland gets international dinosaur attention
- Outback Queensland has become the focus of an international research project that is helping to decipher the evolution of Australian dinosaurs and their relationships to those of other southern continents.
- 31-Oct-2007
- Koalas lure US researcher back
- Camryn Allen has barely finished her PhD but is already planning her trip back to UQ to continue her koala research.
- 31-Oct-2007
- Industry funds for professor of water recycling at UQ
- One of the world’s leading water infrastructure companies, Veolia Water France, will fund a $2.5 million Chair in Water Recycling at The University of Queensland.
- 30-Oct-2007
- Land clearing triggers hotter droughts: new research finding
- A University of Queensland scientist has led groundbreaking research which shows that clearing of native vegetation has made recent Australian droughts hotter.
- 26-Oct-2007
- Snag baits stop pigs running amok in Daintree
- Green snags and simulated pig noises are being used to keep feral pigs from tearing up the Daintree Rainforest.
- 24-Oct-2007
- Plenty of life left in old timber mill
- UQ archaeologists have found remnants of a school and a strong presence of women and family life at one of Queensland’s most significant historical villages.
- 24-Oct-2007
- Waterways report card presented to Minister
- The overall health of Moreton Bay in 2006–07 has remained steady compared with last year, according to the latest South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Ecosystem Health Report Card.
- 23-Oct-2007
- The University of Queensland appoints new Vet School Head
- At an exciting point in its evolution as one of the nation's leading trainers of future veterinarians, UQ has appointed a new Professor and Head of School with an impressive record of academic and research achievement as well as strong links with the animal production industry.
- 23-Oct-2007
- Two new arthritis genes identified
- In a world first, a UQ scientist has discovered two new genes responsible for one-third of the risk of developing a hereditary and debilitating form of arthritis known as ankylosing spondylitis.
- 22-Oct-2007
- Key found to moonlight romance
- An international team of Australian and Israeli researchers has discovered what could be the aphrodisiac for the biggest moonlight sex event on Earth.
- 18-Oct-2007
- Rare Devil Ray found on North Stradbroke Island
- North Stradbroke Island is the scene of the third ever recorded sighting of the Japanese Devil Ray (Mobula japanica) in Australian waters, a species more commonly found in Indonesia, Mexico and Japan.
- 18-Oct-2007
- Acid oceans warning
- The world’s oceans are becoming more acid, with potentially devastating consequences for corals and the marine organisms that build reefs and provide much of the Earth’s breathable oxygen.
- 17-Oct-2007
- UQ adopts year-round scholarships
- UQ has become the first Australian university to make it easier for students to apply for research scholarships all-year-round.
- 17-Oct-2007
- UQ Business School academic ‘provokes’ UK policy makers
- UQ Business School academic Professor Mark Dodgson has co-authored a report on innovation for the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts.
- 16-Oct-2007
- Cultural historians attracted to UQ
- Four leading cultural historians have been appointed at UQ’s Faculty of Arts signalling a major refocusing of its research efforts.
- 15-Oct-2007
- Australia and Japan collaborate on forestation project
- A research agreement signifying a valuable collaboration between The University of Queensland and a Japanese power company to test a new fertiliser for forestation was endorsed earlier this month.
- 11-Oct-2007
- Mother of three finishes PhD in record time
- Working mum of three Leonie Callaway has finished her PhD about obesity in pregnancy in Australia in record time —managing to juggle family, study and full-time work.
- 11-Oct-2007
- Aboriginal architecture as you've never seen it before
- Read Gunyah, Goondie + Wurley, the first book to detail Australian Aboriginal architecture, and you’re bound to learn a thing or two.
- 05-Oct-2007
- 'Enterprizing' vaccine for Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Enterprize finalist, Dendright, will be pitching its vaccine technology for rheumatoid arthritis to venture capitalists and the public for a $100,000 prize next week.
- 05-Oct-2007
- Research predicts global child mortality to 2015
- Research by an international health team, including a University of Queensland academic, shows the rate of decline of global child mortality has not improved from three decades ago.
- 04-Oct-2007
- Researchers plan for Moon and Mars exploration
- A team of UQ researchers is well advanced on social, media and engineering planning for when NASA lands its announced human exploration missions on the Moon in 2020 and on Mars by 2037.
- 01-Oct-2007
- Child disability screening shows promise
- A new system to identify developmental problems including disability in premature infants has shown promise in early trials.
- 27-Sep-2007
- UQ discovers more research grants
- UQ has topped the state and finished amongst the top four universities nationally in the latest round of the Federal Government’s leading innovation and research grants.
- 26-Sep-2007
- Physics student is Young Achiever of the Year 2007
- UQ School of Physical Sciences PhD student, Jenny Riesz has been selected as the 2007 Queensland Young Achiever.
- 26-Sep-2007
- Fighting golden staph and regenerating skin share in $17 million of medical research funding
- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience has been awarded almost $17 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council for fellowships and projects including regenerating wounded skin, and fighting golden staph.
- 26-Sep-2007
- Marathon swimming crocs find their way home
- Saltwater crocodiles are making marathon ocean swims to reach home even if they are airlifted hundreds of kilometres away, new research shows.
- 26-Sep-2007
- Young children have biological reason for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- A team of researchers working with UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has discovered more compelling evidence that attention-deficit disorder in young boys is substantially attributable to brain development.
- 25-Sep-2007
- UQ lifts medical research dollars
- UQ has increased its share of national medical research funding by 10 percent, receiving more than $44.6 million under the latest round of National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) grants.
- 25-Sep-2007
- UQ researchers win 100 percent of prestigious health fellowships
- University of Queensland researchers have won both of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) 2008 Australia Fellowships, worth a total of $8 million.
- 25-Sep-2007
- New radio service to address isolation, boredom and depression among older people
- University of Queensland researchers from the Australasian Centre on Ageing and 4MBS Classic FM are collaborating to develop a new radio service specifically for older Australians.
- 24-Sep-2007
- UQ leads nation in research and industry grants
- The University of Queensland (UQ) has dominated the country's leading industry oriented research grants scheme by securing $13.7 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grants today.
- 24-Sep-2007
- UQ research solves mystery of ancient Hawaiian voyaging
- University of Queensland researchers have proven ancient Pacific islanders made the journey between Hawai’i and Tahiti, solving a long-standing sea-faring mystery.
- 24-Sep-2007
- Growth hormone could promote cancer, according to new research
- Growth hormone and associated proteins could be responsible for promoting many types of cancer, including breast and prostate cancer, according to an Australian researcher.
- 21-Sep-2007
- New enzyme research targets osteoporosis
- A University of Queensland biophysical chemist is working on new research which one day may slow down or switch off certain diseases.
- 19-Sep-2007
- First study to examine rural GP–complementary medicine relationship
- Complementary treatment use is high in regional Australia, but patients often don’t tell their doctors, according to a University of Queensland researcher, who will conduct the world’s first study in this area.
- 19-Sep-2007
- Research excellence celebrated at UQ awards
- Seven promising University of Queensland researchers have been honoured with awards totalling $505,000 at the 2007 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards held at Brisbane Customs House.
- 18-Sep-2007
- Superb supervisors
- The University of Queensland has rewarded three of its academic staff for their outstanding supervision of research higher degree students.
- 18-Sep-2007
- Jumping into the quantum whirlpool
- A University of Queensland quantum physicist is applying a new theory to an old problem.
- 18-Sep-2007
- New technology to reduce large-scale emissions
- A novel technology to trap large-scale greenhouse gas emissions caused by coal mining and power generation is being developed by a University of Queensland researcher.
- 18-Sep-2007
- Gambling treatment comes to you
- Recent figures from the Queensland Household Survey of Gambling reported that 230,000 Queenslanders have experienced negative consequences as a result of their gambling.
- 18-Sep-2007
- UQ study to help Australians breathe easy
- Do you have chronic breathing problems or know someone who does?
- 17-Sep-2007
- Going mobile blends work and home
- A University of Queensland researcher is investigating just how much the internet and mobile technologies are blurring our public and private lives and creating real benefits.
- 17-Sep-2007
- PhDs want broader skills: report
- Australian postgraduates are well paid and happy with their jobs but want more generic skills from their PhDs, according to a new education report.
- 17-Sep-2007
- UQ research turns poo to plastic
- University of Queensland researchers are tapping into the power of wastewater to produce environmentally-friendly plastics.
- 17-Sep-2007
- Researching excellence at UQ
- Outstanding researchers and their achievements will be celebrated next week at The University of Queensland.
- 14-Sep-2007
- UQ congratulates Queensland leaders
- University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Hay, AC, has paid tribute to Peter Beattie and congratulated the new leadership team of Premier Bligh and Deputy Premier Lucas.
- 13-Sep-2007
- Software shows promise for speech disorders
- Children with speech, language and reading disorders may soon be able to be treated remotely by using a UQ-designed telerehabilitation system.
- 13-Sep-2007
- New approach to fighting obesity and diabetes
- World-first equipment, made exclusively for UQ scientists, will determine how to produce food which is better for us, but still tastes good.
- 11-Sep-2007
- Hassle-free shopping with children
- UQ researchers are seeking families with a child aged three to five to participate in a free parenting program aimed at improving children’s behaviour during shopping trips.
- 07-Sep-2007
- Journal revamp boosts quality
- A UQ-produced archaeology journal has been rated in the same league as the top international archaeology journals.
- 04-Sep-2007
- "Outback Princess" brings new life to Aussie gardens
- UQ is providing salvation for drought-affected gardens – in the form of three exciting new native blooms from the Queensland bush.
- 03-Sep-2007
- Drugs reduce heart surgery risks
- Within six months of heart disease surgery, up to 60 percent of patients suffer from their arteries reblocking.
- 03-Sep-2007
- Hat trick of awards for IMB smart women
- Professor Jennifer Stow from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has been awarded a Smart Women: Smart State award for her work on cells, which may lead to alternative treatments for inflammatory disease.
- 31-Aug-2007
- Croc book on menu for retiring zoologist
- UQ zoologist, bush adventurer and mentor to generations of students, Professor Gordon Grigg, retires today
- 31-Aug-2007
- UQ staff and students win four Smart Women Smart State awards
- UQ has again been successful at the Smart Women Smart State Awards, scooping prizes in four of the 13 categories.
- 31-Aug-2007
- UQ industrial wastewater cleaning process goes international
- Molecular biologists at UQ’s Advanced Wastewater Management Centre (AWMC) will link with leading European researchers to advance a revolutionary “fast sludge” process after receiving $823,00 in Federal Government funding.
- 28-Aug-2007
- Biosensors to probe the metals menace
- If the pond life goes star-shaped, you’d be wise not to drink the water.
- 27-Aug-2007
- Horse gut reveals new bacteria
- Two new species of bacteria have been discovered in the gut of horses.
- 27-Aug-2007
- Quantum light beams good for fast technology
- Australian and French scientists have made another breakthrough in the technology that will drive next generation computers and teleportation.
- 24-Aug-2007
- Aggressive bees may track future of flying robots
- Angry bees that fly like mini-missiles could map the futures of unmanned aircraft and planetary explorer robots, thanks to new University of Queensland research backed by the Queensland Government.
- 23-Aug-2007
- New link between estrogen and breast cancer
- The female sex hormone estrogen turns on a gene linked to breast cancer, according to new research by Brisbane scientists.
- 22-Aug-2007
- UQ Business School academic wins Eureka Prize
- UQ Business School’s Professor Mark Dodgson was last night awarded the prestigious ATSE Clunies Ross Eureka Prize for Leadership in Business Innovation.
- 21-Aug-2007
- Research points to possible new stroke therapy
- New research from an international team of scientists has identified a possible new therapy for stroke that is likely to be more effective than current treatments.
- 20-Aug-2007
- Hall medal for UQ expert in patterns and combinations
- A University of Queensland mathematician has received a distinguished international award for the quality of his research.
- 17-Aug-2007
- Property managers to benefit from machine vision technology
- A collaborative university-industry-government project has developed a new tool to help land managers better manage domestic and wild animals on their properties.
- 14-Aug-2007
- How sea slugs fall in love
- Scott Cummins and his colleagues at The University of Queensland have uncovered a potent mix of chemicals which acts like a cross between Chanel No 5 and Viagra—but only if you are a sea slug.
- 13-Aug-2007
- Light shines way to early detection of oral cancer
- A light being trialed by University of Queensland researchers is showing promise as a tool for early detection of oral cancer – one of the deadliest cancers.
- 08-Aug-2007
- UQ researchers discover some of the oldest forms of life
- University of Queensland researchers have identified microbial remains in some of the oldest preserved organic matter on Earth, confirmed to be 3.5 billion years-old.
- 07-Aug-2007
- Measuring up the history wars
- University of Queensland research has delved into the continuing controversy of the National Museum of Australia.
- 03-Aug-2007
- PhD project is all fun and games
- Running and climbing, imagining different worlds, romping on swing sets… these all come naturally to children, right?
- 02-Aug-2007
- Born to be global
- Joint study finds Australian businesses are applying a much more diverse and imaginative approach to expanding globally than simply exporting
- 30-Jul-2007
- Quoll research spots Brisbane
- The University of Queensland, in partnership with Brisbane City Council and Department of Defence, has begun a new research project to investigate the presence of the spotted-tailed quoll in the Greater Brisbane region.
- 26-Jul-2007
- It’s not just the kids of prisoners who need support
- A study by University of Queensland researchers has found that having a dad in prison may be less harmful for some kids than once thought.
- 25-Jul-2007
- Work ethics don’t fit cultural moulds
- The Western work ethic of rewarding individual hard work is at odds with the cultures of many indigenous groups, according to UQ social science graduate Dr Ruby Welch.
- 25-Jul-2007
- Research adds fibre to industry
- The University of Queensland leads a new $12.7 million research alliance aiming to develop new grain varieties with tailored fibre content, which was launched today (July 24) at CSIRO’s Discovery Centre in Canberra.
- 25-Jul-2007
- Students learn afloat unique museum
- There are many ways to study over the summer break, but taking classes on a floating museum must rate among the more exotic options.
- 23-Jul-2007
- Do I know you? QBI researchers identify woman's struggle to recognise new faces
- A young woman – who is by every other measure healthy and intelligent but struggles to recognise new faces – has presented Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) scientists with fascinating new insights into learning and memory.
- 23-Jul-2007
- Australian Neuroscientist wins coveted UK science prize
- The Queensland Brain Institute’s Head of Visual Neuroscience, Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, has been recognised with the 2008 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics.
- 20-Jul-2007
- Australian research offers hope for children of uncertain sex
- Professor Peter Koopman, from UQ's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has received the GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for Research Excellence for pioneering research that offers hope to children born with sexually ambiguous genitalia and other sexual development conditions.
- 19-Jul-2007
- UQ library re-fit a hit with users
- Fresh from a $13.5 million facelift, the refurbished Biological Sciences Library at The University of Queensland is already proving a hit with students, according to University Librarian, Keith Webster.
- 17-Jul-2007
- Health survey shows one in five Queensland kids are overweight
- A survey carried out by the Children’s Nutrition Research Centre and School of Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland has found more than one in five Queensland children are overweight or obese.
- 13-Jul-2007
- Study delves into link between bullying and mental health
- Brisbane school students will help unlock the secret of how bullying affects mental health when they are given the chance to take part in a study through The University of Queensland.
- 12-Jul-2007
- CO2 hurts reef growth
- Coral reefs are at risk of going soft, quite literally turning to mush as rising carbon dioxide levels prevent coral from forming tough skeletons, according to UQ research.
- 11-Jul-2007
- UQ’s smart fellows all women
- Three UQ scientists have won Smart State Fellowships to continue groundbreaking research on rheumatoid arthritis, cerebral palsy and a hospital superbug.
- 10-Jul-2007
- Teleportation method proposed by Australian scientists
- Teleportation, a concept popularised in the original Star Trek television series, is edging closer to reality through work being conducted by theorists from The University of Queensland and Australian National University.
- 03-Jul-2007
- "Sundried tide" — silent, natural disaster
- Australian researchers have studied and documented the effect of the "sundried tide", a force of nature that can silently wipe out coral reefs.
- 03-Jul-2007
- Using yeast in the fight against viral infection
- A University of Queensland researcher is studying yeast with hopes of finding better ways of preventing viruses.
- 02-Jul-2007
- Both sides wrong on broadband future: UQ researcher
- Both major political parties have got it wrong on broadband, according to a recent PhD graduate from the University of Queensland.
- 28-Jun-2007
- Quantum computing on an everyday PC
- Scientists have successfully simulated a collision of two laser beams from an atom laser using an everyday desktop computer.
- 27-Jun-2007
- Migaloo and his growing herd move north
- A record number of humpback whales are passing North Stradbroke Island as UQ researchers start aerial surveys to verify their numbers.
- 25-Jun-2007
- No hiding for child abusers
- People who shake children hard enough to cause brain damage will soon be unable to hide behind false defences in court, thanks to new UQ research.
- 21-Jun-2007
- Research shows Australian weather could get worse
- Research by University of Queensland climatologists into Australia’s past climate has shown just how extreme our weather can be.
- 20-Jun-2007
- Student consultancy a win-win situation
- Postgraduate students and industry are reaping the rewards of a strategic alliance forged between the UQ Business School and consulting company, tuscon.
- 20-Jun-2007
- Universal state observed by Australian physicists
- A team of Australian and Chinese scientists have found the first observed evidence for "universality" in a paper to be published in the prestigious Nature Physics journal next month.
- 19-Jun-2007
- Safe launch for scramjet experiment
- A scramjet experiment involving The University of Queensland as a collaborative partner has safely launched today at the Woomera Test Facility, 500km north of Adelaide.
- 15-Jun-2007
- UQ geosequestration technology takes off overseas
- University of Queensland research into geosequestration of greenhouse gases is being exported to the world.
- 15-Jun-2007
- UQ hosts key academic housing conference
- Housing affordability, housing pathways (home ownership, private renting, public housing), and the future of housing research will be discussed at a Brisbane conference next week.
- 14-Jun-2007
- Strong economy the key to a strong environment in the Pacific
- New research at The University of Queensland suggests that economic development may play a vital role in preserving the environment of some Pacific Island countries.
- 14-Jun-2007
- Researcher resurrects Australia’s radio history
- Listening to radio plays sounds like a nice way to pass a few hours, but for the next eight weeks, it’s Dr Toni Johnson-Woods’ full-time job.
- 14-Jun-2007
- UQ research reveals light activity can help avoid chronic disease
- Reducing time spent sitting and increasing light physical activity has important health benefits that may reduce the risk of diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases.
- 12-Jun-2007
- Gene recipe for common diseases
- Scientists have isolated at least 25 genes that cause seven of the most common hereditary diseases including diabetes and arthritis in the world’s largest genetic study.
- 07-Jun-2007
- Laziness increases back pain risk
- Officeworkers who rarely exercise are at increased risk of back injuries, according to UQ researchers working on a European Space Agency study.
- 06-Jun-2007
- QBI scientist working to understand why stroke causes vision problems
- A University of Queensland scientist at the Queensland Brain Institute has uncovered evidence that could help to explain why some stroke patients have trouble maintaining a stable image of their visual world when they make eye movements.
- 06-Jun-2007
- Young engineers drive research forward
- Two young engineers have seen their studies shift from the classroom to the production line thanks to a successful UQ industry placement program.
- 04-Jun-2007
- New website brings Black Words into focus
- Australia's Indigenous writers and storytellers will be yarning to the world when a new literature website is officially launched this week.
- 04-Jun-2007
- Proactive strategies for climate change
- A new study by UQ Business School academic Associate Professor Andrew Griffiths and PhD student Nardia Haigh shows companies are finding innovative responses to climate change.
- 04-Jun-2007
- Ultimate family man is Queenslander of Year
- A University of Queensland researcher whose practical advice about children has helped millions of families is a classic choice as 2007 Queenslander of the Year, UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay, AC, said today.
- 04-Jun-2007
- Children required for child obesity program at Mater
- Children aged between 6 and 10 years old are required for a one year pilot study to help tackle the growing issue of childhood obesity conducted in partnership with the Mater Children’s Hospital and The University of Queensland.
- 31-May-2007
- Corals reveal impact of land use
- Using the corals on the Great Barrier Reef as a history book, researchers have linked land use along the coast to decades of declining water quality and poor coral health.
- 31-May-2007
- Help available for anxious teens in rural and remote Australia
- A pioneering research project developed at The University of Queensland will help teenagers in rural and remote areas of Australia to overcome anxiety.
- 30-May-2007
- New drug development facility helps move medicines to market
- Innovative new drugs for obesity, diabetes, pain, cancer and multiple sclerosis are being assisted to market at the University of Queensland by Australia’s only “one-stop” integrated drug development organisation.
- 29-May-2007
- New guide on combating marine pollution
- A new book written by a UQ Adjunct Professor outlines the laws which protect and preserve Australia’s marine environment from the impact of shipping pollution.
- 28-May-2007
- Support for Innovative research in metals manufacturing
- Developing cheaper, smarter, environmentally sensitive products and processes for the metals manufacturing industry will be made possible by funding announced by the Queensland government.
- 28-May-2007
- Tackling the Indigenous chronic disease epidemic
- New figures show the magnitude of a chronic disease epidemic among Indigenous people in remote Northern Territory communities, according to University of Queensland researcher, Professor Wendy Hoy.
- 24-May-2007
- UQBS academics to learn from The Wiggles
- UQ Business School will work with the Australian Business Foundation to investigate what happens after Australian firms like The Wiggles successfully enter overseas markets.
- 24-May-2007
- Fish brains help design feed of the future
- UQ researchers are analysing fish brains and fish feeding behaviour so they can help create new environmentally friendly feed for aquaculture.
- 23-May-2007
- UQ researchers honoured with leading fellowships
- A scientist who helped discover the gene that determines sex in mammals is one of three University of Queensland researchers who have received one of the highest academic accolades in Australia.
- 22-May-2007
- UQ research tops nation in latest round of ARC funding
- The University of Queensland has received the largest share of funding in the country for Australian Research Council Linkage project grants.
- 22-May-2007
- Queensland physics attracts quantum leaders in atom optics.
- Queensland’s Sunshine Coast this week is being invaded by leaders in the field of quantum atom optics from around the world.
- 16-May-2007
- QBI neuroscientists edge closer to decoding brain repair
- Neuroscientists at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have revealed two major discoveries, edging them closer to harnessing the brain’s inherent powers of self-repair and regeneration.
- 15-May-2007
- It's not what you know; it's who you know…
- A UQ Business School student says the old cliché – it's not what you know; it's who you know – might be true after all.
- 14-May-2007
- Frog muscles survive big sleep
- A rare Australian frog that burrows underground for a summer siesta resurfaces more than nine months later in just as good a shape as before its rest, according to UQ research.
- 10-May-2007
- Marine weed threatens waterways
- A marine weed native to Moreton Bay is overgrowing waterways around Australia, in California and throughout the Mediterranean Sea.
- 10-May-2007
- Warts vaccine: one of many in pipeline
- A vaccine for genital warts could be one of the first products to come out of the new multi-million dollar medical research base built in Brisbane.
- 09-May-2007
- Double the death rate from cirrhosis for “blue collar” men
- Australian manual or “blue collar” workers are dying from liver cirrhosis 2.5 times the rate of their “white collar” counterparts, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 08-May-2007
- UQ research gets a smart boost
- Needle-free injections and making electricity from sewage are just two examples of innovative University of Queensland research to receive almost $5 million in funding over the long weekend.
- 08-May-2007
- Medical potential from bottom feeders
- Moreton Bay sea cucumbers may have more to offer than just being a culinary delicacy on a dining table.
- 03-May-2007
- Maternity leave could be answer for greying nation
- Paid maternity leave could be the answer to halting Australia’s ageing population according to new research.
- 02-May-2007
- Brewing a sustainable energy solution
- A joint project between UQ and Foster’s to turn beer wastewater into electricity has won $140,000 from the Queensland Government’s Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund.
- 02-May-2007
- Smart software makes classification easy
- A UQ diagnostic tool used by US Customs, the British Museum and the Brisbane City Council has recently been released in a new and expanded version.
- 01-May-2007
- Scientists target manta ray mysteries
- Manta rays are hard to miss —big, black and stretching up to seven metres wide, but scientists are still in the dark about the world’s largest ray.
- 01-May-2007
- Navigating a legal sea
- A UQ expert on admiralty law has provided a comprehensive guide to dispute resolution in maritime trade and commerce in a new book launched last week.
- 01-May-2007
- Rare turtle death not in vain
- A rare sea turtle with only one recorded sample at the Queensland Museum will be examined by UQ marine scientists and veterinarians.
- 30-Apr-2007
- UQ Centre for Native Floriculture continues to bloom
- UQ's Centre for Native Floriculture is investigating new floral species as part of its work to provide services to Queensland’s native floriculture industries.
- 30-Apr-2007
- Sponging up the evolutionary past
- University of Queensland researchers are exploring the evolution of what has been termed the “Rosetta Stone” of the gene world, by tracing the development of the humble sea sponge.
- 27-Apr-2007
- Adolescents needed for Asperger study
- Adolescents with Asperger syndrome are sought for a University of Queensland psychology project.
- 20-Apr-2007
- Research excellence rewarded
- AIBN researcher Professor Sean Smith was recently recognised with a prestigious award from the Humboldt Foundation in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in the area of simulation and visualisation of molecular systems.
- 20-Apr-2007
- Activity the key to managing arthritis
- University of Queensland researchers have shown for the first time older women who exercise are more likely to not get stiff or painful joints.
- 19-Apr-2007
- UQ research looks into the ‘not in my backyard’ mindset
- University of Queensland research has shown Australians are more likely to be homophobic than racist.
- 19-Apr-2007
- New recycled water pipeline to irrigate Gatton campus
- An 8.75-kilometre-long recycled water pipeline – further testament to UQ’s commitment to saving water – will be officially recognised at a special ceremony on Friday at 10am.
- 18-Apr-2007
- Shelling out successful research
- Ever wondered why shells look as good as they do? Well University of Queensland researcher Dr Daniel Jackson may have found the answer.
- 18-Apr-2007
- UQ researchers identify thousands with curable high blood pressure
- More than 100,000 Australians suffering high blood pressure can now be cured or have their problem greatly improved by surgical treatment thanks to University of Queensland research.
- 17-Apr-2007
- UQ developing a revolution in medical testing
- University of Queensland researchers are using nanotechnology to revolutionise medical diagnostic testing of diseases such as cervical cancer.
- 17-Apr-2007
- UQ gets in sync with Australian synchrotron
- Researchers from The University of Queensland will be at the forefront of new research possibilities with the signing of an agreement to use the soon-to-be-opened Australian Synchrotron in Victoria.
- 13-Apr-2007
- League greats drop-in on melanoma research
- Cancer charity group the Mardi Jackson Foundation will donate $48,000 to UQ’s premier cancer research institute tomorrow morning.
- 11-Apr-2007
- Students test puppies success behind bars
- Two UQ students are investigating whether puppies in prison can help reform inmates and improve the working lives of prison staff.
- 11-Apr-2007
- Behavioural tests probe ray and shark colour vision
- UQ researchers have shown that stingrays, once thought to be colour-blind, may be capable of seeing in colour.
- 10-Apr-2007
- Reef "at risk in climate change"
- Australian scientists who contributed to the latest global greenhouse study say the Great Barrier Reef is one of the nation’s great assets most at risk under climate change.
- 06-Apr-2007
- Vowel research valuable to language teachers
- It was a usual day at the annual agricultural show in Dirranbandi, Queensland, in 2001 – except for the Japanese professor scurrying around asking people to drawl into a microphone.
- 05-Apr-2007
- Reef research weathers island fire
- University of Queensland marine researchers are confident that most of the significant data sets at Heron Island Research Station were backed up when the world-renowned facility was damaged by fire on March 30.
- 04-Apr-2007
- Technology goes mini in quantum leap
- The future for supercomputers and new uses of ultra cold atom lasers and gases will be showcased at Caloundra at an quantum atomic science workshop next month.
- 04-Apr-2007
- Science the source for new water Alliance
- Researchers from The University of Queensland will have a key role in a strategy that could more than double the water recycling capacity of Australia’s capital cities.
- 03-Apr-2007
- Shark pups open eyes and change fins early
- Baby sharks grow slowly, changing their fins as they grow and can see a month before they leave their eggs, according to UQ research.
- 03-Apr-2007
- UQ helps to keep an eye on the state of coral reefs
- The University of Queensland is backing a program aimed at tracking the health of coral reefs around the world.
- 27-Mar-2007
- New book fights $400M problem
- A leading expert on illegal fishing has outlined ways to combat the multi-million dollar problem in a new book to be launched this week.
- 26-Mar-2007
- Leisure lecturer funded to get older Queenslanders active
- The Queensland Government has awarded Associate Lecturer Elisabeth Lord from the School of Tourism a grant for her PhD research exploring ways to encourage older Queenslanders to get more physically active
- 23-Mar-2007
- New study shows benefits of quitting smoking
- Giving up smoking can reduce the risk of dying from lung cancer by up to 70%, new research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology this week shows.
- 23-Mar-2007
- The power of Aussie talkback
- Talkback radio in Australia is one of a few in the world that engages with and wields political power according to new research by a University of Queensland academic.
- 23-Mar-2007
- Suicide: unexpected coral killer
- A mysterious disease is causing the corals of the Great Barrier Reef to kill themselves - and scientists are battling to find out why.
- 20-Mar-2007
- UQ graduates awarded Fulbrights
- Two University of Queensland graduates — Dr Steven Lane and Dr Mai Tran — have won Fulbright awards to undertake research in the U.S.
- 19-Mar-2007
- UQ study reveals the truth behind spousal abuse
- University of Queensland research is turning conventional wisdom about spousal abuse on its head.
- 16-Mar-2007
- UQ shares in $67M Centres of Excellence funding
- The outstanding work of The University of Queensland’s Australian Research Council Centres has been recognised with $15.7 million of extension funding for all four research groups.
- 14-Mar-2007
- The BRAVE Program – Help available for teenagers with anxiety
- A pioneering University of Queensland research project has been designed to help teenagers overcome anxiety.
- 13-Mar-2007
- Tracking down coral's serial killers
- Australian scientists are throwing new light on the killers responsible for the mass death of corals under global warming.
- 13-Mar-2007
- UQ celebrates Brain Awareness Week
- The University of Queensland will this week mark Brain Awareness Week with a free public memorial lecture for a celebrated neuroscientist, and a Brain Bee Challenge for high school students.
- 12-Mar-2007
- Tracking the true cost of welfare reform
- University of Queensland research is trying to uncover the true cost of the Federal Government’s Welfare to Work policy.
- 12-Mar-2007
- Good health slips further out of reach
- The gap in health standards of Australia’s rich and poor will continue to widen if healthy-living programs aren’t directed at the poor, new research shows.
- 12-Mar-2007
- Computer games outgrow the stereotypes
- UQ Business School academic Frank Alpert believes the stereotypical image of computer gamers is a long way wide of the mark.
- 09-Mar-2007
- UQ researchers plumb the depths of fish “malaria”
- A University of Queensland researcher is charting the unknown waters of a disease that has been dubbed the “malaria” of the fish world.
- 09-Mar-2007
- Nobel Laureate visits AIBN
- A world expert in chemistry has identified the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology as a research leader and will visit to learn more about the Institute’s cutting-edge programs.
- 07-Mar-2007
- Rare marsupial runs for love
- An endangered mouse-like marsupial from central Australia has been found to run more than 30 kilometres in one day while in heat.
- 06-Mar-2007
- Cancer fighter walks in Nobel footsteps
- The University of Queensland professor behind the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine will receive one of Australia’s most prestigious medical awards tonight.
- 06-Mar-2007
- UQ researcher reveals the truth about cats and dogs
- Ask most pet owners, and they will tell you they love their pets.
- 02-Mar-2007
- Primate experts monkey around
- Some of the world’s leading primate experts will meet at UQ from March 9-11 for the 25th annual conference of the Australasian Primate Society.
- 01-Mar-2007
- Researcher returns to fight insects with spider venom
- A researcher who has spent most of the past decade working in the U.S. has returned to Australia to continue working on environmentally-friendly insect control methods based on spider venom compounds.
- 01-Mar-2007
- Digger reveals Tiga’s aqua secrets
- Being claustrophobic and allergic to wasps on an island potholed with caves and swarming with giant wasps hasn’t deterred UQ archaeologist Ian Lilley from his latest dig.
- 01-Mar-2007
- A classic honour for Emeritus Professor
- A fitting tribute has been made to Emeritus Professor Bob Milns, AM, with the University of Queensland’s Antiquities Museum recently renamed in his honour.
- 28-Feb-2007
- Rotary funds new research
- University of Queensland researchers have received more than $220,000 in the latest round of Australian Rotary Health Research Fund grants.
- 26-Feb-2007
- Mining a narrow vein of research
- University of Queensland research is helping to make narrow-vein mines more efficient.
- 23-Feb-2007
- Research lifts blindfold on shark vision
- Sandbar sharks might have prized flesh and fins which are culinary delicacies but scientists are more interested in their eyes.
- 21-Feb-2007
- Finding the climate key
- A University of Queensland microbiologist is part of an international team that has identified a bacterial gene that may affect climate and weather.
- 16-Feb-2007
- UQ full of bright American scholars
- The University of Queensland has cemented its reputation as a world-class research and teaching institution, luring five American scholars to study on campus under the prestigious Fulbright Program.
- 15-Feb-2007
- City supports water subsidies for farmers: survey
- Eighty percent of Brisbane residents say they would eat food grown with recycled water while 90 percent favour subsidisation of water for farmers to ensure locally grown produce, according to a survey conducted by a UQ research centre.
- 14-Feb-2007
- An ancient greenhouse window into the future
- A University of Queensland researcher is going back 50 million years to get a glimpse of what a future greenhouse climate might be like.
- 14-Feb-2007
- Biotech partnership a natural
- Queensland biotech company Ecobiotics, has progressed its existing relationship with The University of Queensland’s (UQ) natural products synthesis group by establishing a three-year, $2.5 million research contract.
- 13-Feb-2007
- Do academics watch too much TV?
- UQ Business School academic Dr Bob Westwood believes the TV program Big Brother can tell us something profound about humour at work.
- 09-Feb-2007
- Metals discovery goes against the grain
- Life in the laboratory is a stroll along the beach for two UQ researchers, after discovering metals bear exciting similarities to granular materials like sand.
- 02-Feb-2007
- Australian expert helps extinguish Europe’s public smoking threat
- An Australian public health expert whose figures on smoking fatalities are being used to support a smoke-free zones policy in Europe has said the move will save millions of lives.
- 31-Jan-2007
- Construction set to begin on Centre for Advanced Animal Science
- The future profitability and security of Queensland’s multi-billion dollar animal industries has received a major boost with the awarding of a contract to develop the $33 million Centre for Advanced Animal Science (CAAS) at Gatton.
- 29-Jan-2007
- More Smart State funding for UQ sustainability research
- UQ Business School student Martina Linnenluecke has been awarded a grant of $12,000 under the Growing the Smart State PhD Funding Program.
- 25-Jan-2007
- From physio to PhD for mum of three
- UQ-qualified physiotherapist Robyn King was managing a medical practice when she got a place at UQ Business School to study a Bachelor of Commerce part-time in 1998.
- 18-Jan-2007
- PhD student wins funding to Grow the Smart State
- The Queensland government has awarded one of three grants to UQ Business School’s PhD candidate Sandeep Salunke.
- 18-Jan-2007
- Scientists perform ‘tricky’ operation
- A team of international scientists has decoded the genome of the parasite behind trichomoniasis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that each year affects about 170 million people worldwide.
- 16-Jan-2007
- "On Track" to staying free of depression
- For many Australians living in the country, getting treatment for problems like depression can be difficult, particularly when the drive to the nearest counselling facilities can take hours.
- 15-Jan-2007
- UQ gets on track with new research centres
- Researchers from The University of Queensland will help improve Australia’s vast rail network as part of a newly announced Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
- 12-Jan-2007
- Maintaining healthy weight — the key to avoiding chronic disease
- Maintaining a healthy weight has emerged as the most important factor for Australian women in avoiding chronic diseases such as vascular disease, diabetes and asthma, according to researchers from two Australian universities.
- 11-Jan-2007
- Scramjet, the new generation, closer to reality
- University of Queensland researchers are testing the shapes of things to come ahead of planned scramjet tests in Australia over the next five years.
- 09-Jan-2007
- UQ helps problem drinkers stay dry in the New Year
- With the New Year just in, many people will be looking to address their vices with a set of resolutions.
- 09-Jan-2007
- Medical grants attract back researchers
- University of Queensland researchers have been awarded $2.289 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council grants.
- 04-Jan-2007
- Smart lighting within reach
- It’s not often that an engineer finds inspiration for their research at the ballet.
- 04-Jan-2007
- Life finds a way in unlikely circumstances
- Australian and US scientists have discovered a new group of organisms living in the pH equivalent of battery acid at a Californian mine.
- 21-Dec-2006
- Mulga fodder harvesting the focus of research
- UQ Gatton researchers are investigating the biodiversity and economic impacts of using mulga for fodder in the Queensland mulga lands.
- 21-Dec-2006
- Educating tomorrow’s leaders to choose sustainability
- The University of Queensland School of Business has joined forces with the Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES) at Macquarie University, Sydney, on a project to drive the sustainability agenda in Australian universities.
- 19-Dec-2006
- Shoppers likely to `lose it` in run-up to Christmas
- Christmas shopping has a reputation for being a nightmare for consumers, but the latest research from The University of Queensland reveals that retail staff may be the ones to face the brunt of the ordeal.
- 18-Dec-2006
- UQ peace fellows ready to make a difference
- The next generation of peace builders and diplomats have graduated from The University of Queensland with a Masters in Peace and Conflict Resolution – the only degree of its type in Australasia.
- 18-Dec-2006
- Parental leave survey highlights the importance of extending paid leave provisions
- Results of a recently released survey have shed new light on the use of parental leave in Australia and what families believe would help them most in combining paid employment and parenthood.
- 15-Dec-2006
- Too much Christmas cheer?
- Christmas is a time when the drinks flow freely- there are more parties than usual and the temptation is to overindulge a little.
- 15-Dec-2006
- Australian expertise responds to global water crisis
- Water professionals from around the world will look to Queensland for training in water resources management with the International WaterCentre (IWC) today launching a Masters program in Integrated Water Management.
- 15-Dec-2006
- Coral stress ‘like never in history’
- Large-scale coral die-offs are now occurring more frequently than at any time in the last 11 000 years, according to a new study by Australian-based scientists.
- 15-Dec-2006
- UQ scientist blows the top off volcanic eruption predictions
- A University of Queensland scientist has developed a computer model that could help provide more accurate predictions about volcanic eruptions.
- 12-Dec-2006
- Sea snail key to future of pain relief
- Unique research at The University of Queensland could revolutionise the treatment of pain relief – thanks to a humble sea snail.
- 11-Dec-2006
- Major dementia research grant to UQ
- UQ researchers are examining a possible link between a history of depression and anxiety and the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, later in life.
- 08-Dec-2006
- Step parents and conflict bad for teen drug scene
- Step parents and family conflict can push teenagers to cannabis abuse.
- 07-Dec-2006
- New approach targets brain cancer stem cells
- A Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientist at The University of Queensland has co-discovered a much-needed new approach to treating brain tumours.
- 06-Dec-2006
- Planning for a sound financial future
- UQ Law School academic Dr David Morrison has created a roadmap for personal finance in his new book Personal Financial Planning that serves both as a text for students and a reference work for individuals and investment advisors.
- 06-Dec-2006
- UQ helps with environmental report card
- UQ academics make valuable contributions to the latest report card on Australia’s environmental health.
- 06-Dec-2006
- Deep down under the sea
- A new frontier in marine science is about to be crossed when Australia’s surrounding deep sea is explored using manned submersibles for the first time.
- 05-Dec-2006
- UQ Gatton dual degree leads to a world of opportunities
- A decision to study at The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Gatton Campus has literally meant the world to graduating horticulture and agribusiness student, David Young.
- 04-Dec-2006
- World Wide Web of opportunities for UQ Gatton graduate
- Studying at The University of Queensland (UQ) Gatton Campus has led one young agronomist to develop Australia’s first online grain-trading site. The site, www.brownliesgrain.com.au, will give grain producers access to more markets and also help them receive top dollar for their product.
- 04-Dec-2006
- Cultural diversity brings new challenges for ageing population
- The size and composition of Australia’s older migrant population from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds is bringing new challenges for government, service providers, and community organisations.
- 04-Dec-2006
- Historical tradition encourages cream of the crop
- The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science (NRAVS) recently honoured two of its brightest young scientists at a ceremony at the St Lucia campus.
- 04-Dec-2006
- New England cattleman, scholar named UQ Gatton Gold Medallist 2006
- A veterinarian who has made significant contributions to the northern Australian cattle industry for more than three decades will be honoured at The University of Queensland Gatton Campus on Friday.
- 04-Dec-2006
- Move-on laws told to catch up
- Queensland’s police move-on powers need to be amended to protect homeless people according to a new law report.
- 01-Dec-2006
- Volunteers required for whiplash injury research
- UQ’s Physiotherapy Division is asking people to don a special vest to improve understanding of the impact of whiplash on the daily life of people with chronic symptoms.
- 30-Nov-2006
- UQ Vice-Chancellor welcomes vaccine funding for Australian girls
- University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Hay, AC, has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to fund the delivery of a UQ-invented cancer vaccine to Australian school girls.
- 29-Nov-2006
- Frazer welcomes Federal Government decision on Gardasil®
- The Director of The University of Queensland`s Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research (CICR), Professor Ian Frazer, has welcomed a Federal Government decision to place cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil® on the National Immunisation Programme.
- 29-Nov-2006
- Archbishop, Governor among UQ honorary doctorates
- Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, The Most Reverend John Bathersby, DD, and Queensland’s Governor, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, AC, are among six recipients of University of Queensland honorary doctorates this year.
- 28-Nov-2006
- UQ welcomes $500M research announcement
- The University of Queensland commends the Australian Government for the announcement that it will invest $500 million in key national research infrastructure.
- 28-Nov-2006
- Howzat for a PhD?
- UQ Business School PhD student April Wright was stumped when she first started investigating the relatively recent English county cricket practice of importing overseas players.
- 23-Nov-2006
- Australian native flowers meet the Japanese market
- A University of Queensland (UQ) initiative has bought together growers, exporters, importers, auction markets and florists in Japan to discuss the marketing of Australian flowers into the country.
- 21-Nov-2006
- University biotechnology programs put under the microscope
- The University of Queensland is leading a national drive to improve the teaching, learning and job prospects of Australia's 26 university-based undergraduate biotechnology programs.
- 21-Nov-2006
- Mining and minerals processing engineering chairs announced
- The University of Queensland's world-leading mining, chemical and metallurgical engineering studies programs have received a further boost with the appointment of two new professorial chairs.
- 20-Nov-2006
- Friday & Saturday evenings most common time for hoax fire calls: UQ study
- Friday and Saturday between 9pm and 1am are the most common days and times for hoax fire calls, according to a University of Queensland study modelling the State’s urban fires, the first of its kind in Australia.
- 20-Nov-2006
- New UQ hearing clinic in tune with community
- People seeking relief from hearing disorders now have access to advanced technology and equipment at a University of Queensland public clinic.
- 20-Nov-2006
- UQ researcher praises Schoolies management
- Traditionally Schoolies celebrations draw attention for all the wrong reasons. This year, one researcher from The University of Queensland said the studies showed that the Gold Coast hosts a generally well-managed event.
- 19-Nov-2006
- Literacy programs' remarkable results to be shared at conference
- Literacy programs developed by a UQ researcher are achieving remarkable results among more than 30,000 student users in schools across Australia.
- 17-Nov-2006
- International population expert to visit UQ
- Celebrated author and environmental expert Professor Paul Ehrlich will give a public lecture at The University of Queensland next week.
- 10-Nov-2006
- Turf grass, just add (less) water
- UQ researchers are about to embark on an ambitious research project to develop more water-efficient turf grass varieties.
- 10-Nov-2006
- UQ Vice-Chancellor questions vaccine denial
- UQ Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay, AC, is disappointed by a decision which means many Australian girls will continue waiting for a revolutionary cancer vaccine developed at UQ.
- 09-Nov-2006
- Archives and partner play the name game
- The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs, has announced a partnership between the Archives and University of Queensland lecturer Dr Heather Douglas to investigate the policy, process and problems involved in naming and registering Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory between 1953 and 1957.
- 09-Nov-2006
- Statement from cancer vaccine inventor Professor Ian Frazer
- The Director of The University of Queensland’s Centre for immunology and Cancer Research, Professor Ian Frazer, said he was disappointed by the decision of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) not to recommend the cervical cancer vaccine as a routine vaccination measure.
- 09-Nov-2006
- Stargazers earn star research posts
- UQ students will work at the best observatories in Australia and Chile in coming weeks as part of their summer scholarships.
- 08-Nov-2006
- Max is one in a billion
- UQ nanotechnologist Professor Max Lu is the only Australian to make a list of the top 50 most influential Chinese in the world.
- 08-Nov-2006
- Jay's last day
- Popular, charismatic and award-winning teacher and Head of UQ's Archaeology Program, Associate Professor Jay Hall, will shortly retire after more than 30 years at the University.
- 06-Nov-2006
- Developing a binational trauma registry
- University of Queensland researchers have called for a unified national trauma registry to help improve injury management and outcomes for patients.
- 06-Nov-2006
- Queensland–Smithsonian Fellowship furthers primate research
- A UQ researcher will have daily access to a large group of apes thanks to a $30,000 fellowship with a world-renowned scientific institute.
- 01-Nov-2006
- Test-tube koala joeys bank on sperm preservation
- UQ scientists today unveiled koala joeys produced by artificial insemination (AI) as part of the development of the world’s first koala sperm bank.
- 30-Oct-2006
- UQ leads the State in research funding
- The University of Queensland has won $95 million in major competitive national funding for research projects starting in 2007.
- 20-Oct-2006
- Challenge puts safety first
- Casting a critical eye over the environmental and human safety of nanotechnology to assist responsible product design is the aim of a new Challenge Project at UQ’s AIBN.
- 18-Oct-2006
- Engineering a tissue replacement for torn cartilage
- Researchers at UQ’s AIBN are developing an artificial meniscus to replace damaged knee cartilage.
- 18-Oct-2006
- IMB research strengthened in latest funding
- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience at The University of Queensland received more than $8 million in funding for 18 projects announced in National Health and Medical Research Council funding today (October 16).
- 16-Oct-2006
- Funding confirms UQ as backbone of Queensland research
- The University of Queensland will receive more than 60 percent of the Federal Government funds for medical research announced for Queensland’s universities, hospitals and research institutions.
- 16-Oct-2006
- Paracetamol study
- Researchers at UQ’s School of Pharmacy are seeking volunteers to participate in a discussion session about their use of paracetamol to treat pain.
- 16-Oct-2006
- UQ researchers make helping the environment pay
- University of Queensland researchers are discovering the commercial benefits of burying environmentally harmful carbon dioxide gases underground.
- 11-Oct-2006
- First study of endangered monkey
- A UQ PhD student has battled unforgiving mountainous terrain in Vietnam to conduct the world’s first in-depth study of the ecology of an endangered species of monkey.
- 10-Oct-2006
- Australian neuroscientists forge closer ties with their colleagues in China
- Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientists from The University of Queensland will visit Shanghai this week to formalise a growing relationship between QBI and the Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Neuroscience.
- 09-Oct-2006
- UQ researchers strengthen ties with AFP
- Researchers from The University of Queensland have strengthened their ties with the Australian Federal Police with the extending of a research agreement.
- 06-Oct-2006
- Who wants to live forever? Community attitudes to life extension
- Community attitudes to the extension of life are complex, according to the preliminary results of a new University of Queensland study.
- 05-Oct-2006
- PhD student conducts world-first tests of feral horse repellants
- University of Queensland PhD student Sarah Joseph is researching alternative methods for managing Australian feral horses.
- 04-Oct-2006
- Steroid injections do not provide long-term relief from tennis elbow
- Physiotherapy or a “wait and see” approach are both more effective in tackling tennis elbow than corticosteroid (steroid) injections, according to a UQ study published today in the British Medical Journal
- 27-Sep-2006
- Tomorrow’s doctors today
- UQ’s School of Medicine is delving into nearly a decade of statistics to reveal how well its medical students are selected, educated and how they perform as they train to become doctors.
- 27-Sep-2006
- Sponsors can connect with any event, just explain the link
- Advertisers don’t need an overt and obvious link to a product or brand to be successful, according to new marketing research.
- 25-Sep-2006
- Increase in lucerne production possible, says Farrer medalist
- Further advances in genetics and research have the potential to increase the Australian lucerne production area 20-fold, according to 2006 Farrer Memorial Medal recipient, Professor John Irwin.
- 25-Sep-2006
- Research excellence showcased at unique UQ awards
- Eight up-and-coming University of Queensland researchers have been honoured with awards totalling $552,000 at the 2006 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards held at Brisbane Customs House.
- 20-Sep-2006
- Whiplash? UQ wants you
- The best treatment for people who have neck pain from a motor vehicle accident is still not well understood, according to leading University of Queensland whiplash researcher Professor Gwen Jull.
- 20-Sep-2006
- Good bugs fight urinary infection
- Analysing urine is not a glamorous job but UQ’s Dr Mark Schembri is hoping it will lead to better treatment of urinary tract infections.
- 20-Sep-2006
- Making coal cleaner
- University of Queensland researchers are working on a process that could make the theory of clean coal a reality.
- 20-Sep-2006
- Queensland on track for $60M health research centre
- The University of Queensland is gearing up to build a centre that will significantly boost Australia’s capacity to conduct world-class clinical research.
- 19-Sep-2006
- UQ inheritance may change history’s course for kidney disease families
- An historian who chronicled one of Brisbane’s most intriguing families in <i>The Mayne Inheritance</i> will leave a legacy which offers hope for families affected by a genetic kidney disease.
- 19-Sep-2006
- Speaking of science…
- A University of Queensland researcher is studying the growing professional class of science communicators, which has sprung up to mediate between science and the general public.
- 19-Sep-2006
- UQ takes the lead in race for lighter cars
- Novel surface modification methods being developed by a UQ researcher will overcome a final hurdle in the replacement of steel parts with lighter metals in next-generation, fuel-efficient cars, trucks, air- and space craft.
- 19-Sep-2006
- UQ research project targets "little serpents causing hairy colons"
- A new University of Queensland study aims to improve understanding of a remarkable organism which is an important cause of diarrhoea in animals and humans.
- 19-Sep-2006
- Swotting up on sex differences
- A UQ researcher is investigating the genetic triggers of key differences between males and females including longevity and particular disease rates.
- 18-Sep-2006
- UQ pharmacy school researcher targets breast cancer
- Research by a UQ academic could lead to a treatment for breast cancer.
- 18-Sep-2006
- Changing face of terrorism
- Terrorism hasn't always been about hijacking airplanes and ploughing them into skyscrapers for religious glory.
- 18-Sep-2006
- Research excellence on show at UQ
- The University of Queensland’s outstanding research achievements will be celebrated during Research Week 2006 from September 18 to 22.
- 15-Sep-2006
- Regenerating hope for liver disease
- A protein essential in the process of liver regeneration has been identified by a team of scientists, in a discovery that could lead to treatments for serious liver diseases such as hepatitis.
- 15-Sep-2006
- Research seeks the `holy grail’ of financial market economics
- UQ Business School head Professor Tim Brailsford is working with colleagues at Monash University to develop the ‘holy grail’ of financial market economics.
- 15-Sep-2006
- Agribusiness takes UQ Gatton students to Asia
- Twenty-nine students from The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus will fly to six different Asian destinations in the coming weeks as part of their Bachelor of Agribusiness degrees.
- 12-Sep-2006
- Shining light in quantum computing
- UQ scientist Devon Biggerstaff is investigating ways to manipulate light in a process that will help shape future supercomputers and optics.
- 12-Sep-2006
- Cook Islands look to Australia for coastal policy insights
- A delegation of senior coastal environment managers from the Cook Islands is in Queensland this week learning the keys to successful marine conservation.
- 11-Sep-2006
- Apply to study at UQ by September 29
- People wishing to study at UQ in 2007 should lodge applications via the Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) by Friday, September 29, 2006.
- 11-Sep-2006
- UQ project to transform maths and science teaching in the middle years
- Australian teachers will be guided in new ways of engaging students within mathematics and science curricula through a project being undertaken by a team of academics at The University of Queensland.
- 06-Sep-2006
- I there but caught a glimpse…of a 410 million-year-old eye or two
- A University of Queensland researcher has uncovered the oldest known fossilised eye capsules from jawed fishes.
- 06-Sep-2006
- Gardening to save the reef
- Australians may have to resort to "underwater gardening" if they are to protect their priceless coral reefs through the stresses of climate change.
- 05-Sep-2006
- UQ Gatton festive flowers to fill global niche
- Research being undertaken by the UQ Gatton Campus Centre for Native Floriculture (CNF) is set to fill a demand for red flowers during the festive season world wide.
- 04-Sep-2006
- Volunteers needed for study into headaches in seniors
- Researchers from The University of Queensland are conducting a study investigating headaches in the elderly.
- 04-Sep-2006
- Solar cells go thin and flimsy
- The next generation of solar cells made out of plastics and microscopic crystals instead of silicon is taking shape at UQ.
- 04-Sep-2006
- UQ & top Aussie behind research powerhouse
- The University of Queensland and the Australian of Year, Professor Ian Frazer, said today $100 million towards new science infrastructure would pave the way for Queensland to have one of the world’s most advanced medical research facilities.
- 31-Aug-2006
- Translations provide key to understanding Middle Eastern conflict
- High-quality translations of ancient Islamic texts provide an important bridge to understanding the current conflict in the Middle East, according to an international visiting scholar.
- 30-Aug-2006
- “Peace angel” takes flight
- A book on Australian feminist and World War I peace activist Margaret Thorp will be launched by Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, AC, on Monday, September 4.
- 29-Aug-2006
- Is a friendly board a better board?
- Research by UQ Business School’s Professor Renée Adams suggests that increasing the independence of boards may not be so good for shareholders.
- 24-Aug-2006
- Dogs “cheated” on famous intelligence test
- Chimpanzees and two-year-old children are as clever as each other but dogs are not as smart as previously thought, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 22-Aug-2006
- UQ researchers seek osteoarthritis sufferers for innovative treatment
- Researchers in the School of Human Movement Studies at The University of Queensland are seeking volunteers to trial a novel treatment for symptoms of osteoarthritis.
- 22-Aug-2006
- UQ researcher rewarded for leadership in science
- A researcher who played a major role in the emergence of Brisbane as a centre of biological research has been recognised for his achievements by being awarded the $10,000 CSIRO Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science.
- 21-Aug-2006
- Researchers delve into the seep end
- A University of Queensland study, in conjunction with one of Australia’s largest gold mines, may change the way waste rock is handled at open-pit mine sites around the world.
- 21-Aug-2006
- UQ research explores the secret life of Australia’s rarest coastal dolphins
- University of Queensland researchers are using behavioural observations together with the latest molecular techniques to provide insights into the life of Australia’s rarest coastal dolphins.
- 18-Aug-2006
- Software speeds up the discovery process worldwide
- Biomedical and computational scientists at The University of Queensland have combined forces to create a powerful new tool that will greatly increase the amount of data bio-scientists can expect to process in a week.
- 15-Aug-2006
- International recognition for PhD research
- Dr Margee Hume, a UQ Business School PhD graduate, won international recognition this week for her research in the 2006 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards.
- 14-Aug-2006
- Volunteers needed for heel pain research
- Researchers at The University of Queensland are asking for volunteers to take part in a study looking at heel pain.
- 09-Aug-2006
- Saving Queensland’s sharks
- A shark and ray forum held on Stradbroke Island has led to the establishment of research networks and conservation solutions for the region.
- 07-Aug-2006
- Scientists check the health of the reef
- In a major checkup of the health of the central Great Barrier Reef, scientists report that while corals on the outer reef are in excellent condition, coral health is in sharp decline close to the Queensland coast.
- 04-Aug-2006
- Socking it to cancer
- An Australian research team has identified a gene that could be used to stop tumours growing by blocking their blood supply.
- 02-Aug-2006
- UQ shares in research infrastructure funding
- Researchers from The University of Queensland will share in almost $6.5 million of funding to support greater collaboration with colleagues in other universities.
- 31-Jul-2006
- Spray-on skin relieves emotional trauma for child burn victims
- Spray-on skin is helping child burns victims cope with the trauma of scarring, according to a study by University of Queensland researchers at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane.
- 28-Jul-2006
- Navigation guides robotic future
- UQ scientists will use a $3.3 million grant to build a new generation of robots that can learn about their physical spaces based on animal navigation skills.
- 26-Jul-2006
- UQ sugarcane research to benefit from $5 million grant
- AusIndustry has awarded a $5 million Renewable Energy Development Initiative (REDI) grant to CSR Sugar for its sugar cane research program with The University of Queensland.
- 20-Jul-2006
- UQ pharmacy student’s research helps unlock mysteries of breast cancer
- A UQ pharmacy PhD student’s research will lead to a better understanding of the role of calcium in the body and its link to breast cancer.
- 20-Jul-2006
- Watching TV really could help your parenting
- A British television series to help people with their parenting skills, using a program devised by a University of Queensland academic, starts its second season today in the U.K.
- 18-Jul-2006
- Research shows investors don’t lose by choosing socially responsible companies
- University of Queensland Business School lecturer Darren Lee has found no evidence that investing in a portfolio of socially responsible firms means lower returns for investors.
- 18-Jul-2006
- Australian environmental research to blossom through new $6.9 million Hub
- Some of the world’s best-known conservation biologists are joining forces to establish a $6.9 million research centre to address Australia’s pressing environmental challenges.
- 10-Jul-2006
- Leap forward for Australian-Chinese science
- An Honorary Professorship will help forge stronger links between UQ and Chinese scientists.
- 06-Jul-2006
- Viral invasion of the koala genome
- University of Queensland researchers have made a startling discovery that may explain why the koala, one of the world’s most loved marsupials, is susceptible to certain infections and cancers.
- 05-Jul-2006
- Innovation competition weeds out the solution
- A winner of UniQuest’s 2006 Trailblazer innovation competition, Naomi Diplock has developed a biological control for the eradication of Parkinsonia, one of Australia’s top 20 weeds.
- 04-Jul-2006
- Taking the wrinkles out of motoneuronal disease
- A winner of UniQuest’s 2006 Trailblazer innovation competition, Dr Frederic Meunier is developing a treatment for motoneuronal diseases based on modifying botox – the popular anti-wrinkle treatment.
- 04-Jul-2006
- No such thing as inherent brand equity says services expert
- Professor Roland T Rust believes the central elements of brand management – developed for goods-centred economies – must be updated and rethought for the new service-centred economy.
- 30-Jun-2006
- Research considers how Christian women cope with domestic abuse
- A University of Queensland researcher has shed light on how religion can be a help or a hindrance to women who are victims of domestic abuse.
- 29-Jun-2006
- Hundreds of osteoarthritis sufferers needed for UQ research project
- More than 100 osteoarthritis sufferers are needed for studies into the effectiveness of a natural alternative to current drug treatments.
- 28-Jun-2006
- Researchers help troubled youth
- Researchers at The University of Queensland have developed a unique program to reduce delinquent behaviour in youth.
- 26-Jun-2006
- Volunteers needed for new depression treatment to head off the blues
- University of Queensland researchers are offering Australians in rural areas treatment to get off the “depression roundabout”.
- 26-Jun-2006
- New study shows the life and death importance of the doctor-patient relationship
- An Australian psychiatric study has found that doctors may be inadvertently contributing to the desire of many terminally ill patients to die sooner rather than later.
- 26-Jun-2006
- New facility an important step to bionano products
- Queensland’s emergence as a leading centre for bio and nanotechnology has received a boost with $6.5 million from the Smart State Innovation Building Fund to establish the Bionano-products Development Facility (BnDF) at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).
- 23-Jun-2006
- Researchers investigate the foundations of ecology
- International researchers in philosophy of ecology will join leading ecologists to discuss foundational issues in ecology at a conference to be held at The University of Queensland on June 29 and 30.
- 23-Jun-2006
- Fish behaviour of the highest order
- New research, which has been published in Nature, has uncovered evidence of fish behaviour more commonly associated with humans.
- 22-Jun-2006
- Deal dumps on toxic pollution from electronic circuitry
- Reducing the toxic pollution of landfill sites from lead in the circuits of dumped electronic equipment is the aim of a research agreement between The University of Queensland and a major Japanese metals company.
- 21-Jun-2006
- Corals facing "biggest impact in history"
- A new study has found that the damage caused by human activity to some of the world’s iconic coral reefs in the past 30 years is greater than at any time in the last 220,000 years.
- 19-Jun-2006
- UQ receives huge infrastructure boost
- Researchers from The University of Queensland will transform the future of the mining industry with the establishment of a $16 million minerals research facility.
- 16-Jun-2006
- New UQ program to help prevent abuse of the elderly
- A new program developed by researchers at The University of Queensland will help prevent financial abuse of the elderly.
- 15-Jun-2006
- Ancestor of all modern crocodilians discovered in outback Queensland
- Fossils of the world’s most primitive modern crocodilian have been discovered near the outback town of Isisford, in central-western Queensland, Australia
- 14-Jun-2006
- World first technology to revolutionise oil production
- Nanotechnology to help extract more petrol from oil fields has been developed by researchers from The University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).
- 13-Jun-2006
- ADHD: Medication is not the only way to manage problem behaviour
- Researchers from The University of Queensland’s School of Psychology are calling for families with a child diagnosed with ADHD between the ages of four and nine to take part in a group program aimed at helping parents manage their child’s behaviour.
- 08-Jun-2006
- UQ gets tremendous boost from State Budget
- The University of Queensland has welcomed the $60 million in new funding from the Queensland Government pledged in the State Budget today.
- 06-Jun-2006
- A new theatrical production asks the audience to ‘play’ a part
- Theatrical producers are used to the harsh words of the critics but one Australian producer is not just expecting criticism from her audience, she is encouraging it.
- 02-Jun-2006
- Brisbane stroke study seeks volunteers
- Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Occupational Therapy Division are seeking participants to take part in a study to understand the effects of stroke on everyday life.
- 02-Jun-2006
- Australian and Queenslander of the Year wins top American honour
- Cervical cancer pioneer Professor Ian Frazer has added one of America's top cancer research awards to his long list of accolades.
- 31-May-2006
- World-first disabilities program calls for families to participate in a landmark research project
- Researchers from UQ’s School of Psychology are seeking families with children between the ages of two and nine who have been diagnosed with autism, cerebral palsy or Down syndrome, to take part in ground-breaking research.
- 30-May-2006
- Going where no researcher has gone before
- Research based at The University of Queensland is taking journalism where it hasn’t gone before by asking the question: how will people stay in touch in outer space?
- 26-May-2006
- Global health gains offset by HIV/AIDS epidemic and mortality in Eastern Europe
- Substantial health gains in many parts of the world since 1990 are being offset by malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Study.
- 26-May-2006
- Queensland scientists identify molecule that links both sides of the brain
- A Queensland Brain Institute-led team has identified a molecule that plays a key role in establishing the major nerve connections between each side of the adult brain.
- 24-May-2006
- UQ project helps kids and teens overcome anxiety
- A pioneering University of Queensland (UQ) research project will help children and teenagers overcome anxiety.
- 23-May-2006
- Sowing the seeds of success
- A research project on disease-resistant fodder crops has been applauded for its novel commercial outcomes, receiving a 2006 Award for Excellence in Innovation from the Cooperative Research Centres Assocation.
- 22-May-2006
- UQ research opens up new ways of communicating
- While guidebooks may be a traveller’s best friend when exploring new and unusual places, sometimes they fall short in providing up to date information.
- 19-May-2006
- Brisbane volunteers needed for depression and alcohol study
- Brisbane volunteers are needed for Australia’s first national study into combined treatment for depression and alcohol use.
- 16-May-2006
- Hand down crocs` mouth for science
- Sticking your hand down a crocodile’s mouth isn’t the brightest idea, unless of course you’re studying their salt glands.
- 16-May-2006
- Dingoes roam in the suburbs
- Packs of dingoes, some with multiple parasitic organisms are living just beyond the doorstep of many homes in urban southeast Queensland. This is according to the recently released, preliminary results of a University of Queensland (UQ) study investigating the habitat use and disease ecology of urban dingoes.
- 14-May-2006
- Tracing the history of feeding bubs
- Breast or bottle? It is one of the most important decisions a new mother can make and the inspiration behind a unique study by a University of Queensland researcher.
- 12-May-2006
- UQ researcher to tackle looming energy crisis
- University of Queensland researcher Dr Paul Meredith has been awarded a Smart State Senior Fellowship to develop new technologies to combat the world’s looming energy crisis.
- 11-May-2006
- UQ excels in prestigious Federation Fellowships
- The quality and depth of research at The University of Queensland and the quality of UQ’s research environment has been recognised with the award of six prestigious Australian Research Council Federation Fellowships.
- 11-May-2006
- Nurses needed for research
- With nurses around the world celebrating International Nurses Day, University of Queensland researchers are hoping to better understand what makes them tick.
- 11-May-2006
- Research centre tackles community and aged care
- A new $1.5 million research centre focused on improving community and aged care has been opened by Federal Minister for Ageing Santo Santoro.
- 03-May-2006
- Symposium looks at latest research in ageing
- The key players in ageing research in Queensland are coming together to discuss their latest findings and the future of ageing research at Customs House in Brisbane.
- 27-Apr-2006
- Volunteers needed for retraining study
- Were you in manual work and, following injury, used education or training to change your job?
- 27-Apr-2006
- Dud deals for science will topple “house of cards”
- A University of Queensland team has challenged the nation’s corporate and political leaders to urgently boost investment in science and technology. The experts warn that the alternative to greater investment is the collapse of the “house of cards”.
- 27-Apr-2006
- UQ researcher shows his wares for trade shows
- Trade shows may be one of the most important avenues for businesses to display their wares, but new research questions if their full potential is being exploited.
- 21-Apr-2006
- Antarctic’s signature dish under threat
- Scientists are trying to work out why the Antarctic`s keystone species is on the decline.
- 20-Apr-2006
- Curry colouring and fat mix could help diabetics
- Brisbane immunologist Dr Brendan O’Sullivan hopes to put a dent in skyrocketing rates of diabetes in Australia by creating a new treatment for Type 2 diabetes.
- 12-Apr-2006
- UQ Gatton rubber research set to curb life-threatening allergies
- Research being undertaken at The University of Queensland (UQ) Gatton Campus could prevent potentially life-threatening allergic reactions to conventional latex rubber which occur in 10 per cent of the population
- 12-Apr-2006
- No needles, no fear, says Smart UQ Fellow
- People who fear needles may one day have no need to fear the doctor, with the help of a funding injection for The University of Queensland`s Professor Mark Kendall.
- 11-Apr-2006
- Scramjet partnership to boost aerospace industry development
- The University of Queensland has welcomed today’s announcement of an $8.5 million partnership in scramjet development between UQ, the Queensland Government and Boeing.
- 09-Apr-2006
- Legume compounds may help cancer treatment
- The ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research (CILR) has lodged a complete patent application for compounds to treat cancer.
- 09-Apr-2006
- Cancer vaccine developer honoured with fellowship
- University of Queensland researcher Professor Ian Frazer has been awarded the inaugural $1.25 million Smart State Premier’s Fellowship.
- 09-Apr-2006
- UQ strengthens nano ties with Brazil
- Australia’s scientific ties with Brazil took a step closer recently with a conference aimed at building greater research links between the two countries.
- 07-Apr-2006
- UQ teams up with USA experts to detect diseases before they appear
- University of Queensland researchers are hoping to revolutionise the way cancer and diseases are detected.
- 06-Apr-2006
- Strategic alliance to promote drug development services
- Australian contract research organisations TetraQ and <i>vivo</i>Pharm are forming a strategic alliance to broaden their preclinical drug development services.
- 06-Apr-2006
- UQ student gets the call of the wild in Borneo
- The middle of the Bornean jungle is not the ideal place to study for your Masters degree unless that is you are researching some of the world’s most elusive mammals. Working around rapids, dense jungle and fearsome predators, Sunny Sanderson has applied a unique way of examining the variations between different species of gibbon – their call.
- 05-Apr-2006
- Nurses and midwives come under microscope in unique e-cohort study
- University of Queensland researchers are undertaking the largest and only longitudinal study of nurses and midwives ever attempted in the world.
- 04-Apr-2006
- Volunteers needed for heel pain research
- Researchers at The University of Queensland are asking for volunteers to take part in a study looking at heel pain.
- 04-Apr-2006
- One big biology question solved
- An Australian research team has solved one of biology’s most fundamental questions – why males produce sperm and females produce eggs.
- 31-Mar-2006
- Ladybeetle research a natural defence against pests
- A University of Queensland research project is promoting the humble ladybeetle as one of the best pest solutions for citrus and custard apple growers.
- 31-Mar-2006
- ‘Uncertainty’ a factor in identifying with extremist groups
- In times of great uncertainty, both personal or societal, people often tend to identify strongly with social groups or categories that appear relatively extreme in their structures, beliefs and practices.
- 31-Mar-2006
- HyShot™ IV payload located
- A PC9 prop jet spotter plane yesterday found the HyShot™ IV payload and 2nd stage rocket after only 20 minutes of searching following the conduct of an experimental test flight at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide yesterday.
- 31-Mar-2006
- HyShot™4 scramjet experiment lifts off
- The HyShot™ IV experimental scramjet test has been conducted today at the Woomera range, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia at about 1.10pm local time (CDT).
- 30-Mar-2006
- Conference to give students a chance to shine
- Student researchers from around the world will showcase their potential at a unique conference to be held in Australia in September.
- 29-Mar-2006
- UQ and QR get signals on track
- University of Queensland researchers are teaming up with Queensland Rail in a signalling project.
- 29-Mar-2006
- HyShot scramjet experiment blasts off in South Australian desert
- A UQ-led scramjet experiment had a perfect liftoff at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia.
- 25-Mar-2006
- Team prepares for scramjet tests
- The University of Queensland HyShot™ team is bunkered down at Woomera range this week ready for two Defence-managed experimental flights of scramjet technology scheduled for Saturday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 28.
- 23-Mar-2006
- Launch facility donated to UQ for scramjet scientific flights
- The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has gifted an advanced rocket launcher to The University of Queensland this week for peaceful, scientific experiments.
- 20-Mar-2006
- UQ researchers introduce a new framework for conservation spending
- University of Queensland researchers have developed a unique approach to guide conservation spending that will revolutionise the way environmental bodies allocate funding.
- 16-Mar-2006
- Headaches, a pain in the neck
- The University of Queensland is seeking volunteers to help improve the diagnosis and treatments of headaches in the elderly.
- 15-Mar-2006
- University of Queensland researchers win three Rotary grants
- Life may soon be just a little easier for parents of autistic children thanks to a parenting program being trialed at The University of Queensland.
- 14-Mar-2006
- Older workers required for study
- Are you 65 years or older and in paid work for 12 hours or more a month?
- 10-Mar-2006
- Triple P dips toe in Middle East
- UQ`s positive parenting prgram is expanding into the Middle East.
- 10-Mar-2006
- UQ scholarship strengthens biotech links with India
- The University of Queensland, IDP Education Australia and the Queensland Government have joined forces to launch a prestigious biotechnology scholarship for an Indian student.
- 08-Mar-2006
- Volunteers sought for study on romantic relationships
- The University of Queensland’s School of Psychology requires volunteers for a study on romantic relationships and jealousy.
- 02-Mar-2006
- Better training of health professionals to address domestic violence
- Better domestic violence awareness training for health professionals could assist them to address the problem, says a University of Queensland researcher who is set to launch a book based on research evidence on the subject.
- 01-Mar-2006
- Research shows homeless have justice issues
- UQ research released today suggests that homeless people in Queensland face a wide range of legal problems, and have great difficulty obtaining legal advice and assistance.
- 28-Feb-2006
- New community project launches at Redcliffe
- A UQ research team has developed a new project aimed at finding the best ways to support older people, and those who assist them, with the management of their financial affairs.
- 20-Feb-2006
- UQ Business School academic recognised by his peers
- UQ Business School Professor Neal Ashkanasy is the first Australian to be inducted as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP).
- 20-Feb-2006
- UQ researchers help lead the way in bird flu research
- University of Queensland researchers will lead two projects announced today as part of the Commonwealth Government’s $6.5 million bird flu research program.
- 20-Feb-2006
- Marketing still a dirty word to many professional service firms
- New findings from a UQ study show that many professional service firms are still behind the eight-ball when it comes to marketing.
- 17-Feb-2006
- Tiger poo shoos pests
- Tiger poo extract is being used to keep feral animals off everything from farms to runways.
- 16-Feb-2006
- Cars and dogs threaten koala future
- Koalas have as much to fear from dogs and traffic than just losing their habitat.
- 14-Feb-2006
- Ex-inmates needed for UQ research
- Male ex-prison inmates are needed for University of Queensland research looking at the factors that help them remain crime-free after completing their sentence.
- 13-Feb-2006
- Aussie of the Year announces new vaccine trial
- The technology used in the world's first cervical cancer vaccine will be tweaked to fight the most common sexually transmitted disease, genital warts.
- 07-Feb-2006
- UQ & Harvard Medical International to nourish the health workforce
- UQ is the first Australian university to join a Harvard institute to provide the gold standard in training for health and medical educators.
- 01-Feb-2006
- Hour long whale songs woo females
- Male humpback whales are singing songs for female company.
- 01-Feb-2006
- International concern over coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
- An international network of scientists is concerned about the recent development of severe coral bleaching on inshore reefs in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
- 31-Jan-2006
- Volunteers needed for public transport research
- University of Queensland researchers are calling for volunteers to take part in a project looking at public bus transport in Brisbane.
- 30-Jan-2006
- UQ Australian of the Year will continue fight for women’s health
- Professor Ian Frazer will use his profile as Australian of the Year to help ensure his cancer vaccine reaches those who need it most – women and girls living in poverty.
- 25-Jan-2006
- Changing of the guard as UQ Institute reaches maturity
- Professor Brandon Wainwright has been named Acting Director of The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) following the resignation of Professor John Mattick.
- 25-Jan-2006
- UQ scientist honoured for developing the world's first cancer vaccine
- The Australian newspaper’s Australian of the Year recipient is not just leading the world with his research, he is changing it and hopes others will be inspired to do the same.
- 21-Jan-2006
- New program puts the brakes on depression roundabout
- A University of Queensland researcher is offering people with depression a new, free program that is confidential and accessible to people across Australia, including those in remote areas.
- 18-Jan-2006
- UQ researchers reach the outer limits of space
- If you’ve just come back from holidays and think it was a long trip, spare a thought for Dr Kevin Pimbblet.
- 13-Jan-2006
- New satellite monitoring tools prepare for major coral bleaching event
- Following on news that a coral bleaching incident is rapidly developing on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, University of Queensland researchers are working with NASA to understand what this event means for the world’s oceans.
- 12-Jan-2006
- UQ researchers working to prevent a coral bleaching catastrophe
- Researchers at The University of Queensland are racing against time to lessen the damage from a coral bleaching incident about to hit the Great Barrier Reef.
- 06-Jan-2006
- Experts help drinkers control the Christmas craving
- Festive Season drinkers who feel they are losing control of their alcohol consumption can join an innovative drug-free program run by researchers at The University of Queensland.
- 23-Dec-2005
- Floral investigation leads UQ researcher to Japan
- A UQ Gatton researcher has returned from Japan after looking at opportunities to develop the export market for native Australian cut-flower and cut-foliage products.
- 20-Dec-2005
- UQ plans for the next big wave – tsunami defence
- A new tsunami impact model developed by The University of Queensland will help emergency response teams plan what to do if the next big wave hits.
- 19-Dec-2005
- Agreement signed on milk bioactive products
- Some of Australia`s leading scientists believe that milk may produce valuable new products with nutriceutical, pharmaceutical and agrochemical potential.
- 15-Dec-2005
- Spoonful of sugar helps wounds recover
- Two University of Queensland biochemists are leading the world in wound and bone repair from Singapore.
- 15-Dec-2005
- Former Queensland Treasurer`s PhD study warns of taxing consequences
- A new study has revealed that the New Tax System adopted in 1999 and the embedding of the GST have further diminished the fiscal autonomy of the States and Territories.
- 14-Dec-2005
- UQ doctorate a force for beef industry future
- A University of Queensland graduate has helped smooth the way to a more secure future for Queensland’s $3.6 billion cattle industry.
- 07-Dec-2005
- Cousins complete a long journey to UQ
- Two Romanian cousins, who grew up like sisters, have graduated from The University of Queensland on the same day with their PhDs.
- 07-Dec-2005
- Environment affects customer emotions
- University of Queensland PhD graduand Alastair Tombs has spent a fortune on coffee and muffins researching the effects of the social environment on customers.
- 06-Dec-2005
- Alchemia and TetraQ collaborate on new pain treatments
- Australian drug development company Alchemia Limited (ASX: ACL) has announced it will commence a collaborative research project in 2006 with The University of Queensland (UQ) through its preclinical service provider, TetraQ to develop a new generation of opioid-based painkillers to treat severe pain.
- 06-Dec-2005
- New book delivers fun Wiggly sun protection message to preschoolers
- UniQuest Pty Ltd, The University of Queensland’s commercialisation company, and Queensland Health have launched a book aimed at encouraging sun safety in young children.
- 06-Dec-2005
- UQ researchers show traditional Chinese exercises can help combat diabetes
- A pilot study for Australia`s first clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of traditional Chinese exercises in preventing the growing problem of diabetes has produced startling results.
- 06-Dec-2005
- Researcher wants island shopper dockets
- A University of Queensland (UQ) media researcher wants to look at people’s ordinary supermarket or general store shopping dockets.
- 05-Dec-2005
- UQ hosts an exploration of the next frontier
- The University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology will next week host a conference dealing with emerging breakthroughs in biotechnology and nanotechnology.
- 02-Dec-2005
- Tourism surviving in turbulent times
- Security concerns, natural disasters and outbreaks of infectious diseases have a tremendous impact on the global tourism industry.
- 02-Dec-2005
- Researching a better life
- The growth and development of Australia’s population and economy presents challenges for planners and policy makers.
- 01-Dec-2005
- UQ dominates national teaching awards and performance grants
- The University of Queensland has today been recognised once again as the top teaching institution in the country, winning a staggering one third of all the 2005 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT).
- 29-Nov-2005
- Indigenous projects bolstered by UQ native floriculture expertise
- UQ`s Centre for Native Floriculture (CNF) is helping to bolster the work being undertaken by the indigenous Community Development and Employment Project (CDEP) at St George in Western Queensland.
- 28-Nov-2005
- Whale song will resound at UQ marine wildlife seminar
- The UQ School of Veterinary Science will resound with the haunting call of the world’s largest mammals this week when whale expert Dr Michael Noad presents the latest in his series of seminars “Revolution! The great humpback whale song change of ‘97”.
- 28-Nov-2005
- Diaries of a Spanish monk an Australian historical treasure
- Aboriginal glossaries and music scores are among the historical treasures being unearthed from the diaries of one of Australia’s early settlers, Bishop Rosendo Salvado.
- 28-Nov-2005
- Volunteers needed for contraceptive research
- University of Queensland researchers are urgently looking for women 18 to 45 years of age to volunteer to help find a solution to the side effects of the popular and highly effective implant contraceptive, Implanon.
- 25-Nov-2005
- New research targets treatment for dementia and brain injuries
- Queensland Brain Institute researchers have identified a process that could lead to development of repair mechanisms for people suffering from dementia and acquired brain injury.
- 24-Nov-2005
- UQ scientists break new ground in fight against infection & chronic disease
- University of Queensland researchers are on track to develop new treatments for acute infections, chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer.
- 24-Nov-2005
- UQ research team solves long standing mathematical physics puzzle
- A University of Queensland research team led by senior mathematics lecturer Dr Yao-Zhong Zhang has successfully solved a major long-standing problem in mathematical physics.
- 22-Nov-2005
- Bad service maintains the rage
- Customer rage is an increasing problem in Australia, according to a UQ led study.
- 21-Nov-2005
- Computer games latest target for marketers
- Research by University of Queensland Business School student Lars-Peter Schneider and Professor Bettina Cornwell shows marketers are following consumers as they migrate away from mainstream television.
- 21-Nov-2005
- New gene silencing therapy for cervical cancer
- Researchers at The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research (CICR), based at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, have pioneered a new approach for the treatment of cervical cancer.
- 16-Nov-2005
- UQ researchers turn water into watts
- Your dirty dishwater could soon be providing the electricity to power wastewater treatment plants if University of Queensland researchers have their way.
- 14-Nov-2005
- University of Queensland confirmed as leading Australian research institution
- The strength and depth of research at The University of Queensland has again been confirmed with the University receiving almost $36 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding announced today (November 9).
- 09-Nov-2005
- Lateral thinking produces first map of gene transmission
- A University of Queensland study mapping the evolution of genes has shed light on the role of gene transfer in bacterial diseases.
- 09-Nov-2005
- Talks reveal new findings about ageing
- Grandparents raising grandchildren, baby boomer career women, aged care facilities and the pros and cons of staying in the workforce will be up for discussion at the fourth National Conference for Emerging Researchers in Ageing (ERA 2005).
- 01-Nov-2005
- Promising obesity therapy receives follow-on funding
- Brisbane-based Adipogen Pty Ltd has raised a further $2.25 million to support the development of a novel treatment for obesity.
- 01-Nov-2005
- UQ one of the top 50 universities in the world
- The University of Queensland has climbed further up the rankings of the best universities in the world according to a new report.
- 28-Oct-2005
- More prisons will not promote community safety: UQ lecturer
- A new report launched today by a University of Queensland academic argues that in many ways, imprisoning people undermines community safety.
- 28-Oct-2005
- UQ student`s environmental PhD is one of the world`s best
- A project by a University of Queensland graduate has been recognised as one of the best environmental science and engineering PhD studies in the world.
- 28-Oct-2005
- New study supports controversial evolutionary theory
- A paper published today in Nature provides strong support for a controversial 50-year-old-evolutionary hypothesis of how species are formed.
- 27-Oct-2005
- Water shortage is driving a UQ expert back around the U-bend
- With Queensland currently facing dire water shortages a University of Queensland water management expert is calling for the State Government to consider a bulk water recycling strategy.
- 25-Oct-2005
- Report card identifies challenges for local waterways
- In the face of rapid population growth, urban and rural development and the worst drought in living memory, the waterways of Australia`s fastest-growing region have remained mostly in good health for 2005.
- 19-Oct-2005
- Don’t Let Your Summer Fitness Program be “Kneecapped”
- Summer is nearly here and many of us are inspired to get fit and active. Unfortunately, for one in four people, pain around the kneecap will greatly limit their summer fitness programs.
- 18-Oct-2005
- UQ open day highlights diversity of sharks
- UQ`s Moreton Bay Research Station will celebrate the wonderful diversity of sharks and rays found in Moreton Bay at its annual open day next month.
- 18-Oct-2005
- UQ study gives young Australians with disabilities a healthy start
- The more than 500,000 Australians with intellectual disabilities can feel invisible to the health care system, according to the Director of UQ`s Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disability (QCIDD).
- 18-Oct-2005
- UQ researcher uncovers animal attractions for TV show
- It`s well known that humans dress up to attract the opposite sex, but what about animals? Well according to a University of Queensland researcher Australian animals are even more proactive in their quest for the perfect partner.
- 13-Oct-2005
- Chinese identities expressed through hirsute pursuits
- The Power of Hair in Chinese Society 1500 – 2000 will be explored at a free public seminar at UQ St Lucia campus on Thursday, October 27 at 2pm.
- 12-Oct-2005
- Prestigious medal to agricultural scientist
- Distinguished agricultural scientist Dr Bob Clements will receive the 2004 Farrer Memorial Medal at a UQ St Lucia ceremony on Monday, October 31.
- 12-Oct-2005
- UQ honours 2005 Nobel Laureate
- UQ is paying tribute to the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics with a free easy-to-understand public lecture on quantum optics followed by a ‘Glauberfest’ party.
- 12-Oct-2005
- AIBN researcher granted top fellowship
- Professor Julie Campbell, from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) has been awarded a prestigious Senior Principal Research Fellowship in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council grants announced yesterday (10/10/05).
- 11-Oct-2005
- Study finds gender differences in reported childhood sexual abuse
- A new Queensland study has found a significant link between childhood sexual abuse and symptoms of sexual dysfunction in adult men and women.
- 11-Oct-2005
- UQ leads the State in NHMRC grants
- University of Queensland researchers have been awarded more than $22 million as part of the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant funding announced yesterday (October 10).
- 11-Oct-2005
- Researchers address the meaning of the genomic revolution
- International researchers in history and philosophy of science will join leading Queensland bioscientists to discuss the meaning of the genomic revolution at a conference to be held at The University of Queensland on October 14-15.
- 11-Oct-2005
- UQ joins with community for waste management talks
- Talk of the soaring temperatures in Ipswich has been replaced with discussions about recycling solutions, as part of a University of Queensland (UQ) community project.
- 05-Oct-2005
- UQ researchers honoured for research excellence
- Seven UQ researchers have been honoured with awards totalling $450,000 at the 2005 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards for early career researchers held at Brisbane Customs House.
- 22-Sep-2005
- UQ research to ease suffering from whiplash
- New research at The University of Queensland will examine the psychological as well as physical aspects of whiplash in a bid to help chronic sufferers.
- 21-Sep-2005
- UQ researcher warns Australia is not competing in the knowledge economy
- Australia is under-performing in the new and highly profitable knowledge economy, according to a University of Queensland public policy researcher.
- 21-Sep-2005
- Soft TV not a stretch
- Electrical parts made of soft, durable plastic could soon replace silicon chips and toxic metals in consumer goods if Dr Paul Meredith has his way.
- 21-Sep-2005
- Researcher finds new use for botox
- Botox, used by Hollywood stars to smooth out facial wrinkles, is playing an important role in UQ research to understand how nerve cells communicate with each other.
- 21-Sep-2005
- UQ researcher tracking key to healing the brain
- Stem cells have long been described as the holy grail of bioscientists.
- 21-Sep-2005
- Big businesses need to think green
- You may have heard about the effect of El Nino on the environment but what about its impact on big business?
- 21-Sep-2005
- National echidna research centre for Gold Coast
- A University of Queensland (UQ) scientist who has won a $50,000 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award this week plans to establish the world’s largest echidna research centre.
- 21-Sep-2005
- One-of-a-kind research precinct opens at UQ
- A rare facility wholly dedicated to humanities and arts research will be officially opened today at The University of Queensland (UQ).
- 20-Sep-2005
- UQ astrophysicists shed light on dark galaxies
- Astrophysicists have long debated the existence of "dark galaxies" – giant clouds of hydrogen and dark matter, which are the building blocks of stars – that fail to form stars.
- 19-Sep-2005
- TV executives responsible for ‘Ending the Affair’: leading UQ expert
- A radical “quality stocktake” needs to take place if television current affair programs are to improve audience numbers, according to a University of Queensland (UQ) expert.
- 19-Sep-2005
- UQ leads the way in setting the standards for IT collaboration
- The University of Queensland is leading the way to establish IT standards to support collaboration between Australian universities.
- 16-Sep-2005
- UQ celebrates research excellence
- The University of Queensland’s outstanding research achievements will be celebrated during Research Week 2005 from September 19 to 23.
- 16-Sep-2005
- Universities form virtual company to commercialise discoveries
- Four Australian universities have agreed to create a virtual company through UniQuest Pty Ltd to commercialise plant research discoveries.
- 14-Sep-2005
- World leaders seek cure for a pain in the neck
- Professor Gwendolen Jull and Dr Michele Sterling of the UQ Division of Physiotherapy are conducting two clinical trials investigating recovery following a whiplash injury.
- 13-Sep-2005
- UQ researchers tackle environmental hazards around the Solomons
- Researchers from The University of Queensland are helping conserve and protect what some believe to be the eighth wonder of the world.
- 13-Sep-2005
- UQ Gatton study investigates urban wild dogs
- Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), Gatton will take a closer look at the impact of urban wild dogs on human health and safety as part of a new study launched recently.
- 12-Sep-2005
- International leaders in brain research come to UQ
- The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute will host the world’s top neuroscientists next week where the latest research on unravelling how brain functions like memory and learning are regulated.
- 09-Sep-2005
- UQ students help to protect small mammals in Hervey Bay
- The impact of urban development on native species in the Hervey Bay region will be studied in a new collaborative research project between The University of Queensland (UQ) and Hervey Bay City Council.
- 08-Sep-2005
- Uniseed receives further backing from founding investors
- The Universities of Queensland and Melbourne, the founding investors in university based pre-seed venture fund Uniseed, have extended their commitments to the fund by a further $8 million each.
- 07-Sep-2005
- UQ researchers pioneer ancient porcelain identification methods
- Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) have developed an innovative method for authenticating ancient Chinese porcelains.
- 07-Sep-2005
- UQ seminar discusses media convergence
- The rapid drift toward media convergence, and the growth of cable and Internet news and entertainment will be discussed at a UQ public seminar next week.
- 06-Sep-2005
- International focus on new security software
- A University of Queensland researcher was recently selected as one of only 20 international finalists in the 2005 Face Recognition Vendor Test, which was sponsored by the US Government and held in San Diego.
- 06-Sep-2005
- UQ researcher awarded top international honour
- Professor Melissa Little from UQ`s Institute for Molecular Bioscience has been selected as a 2006 Eisenhower Fellow and is the first Queenslander in 32 years to receive the honour.
- 06-Sep-2005
- Mums — our unsung heroes
- Mothering should be taught at universities to give more value to a precious and thankless job, according to University of Queensland researcher and grandmother Marie Porter.
- 05-Sep-2005
- New insights into the software of life
- A series of discoveries by an international consortium of scientists, including a team from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), will transform our understanding of how our genome works to produce a complex organism like a human being.
- 02-Sep-2005
- Sight for sore eyes: ancient fish see colour
- The Australian lungfish, one of the world`s oldest fishes and related to our ancient ancestors, may have been viewing rivers in technicolour long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
- 31-Aug-2005
- New cancer research facility opens at UQ
- A "state-of-the-art" cancer facility funded by a $1.2 million grant from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) was officially opened at The University of Queensland (UQ) today.
- 30-Aug-2005
- UQ researchers look at cumulative impacts of mining on regional communities
- University of Queensland researchers are embarking on a new and innovative approach to understand and evaluate the cumulative impacts of multiple mining operations on regional communities.
- 26-Aug-2005
- UQ leads the nation in innovative e-research
- The University of Queensland has topped the nation in Australian Research Council (ARC) E-Research Support grants.
- 24-Aug-2005
- Fashion secrets set to be unearthed by UQ expert
- The complete history of Australian fashion photography is to be scrutinized in-depth for the first time in a three-year $123,000 University of Queensland (UQ) research project.
- 23-Aug-2005
- Strangling tumours in bid to halt cancer
- It may be possible to halt cancer in its tracks by blocking a gene critical to building tumour supply lines, according to new research carried out at The University of Queensland.
- 23-Aug-2005
- Volunteers needed for UQ workplace productivity emotions study
- Researchers at The University of Queensland Business School (UQBS) are trying to find out how peoples’ emotions can affect their work by investigating the impact of workers’ emotions on productivity.
- 19-Aug-2005
- Face software shines light on terrorism
- A smile, frown or a bad hair day has been enough to stump even the best face recognition systems in busy public areas, until now.
- 18-Aug-2005
- Fat kids can bounce back to normal blood pressure
- Overweight children who can shed their puppy fat by age 14 can expect lower blood pressure, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 16-Aug-2005
- UQ scientist wins top accolade for cervical cancer vaccine
- A University of Queensland (UQ) scientist has received one of Australia’s premier science awards in recognition of pioneering research which has led to the development of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer.
- 10-Aug-2005
- Sport helps orphans feel like champions
- A University of Queensland academic has been using her sport psychology skills to improve the life-satisfaction and self-worth of orphans in Mexico.
- 09-Aug-2005
- History hits the stage in tribute to vaudeville
- Music, comedy and history will coalesce at Customs House at 11am on Sunday, August 21 with a tribute to vaudeville comedians Stiffy and Mo – and the music hall culture in which they thrived. The free performance was inspired by a PhD thesis which uncovered rare vaudeville scripts dating from 1910.
- 02-Aug-2005
- Breed and placement affect skin drug delivery
- Skin creams and patches might be the easiest way to give your pets medicine but their success also depends on the breed and where it’s applied.
- 02-Aug-2005
- East meets West in effort to prevent diabetes
- University of Queensland researchers are using traditional Chinese exercises to combat the growing problem of diabetes.
- 01-Aug-2005
- Virtual slides an educational boon
- Common computers are morphing into powerful microscopes at UQ as the University trials virtual microscopes and unveils a plan to build a national repository of virtual veterinary slides.
- 28-Jul-2005
- Volunteers required for acute whiplash injury research
- UQ physiotherapy researchers need volunteers aged 18 to 65 years with neck pain as a result of a motor vehicle accident within the past four weeks.
- 26-Jul-2005
- UQ researchers tackle emotions head on – at the cellular level
- University of Queensland researchers have identified a protein that is crucially involved in how our memories are stored and processed, paving the way for new strategies to treat certain mental disorders.
- 18-Jul-2005
- Queensland to be hub of Australasian kidney network
- The growing problem of kidney disease will be tackled head on with the formation of a new Queensland-based research network.
- 14-Jul-2005
- UQ to establish world-leading magnetic resonance network for Queensland
- The University of Queensland is set to enhance its position as a leading centre for magnetic resonance research with the establishment of the Queensland Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Network.
- 08-Jul-2005
- Tough metals go soft on UQ research
- Research by a University of Queensland PhD student is helping shape the materials of the future.
- 06-Jul-2005
- UQ researcher to help improve global health
- The University of Queensland will play a key role in improving global public health through a new research project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ‘Grand Challenges in Global Health’ initiative.
- 04-Jul-2005
- UQ study explores reasons for excess barking
- Herding dogs such as Border Collies and Australian cattle dogs are more likely to bark excessively than other classes of dogs, according to a new UQ study to be released at a Brisbane conference next week.
- 29-Jun-2005
- UQ leads $10m study to fight dengue
- The spread of the life-threatening dengue fever virus could be stopped in its tracks if University of Queensland scientists successfully complete a new $10 million (AUD) research project.
- 28-Jun-2005
- UQ digs into research funding pie
- The University of Queensland has topped the latest round of grants from the nation’s peak university funding council.
- 23-Jun-2005
- Putting the science back into septic systems
- A study by a University of Queensland PhD student is challenging the current design recommendations for septic trenches - the most common on-site treatment system in Australia.
- 23-Jun-2005
- Stackable computers out of this world
- Brisbane engineers have teamed up with NASA to help build a new computer system for future space missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
- 20-Jun-2005
- UQ among world leaders in schizophrenia research
- University of Queensland researchers are at the forefront of an international project to identify genes associated with schizophrenia, a common mental illness whose causes are not fully understood.
- 20-Jun-2005
- UQ researchers say koalas not cranes
- The only koalas to be found in the future may just be those in national parks and zoos if their natural habitats continue to be destroyed at alarming rates, according to University of Queensland researchers.
- 17-Jun-2005
- UQ researchers honoured with Federation Fellowships
- The University of Queensland`s commitment to excellence in research has been recognised with two of the University`s world-renowned researchers being awarded Federation Fellowships this week.
- 16-Jun-2005
- Research links heavy drinking and increased mental health risk
- Women who drink to excess are more likely to experience depression and anxiety according to new research.
- 07-Jun-2005
- UQ Gatton launches innovative wireless technology
- One of the largest rural wireless networks in Australia was officially launched today (June 7) at The University of Queensland's Gatton campus.
- 07-Jun-2005
- Tibetan monks yield clues to brain's regulation of attention
- University of Queensland researchers have teamed up with Tibetan Buddhist monks to uncover clues to how meditation can affect perception.
- 07-Jun-2005
- Innovative rural groups need fresh ideas and faces
- Queensland’s most successful primary industries and rural groups rely on active ‘new blood’ members, who share leadership and haven’t necessarily spent generations on the same family farm.
- 03-Jun-2005
- New study has surprise findings on childhood depression
- A child’s social environment may have only a modest effect on whether very young children become depressed, according to new Australian research.
- 31-May-2005
- Young achiever maps Samoan local knowledge
- It was her volunteering spirit that kept Kate Morioka from accepting a multicultural award from Premier Peter Beattie at Parliament House on May 12.
- 31-May-2005
- Richer nations at more risk of schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia is more common in developed countries than poorer nations, but it is less widespread than previously thought.
- 31-May-2005
- UQ researchers urge public to keep their hands off ‘Kermit’
- Humans may be inadvertently helping to spread a deadly fungus that is killing green tree frogs and other native frog species at an alarming rate, according to researchers at The University of Queensland.
- 30-May-2005
- UQ mathematics website helps Sudoku puzzlers
- People addicted to the current Sudoku craze can now log on to a UQ mathematics website to find helpful advice about solving these intriguing puzzles.
- 30-May-2005
- Legal experts seek solutions to international crime
- Drug trafficking in Asia and international pornography rings are some of the topics that will be debated at an international crime roundtable on June 14.
- 26-May-2005
- Landscape “toolkit” to conserve agricultural lands near urban centres
- Agricultural lands close to Australia`s cities under threat from development plans may be able to be conserved, according to a new discussion paper.
- 25-May-2005
- UQ seeks parents of Autistic Spectrum Disorder children for parenting program
- The University of Queensland’s Child and Family Clinic is asking parents of children (aged nine and under) with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder to help evaluate the Stepping Stones Triple P Program for this population.
- 24-May-2005
- $3million bequest to UQ funds research into Motor Neuron Disease
- The University of Queensland`s Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Hay, AC, has accepted a $3 million donation as part of a bequest to further research into Motor Neuron Disease (MND).
- 23-May-2005
- UQ unveils $24m high-tech building
- The University of Queensland’s reputation as a leader in research and teaching has been enhanced with the opening of the $24 million Sir James Foots building today, May 20.
- 20-May-2005
- Global minerals industry gives UQ water experts top marks
- University of Queensland researchers have captured the attention of the international mining and minerals community by leading the way in advanced water management strategies.
- 19-May-2005
- Queensland at risk of possible tsunami
- Queensland could be the victim of a tsunami or other earthquake-related consequences in the next 10 years, according to UQ researchers.
- 19-May-2005
- UQ researchers link with mining industry to benefit Aboriginal people
- Researchers at The University of Queensland are working to improve economic and employment outcomes for Aboriginal people in Australia’s mining regions.
- 18-May-2005
- Social anxiety treatment offered to adolescents
- A pioneering University of Queensland (UQ) research project will help teenagers overcome extreme shyness and social anxiety.
- 17-May-2005
- UQ researcher seeks to explain the meanings of children’s drawings
- A researcher from The University of Queensland is seeking to explain what the drawings of children, who have been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, can tell us about their behaviour.
- 17-May-2005
- Australian expert continues Einstein tradition at UQ
- In 1905 Albert Einstein gained a reputation as a scientist who believed it was important to “make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler”.
- 12-May-2005
- Growing bioterrorist threat to Australian agriculture
- The threat of biological terrorism against Australia’s agricultural sector is real and growing according to new research by a former senior intelligence analyst with the Australian Office of National Assessments.
- 11-May-2005
- UQ inventor no one-hit wonder
- One great product doesn’t make a business empire but inventor-entrepreneur Mark Alexander has more than his competition-winning BakBalls to bring to the market.
- 10-May-2005
- UQ researcher journeys to the centre of the cell
- The discovery of a fundamental new route into cells may lead to new methods of drug delivery and to a better understanding of viral infection.
- 10-May-2005
- Top award to IMB researcher
- Winning the prestigious Roche Medal has further enhanced University of Queensland Associate Professor Jennifer Martin`s international reputation as a leader in structural biology and protein crystallography.
- 05-May-2005
- Competition rewards innovative thinking
- The University of Queensland’s commercialisation arm, UniQuest Pty Ltd, is running its annual innovation competition, Trailblazer, for the third consecutive year offering $40,000 in prize money.
- 05-May-2005
- Born global: a new breed of small business
- University of Queensland Business School researchers will investigate small businesses that compete internationally from their earliest stages to understand the implications for the economy.
- 03-May-2005
- Chief Scientist to speak at UQ
- Queensland Chief Scientist Emeritus Professor Peter Andrews, AO will be guest speaker at a free public lecture at UQ St Lucia campus on Thursday, May 19.
- 29-Apr-2005
- Hungry little dancers make top cleaners
- When you’re a small shrimp in the fish world, it pays to know how to dance.
- 26-Apr-2005
- UQ develops West Nile virus treatment
- A University of Queensland researcher has developed the world’s first specific immunotherapy product using monoclonal antibodies for the potentially lethal West Nile virus, which causes seasonal epidemics around the globe.
- 26-Apr-2005
- A new look at genes that cause testicular cancer
- Testicular cancer in Australia is spreading faster than the cane toad – since 1970, its incidence in Australian blokes has doubled, while rates of other types of cancer have stayed the same.
- 21-Apr-2005
- Tsunami expert visits UQ
- An international expert in earthquake research who identified the high likelihood of the Boxing Day earthquake that caused the deadly tsunami will speak at a University of Queensland workshop today.
- 19-Apr-2005
- A frog`s life is food for thought
- Starvation, malnutrition and re-feeding can have deadly consequences for humans and most animals but not Australia`s green-striped burrowing frog.
- 19-Apr-2005
- UQ VC welcomes Smart State Strategy II
- Vice-Chancellor of The University of Queensland, Professor John Hay AC, has welcomed the announcement of the second stage of the Smart State Strategy, Smart Queensland.
- 18-Apr-2005
- UQ helps fishing industry with environmental management
- As the Australian fishing industry goes through a period of massive change, a University of Queensland researcher is helping to make their lives a little bit easier.
- 18-Apr-2005
- Sustaining a vision
- Passions in life don’t suddenly retire when you retire. Just ask Dr Steve Szokolay, honorary Associate Professor with UQ’s School of Geography, Planning and Architecture.
- 14-Apr-2005
- Does m-marketing work?
- A University of Queensland Business School PhD student is investigating the consumer behaviours that can be expected in response to marketing messages sent to their mobile phones.
- 12-Apr-2005
- Queensland kidney researcher receives prestigious award
- MELBOURNE: Melissa Little, a scientist from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) was presented with the prestigious GlaxoSmithKline Australia Award for Research Excellence last night (April 6) for her contribution to the development of new treatments for renal disease.
- 07-Apr-2005
- Fightback plan for one of Australia’s rarest plants
- Hiding under power lines and growing between abandoned mines and clay pits near Ipswich is one of Australia’s rarest plants.
- 05-Apr-2005
- Children with ADHD needed for UQ research
- Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who are currently taking stimulant medication are needed for a University of Queensland (UQ) study.
- 04-Apr-2005
- UQ Centre to partner in Vanuatu project
- The Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at The University of Queensland will make an important contribution to supporting local development processes and conflict prevention in Vanuatu.
- 04-Apr-2005
- Kids follow unhealthy role models — parents
- Fat teenagers rejoice, you can now blame your parents and the first five years of your life for your plumpness.
- 04-Apr-2005
- Science Academy honours UQ Professor
- A University of Queensland professor has been elected to the Australian Academy of Science, the nation’s peak scientific body.
- 30-Mar-2005
- UQ study examines globalisation and new international terrorism
- Australian and US researchers have proposed a radical new way to examine the impacts of terrorism and the conditions that generate extreme vulnerability to terrorism.
- 21-Mar-2005
- A new take on protecting coral reefs
- A University of Queensland academic is hoping to change the way governments around the world look at saving coral reefs, some of the world’s greatest natural wonders.
- 21-Mar-2005
- UQ gets brain aware with memorial lecture
- To coincide with International Brain Awareness Week, The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Queensland Brain Institute will host the inaugural Toshiya Yamada Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, March 16.
- 15-Mar-2005
- Lasting solutions for women on Implanon
- An Australian research consortium has today called for 500 women around Australia to volunteer to help find a solution for a troublesome side effect of the popular sub-dermal implant contraceptive, Implanon.
- 11-Mar-2005
- Neighbours kept Pitcairn people alive
- Forget global warming or war, nothing can kill off a society faster than losing contact with neighbours.
- 09-Mar-2005
- Predicting the next big wave
- UQ engineer Hubert Chanson is working with world experts in coastal and river hydraulics to better predict tsunami damage of coastlines.
- 03-Mar-2005
- Women boxers fight uphill battle
- The world of women's boxing is as tough as it is portrayed in the Oscar-winning film <i>Million Dollar Baby</i>, a University of Queensland sociologist has discovered.
- 03-Mar-2005
- Tide turns on Moreton Bay research
- The University of Queensland`s Moreton Bay Research Station (MBRS) on North Stradbroke Island hosted more than 35 of the world’s top marine scientists for three weeks in February, as part of the 13th International Marine Biological Workshop. UQ News went along to have a look at the researchers in action.
- 02-Mar-2005
- Water plan catches Nile River flow for Ethiopia
- Coming up with better ways to harness the flow of the Nile River has earned a University of Queensland student a national award.
- 28-Feb-2005
- New research offers natural alternative to arthritis drugs
- Arthritis sufferers now have a natural alternative for treatment of this painful condition, according to new University-based research.
- 24-Feb-2005
- Driving Mum and Dad mad
- Australian parenting expert, Professor Matt Sanders, is helping UK parents tame their children through a new reality television program and a national parenting study.
- 22-Feb-2005
- UQ physics theory wins international recognition
- Two researchers from UQ’s School of Physical Sciences (SPS) have had a physics theory published in an internationally-respected science journal which could revolutionise superconductors.
- 22-Feb-2005
- Government grant pumps Vascam`s commercialisation
- VasCam Pty Ltd has been awarded a Queensland Government Innovation Start-up Scheme (ISUS) grant which will help progress its technology to the clinical trial stage.
- 22-Feb-2005
- Drug leads displaying promise
- Therapeutic drug potency and stability are set to improve thanks to a new grant from the Queensland State Government.
- 21-Feb-2005
- Venom drug assisted by State Govt Grant
- A venom component from the Taipan, the world’s deadliest snake, is being developed by Brisbane biotechnology company ElaCor, as a new drug to treat heart failure.
- 21-Feb-2005
- Hydrogen energy project achieves breakthrough
- A new hydrogen storage technology being commercialised by The University of Queensland spin-off company, Hydrexia Pty Ltd, could propel hydrogen gas into the mass market as an alternative green fuel.
- 21-Feb-2005
- Swimmers avoid toxic spread
- It might contain a cocktail of 70 potentially harmful chemicals and bloom around Moreton Bay, but fireweed doesn't seem to be causing too many serious health problems.
- 16-Feb-2005
- Plants have ‘dimmer switch’ for shoots
- In a bid to fill orchards with plumper fruit and cane fields with denser stems, Brisbane, French and UK scientists have isolated a new plant gene which controls shoot growth.
- 15-Feb-2005
- Floriculture centre to unveil new technology
- Cutting edge technology that could fast-track commercial production of high quality plant products will be on show at the Centre for Native Floriculture’s (CNF) first-ever Open Day this Thursday, 17 February.
- 15-Feb-2005
- How much information is too much information?
- Has anyone ever told you during a conversation: “Stop, that`s too much information?” Well University of Queensland psychologists have discovered just how much too much information actually is.
- 15-Feb-2005
- IMB Scientists discover the obvious - big business bureaucracies affect bottom line
- Researchers at the University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience have shown what many people already suspected – that as systems grow they become top heavy with management.
- 14-Feb-2005
- UQ archaeologists dig up the past on the Sunshine Coast
- The Sunshine Coast will host a team of archaeologists for the next two weeks as they begin their second year of fieldwork at historic Mill Point on the shores of Lake Cootharaba, just north of Noosa.
- 04-Feb-2005
- UQ physicist wins prestigious Australian science award
- A physics professor in the University of Queensland’s School of Physical Sciences has won the highest level award for physics in Australia.
- 02-Feb-2005
- Journal dissects hoaxes and imposture
- Some of Australia’s best-known literary hoaxes are examined in detail in a new book to be launched this month.
- 02-Feb-2005
- Are public bus services age-friendly?
- A new research study aims to find out what helps Hervey Bay residents use public buses and what discourages them from using buses.
- 31-Jan-2005
- Nobel laureate gives free UQ physics lecture
- A Nobel Prize winner will give a free lecture at The University of Queensland on January 28 as part of international celebrations to commemorate the discoveries made by Albert Einstein 100 years ago.
- 25-Jan-2005
- Keeping a WATCHful eye on children`s teeth after exercise
- Children are putting their teeth at risk of excessive damage from sports dehydration by re-hydrating with sugary drinks, according to a University of Queensland oral health expert.
- 24-Jan-2005
- Newborn research receives NHMRC grant
- University of Queensland research on seizures in newborn babies will benefit from National Health and Medical Research Council funding to take effect from this month.
- 21-Jan-2005
- Young docs head for smaller cities
- More of Queensland’s future doctors are training and working in regional cities outside Brisbane, a new report has found.
- 19-Jan-2005
- Biodegradable weapon against dengue fever
- A biodegradable mosquito trap will soon be the latest weapon against the spread of dengue fever in far North Queensland.
- 18-Jan-2005
- Protein supplements add pounds to rural wallets
- A University of Queensland study could help improve profits for farmers by allowing more kilograms of beef to be produced per hectare without increasing herd numbers.
- 12-Jan-2005
- Warm eyes give deep-sea predators super vision
- A Brisbane scientist has discovered deep-sea predators such as swordfish, tuna and sharks warm their eyes and brain to give them superior vision when hunting.
- 11-Jan-2005
- Body drumming a hit for phobics
- Conquering a fear of heights or spiders might be as easy as some strategic body drumming.
- 05-Jan-2005
- UQ researchers share in ARC success
- The University of Queensland will share in funding totalling $267.64 million announced yesterday under the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program.
- 22-Dec-2004
- Maths takes edge off wavy rail ride
- Like bumps in a road, corrugations on a train line can be annoying, costly to fix and dangerous.
- 22-Dec-2004
- World top 10 for Queensland scientist
- Research by a UQ scientist has been recognised as one of the top ten discoveries of 2004 by the world-leading journal Science.
- 17-Dec-2004
- Leucaena, brigalow offer profitable way to reduce Reef run-off
- Integrating farm forestry with conventional beef production in the Fitzroy Basin could deliver better economic returns for cattle producers while reducing damaging run-off into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon, award-winning new University of Queensland (UQ) research has shown.
- 10-Dec-2004
- Soybean research leaders receive highest awards
- Two of the Australian soybean industry’s foremost scientific leaders have received The University of Queensland’s highest academic awards at a graduation ceremony.
- 09-Dec-2004
- Medal-winning research finds new floral disease control
- A University of Queensland student’s research has found a way to control a disease that has plagued one of Australia’s most important native floriculture products and won her a coveted award.
- 02-Dec-2004
- Sharks and rays a hit at marine base bash
- Moreton Bay marine life will be put further under the microscope in new teaching and laboratory space at The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station.
- 30-Nov-2004
- Researchers discuss ageing well without a fountain of youth
- The hot topic of “ageing well” is the focus for a group of researchers attending a Brisbane conference this week.
- 30-Nov-2004
- UQ researchers win Smart State Fellowships
- Groundbreaking University of Queensland research into obesity reduction, computer chip manufacture and the control of crop damaging pests will be significantly advanced through Smart State Fellowships awarded today.
- 26-Nov-2004
- Smoking kills five million worldwide in one year: UQ research
- Smoking killed almost five million people around the world in 2000 with more than half the deaths occurring in smokers aged 30 to 69, according to a study by a University of Queensland researcher.
- 25-Nov-2004
- From little things, big things grow at UQ
- Most people only think about legumes when they have a couple of peas roll off their forks and across the dinner table.
- 25-Nov-2004
- Workers, we’re an emotional bunch
- Loneliness at work , service failures and emotional management decisions to heated customer complaints, are some of the discussion topics at the Second Brisbane Symposium on Emotions and Worklife.
- 24-Nov-2004
- Key sugar research at UQ
- A five-year research program aimed at developing high yield sugarcane could help re-establish Australia’s ailing sugar industry on the world market.
- 23-Nov-2004
- New book squeezes out information on quantum physics
- Quantum Squeezing, a new book by two University of Queensland researchers that presents the first comprehensive overview of this hot topic in quantum physics, will be launched today.
- 22-Nov-2004
- UQ leads nation in ARC Linkage Projects
- The University of Queensland has again topped the nation’s universities in funding from the first round of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) 2005 Linkage Projects announced today (November 17).
- 17-Nov-2004
- Australian company creates new generation of painkillers
- The University of Queensland’s commercial arm, UniQuest Pty Ltd, is creating a new company, Neurotide Pty Ltd, to develop the next generation of pain killers.
- 16-Nov-2004
- Vaccine boosts cattle productivity
- An Australian company is developing a salmonella vaccine aimed at bringing about a major improvement in cattle productivity.
- 15-Nov-2004
- Coating test targets concrete cancer
- Concrete cancer often ruins the budgets of coastal renovations but a new test to grade concrete coatings should provide homeowners with more protection.
- 15-Nov-2004
- UQ’s leading research the winner in latest NHMRC funding
- University of Queensland researchers have been awarded more than $15 million as part of the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Project Grant funding announced this week.
- 12-Nov-2004
- UQ research aids Australian diagnostic company
- Australian diagnostics company Panbio is able to identify rare and dangerous diseases more efficiently by using antibodies it has licensed from The University of Queensland.
- 11-Nov-2004
- UQ collaborates with world-renowned genetic expert
- Researchers from The University of Queensland will collaborate with Dr Craig Venter, the US scientist who helped crack the human genetic code, during his six-month visit to Queensland as part of his quest to define the origins and diversity of life.
- 08-Nov-2004
- Discovering the future impact of biotechnology
- Biotechnology Australia and The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience will host a free public forum discussing the future impact of biotechnology on our society.
- 05-Nov-2004
- Cairns firm partners UQ in scramjet test venture
- A North Queensland engineering firm will play an important role in next year’s Australian experiments to test the world’s fastest air-breathing engines.
- 27-Oct-2004
- Drug report raises hospital monitoring issues
- The impact of increasing amphetamine use challenged the existing organisation of health care services and demonstrated a clear need for the monitoring of emergency department presentations at Queensland’s hospitals.
- 26-Oct-2004
- Fatbuster drug targets obesity
- A new drug to combat obesity at a cellular level is in the sights of a University of Queensland scientist.
- 25-Oct-2004
- Trailblazers scoop $40,000 prize pool
- The hearing impaired and journalists would benefit from a smart microphone system that can extract specific sounds from noisy environments such as parties and board rooms.
- 15-Oct-2004
- Social small towns sit on goldmine
- Barbecues with friends and neighbours, chats over the fence, working bees and baby-sitting can not only make a small town closer socially, but stronger financially.
- 15-Oct-2004
- Trailblazers vie for $40,000 prize pool
- Twenty-one bright sparks who’ve come up with a host of inventions in areas as diverse as cervical cancer and smart microphones, are vying for a slice of $40,000 to get their ideas off the ground.
- 13-Oct-2004
- Fireground mistakes prove valuable
- Lessons learnt from fire management errors will be used in a university multimedia training package to improve resourcefulness in emergencies.
- 07-Oct-2004
- Gifted youth reveal research findings
- Some of the University of Queensland’s most gifted young, science researchers will unveil a range of research findings on topics of stem cells to optical signatures on Saturday.
- 06-Oct-2004
- New technique tracks reef damage
- A University of Queensland PhD student has developed a technique that can trace pollution and long-term changes to coral reef environments.
- 06-Oct-2004
- RailCorp banks on UQ for training evaluation
- A University of Queensland research team will test the safety training of many of NSW’s 9000 rail staff so they can better manage stress and crises.
- 06-Oct-2004
- More to frog decline than skin fungus
- Rare frogs are either toughening up or the severity of the fungus credited with their worldwide decline has been exaggerated.
- 05-Oct-2004
- PE classes the key to future health
- School physical education programs are the place to score in the battle with obesity and can deliver enormous future health gains according to a University of Queensland study.
- 01-Oct-2004
- Stock brokers & traders guided by ‘gut feelings’
- Intuition plays a major role in the decision making process of most stock brokers and traders, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 30-Sep-2004
- Eminent avian influenza researcher thanks UQ for Honorary Doctorate of Science
- Text of speech delivered by Emeritus Professor Kennedy Shortridge to UQ’s Hong Kong graduation ceremony on Friday, September 17, 2004.
- 30-Sep-2004
- Wild Malay cattle help domestic cousins to “chill out”
- The behaviour of an endangered group of wild cattle may hold some solutions for reducing stress in domesticated beef and dairy herds, according to a University of Queensland (UQ) academic.
- 29-Sep-2004
- Research is only human
- How and when babies and young children understand what it means to be human is the subject of Dr Virginia Slaughter`s research within UQ`s School of Psychology.
- 24-Sep-2004
- Better science for better products
- A University of Queensland researcher is challenging the view “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” in the world of many everyday products – and in the process has won a prestigious UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award.
- 24-Sep-2004
- Innovative UQ research honoured
- University of Queensland researchers studying subjects as diverse as sunscreens for fish, young people and mobile phones, to how babies understand themselves to be human have been recognised in this year`s UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.
- 23-Sep-2004
- UQ research to improve services for cancer patients
- For her PhD thesis, Lecturer in Marketing at UQ’s Business School Dr Tracey Dagger singled out the most important service aspects of receiving treatment at heamatology and oncology clinics for cancer patients.
- 23-Sep-2004
- Getting a grip on kidney disease
- Understanding how our kidneys absorb protein from urine should give medical researchers more ammunition to fight skyrocketing kidney disease in diabetics.
- 23-Sep-2004
- UQ researchers look for HIV drug lead
- A promising lead in developing anti-viral drugs with the potential to fight human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and herpes simplex virus (HSV) has been boosted by a University of Queensland Research Excellence Award.
- 23-Sep-2004
- Research examines how fish make their own sunscreens
- A University of Queensland researcher is examining how coral reef fish obtain their own sunscreens.
- 22-Sep-2004
- Liver scientist reaches for hand brake on “runaway disease”
- A University of Queensland researcher is working to halt the progress of chronic liver disease, which affects a quarter of million Australians.
- 22-Sep-2004
- Youthful communication
- The mobile phone and the internet have become much more than new communication tools for a whole generation of young people.
- 22-Sep-2004
- Study probes e-trade motivation
- Delving into the lives of internet share traders might reveal a lot more than just bank balances.
- 22-Sep-2004
- Less guess work, better investing
- The business world will have a better method of evaluating big investment projects and meeting required returns, if Dr Maosen Zhong has his way.
- 21-Sep-2004
- Examining the secret source of pollutants in our coastal water bodies
- To examine the transport of potentially toxic chemicals from the land into the sea, Dr Ling Li, from UQ’s School of Engineering, takes his research underground.
- 21-Sep-2004
- Researcher makes quantum leap into new technology
- A new University of Queensland research project could lead to improved internal computer network security at banks and financial institutions.
- 21-Sep-2004
- Patching up skin burns and skin cancer
- Burns patients could potentially benefit from the latest world-first discovery from the labs of The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB).
- 21-Sep-2004
- UQ announces breakthrough in spinal regeneration
- University of Queensland researchers are claiming a breakthrough in spinal regeneration research with the discovery of a molecule that blocks regrowth of damaged nerve processes.
- 17-Sep-2004
- UQ ready for Research Week 2004
- The University of Queensland will recognise outstanding research achievements during Research Week 2004 which starts on September 20 and runs until the 24th.
- 17-Sep-2004
- Researchers target mental health issues in child protection
- University of Queensland researchers are participating in a project to produce policy and practice guidelines for joint cases involving child projection and mental health service workers.
- 17-Sep-2004
- UQ hosts world leaders in spinal cord research
- Five of the world’s leading spinal cord researchers will talk about the latest advances in their field this Friday at The University of Queensland.
- 16-Sep-2004
- Woomera test ahead of scramjet flights
- University of Queensland scientists will fly a baby rocket at Woomera, South Australia in early October this year to test new systems ahead of next year’s full-scale scramjet engine experimental flights.
- 14-Sep-2004
- Truly random cosmic rays
- Cosmic rays from exploding stars have provided a new and innovative way of producing truly random numbers.
- 13-Sep-2004
- Avian influenza researcher to receive UQ honorary doctorate
- A world-renowned “bird flu” researcher and University of Hong Kong (HKU) Emeritus Professor will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Science at one of The University of Queensland’s three overseas graduations ceremonies this month (September).
- 08-Sep-2004
- Volunteers “kneeded” for UQ research
- Researchers in the Musculoskeletal Pain and Injury Research Unit at The University of Queensland are seeking volunteers with pain at the front of their knee to participate in groundbreaking research into the common condition.
- 06-Sep-2004
- Take a deep breath and help out a UQ study
- Non-smoking men and women aged 60 years and over are needed for a UQ breathing study.
- 01-Sep-2004
- A testing time for southeast Queensland’s waterways
- Students from the University of Queensland have given the state’s seagrass population a clean bill of health thanks to a new method of testing for contaminants.
- 01-Sep-2004
- Dingo ‘superpack’ roams Fraser Island
- Fraser Island dingoes are surviving as a superpack, eating less fish and garbage and roaming up to 120 kilometres a week.
- 31-Aug-2004
- Ex-inmates needed for UQ research
- Male ex-prison inmates are needed for University of Queensland research looking at the factors that help them to remain crime-free after completing their sentence.
- 30-Aug-2004
- UQ leads the way in research networking
- The University of Queensland will be at the forefront of a new approach to research with the announcement of $4.85 million for three research network projects.
- 26-Aug-2004
- Revolutionary spam firewall
- The email spam nightmare could be halted in cyberspace by a groundbreaking firewall developed at The University of Queensland.
- 23-Aug-2004
- Converting bananas to electricity
- The University of Queensland’s Dr Bill Clarke, is assessing the potential of bananas as an alternative energy source for North Queensland.
- 23-Aug-2004
- Mars holiday, a pricey bonecruncher
- A space traveller’s dream of one day holidaying on Mars might sound appealing, but it would be a one-way-trip.
- 23-Aug-2004
- PACE to look for savings in smarter use of medicines
- Research to be conducted at the new Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE) to be built in Brisbane could save lives and slice millions from Australia’s pharmaceutical benefits bill through better use of medicines.
- 18-Aug-2004
- People with Asperger Syndrome or High Functioning Autism needed
- Volunteers are needed for research being undertaken at The University of Queensland looking at the communication profiles of Asperger Syndrome/High Functioning Autism
- 18-Aug-2004
- Children with ADHD needed for UQ research
- Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who are currently taking stimulant medication are needed for a University of Queensland (UQ) study.
- 30-Jul-2004
- UQ and mining company track koalas from space
- Satellite technology will be used to track koalas as part of a ground-breaking new research program between The University of Queensland and major mining company Rio Tinto Coal Australia (RTCA).
- 29-Jul-2004
- Rain, key to nailtail fightback
- Australia’s most endangered wallaby leads a lonely life until mating when males will dig and drag their tails along the ground to woo their partner.
- 29-Jul-2004
- Japanese scramjet flight to launch in Australia
- The University of Queensland and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will further develop scramjet technology in a new experiment to fly at Woomera, South Australia, in August, 2005.
- 28-Jul-2004
- Royal interchange on UQ telehealth facilities
- The University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health (COH) often links patients in a remote location with doctors in Brisbane, but this week the link had a royal flavour.
- 28-Jul-2004
- Foundation funds head and neck cancer research
- A University of Queensland researcher has been awarded $850,000 by one of Australia’s largest private, charitable, medical foundations to develop ways to inhibit head and neck cancers, the fifth most common cancer worldwide.
- 28-Jul-2004
- World class electron microscope facility opens at UQ
- If you think your new digital camera is special with it’s 10-times zoom lens think how the people at The University of Queensland feel with their cryo-electron microscope that can get 1,000,000-times magnification.
- 27-Jul-2004
- Dancing their way out of a fishy situation
- A University of Queensland Australian Research Fellow has discovered that some fish are able to dance their way out of tricky situations.
- 27-Jul-2004
- UQ researchers call for help on mental health
- Hundreds of Queensland residents have been invited to take part in a University of Queensland research project aimed at improving mental health in rural communities across Australia.
- 23-Jul-2004
- Researchers investigate air traffic control workloads
- Safety in the skies and one of the most stressful vocations — air traffic control — will come under the microscope in The University of Queensland’s Air Traffic Control Workload Study Project.
- 23-Jul-2004
- Better science for better products
- A University of Queensland researcher is challenging the notion of “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” in the world of many everyday products.
- 22-Jul-2004
- UQ tops nation in new funding
- The University of Queensland has topped the nation in the latest round of Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Linkage International Fellowships and Awards.
- 21-Jul-2004
- Family establish UQ Fellowship to fight Motor Neurone Disease
- Successful business and family man Ross Maclean has a tough fight on his hands. At nearly 80, he is battling a debilitating disease for which there is currently no adequate treatments or cure — Motor Neurone Disease (MND).
- 20-Jul-2004
- Reg Grundy to address UQ Faculty of Arts grads
- Australian media entrepreneur Reg Grundy will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy at a University of Queensland Faculty of Arts graduation ceremony today (Tuesday, July 20, at 4pm).
- 20-Jul-2004
- Volunteer cats required to help diabetes research
- The University of Queensland’s Veterinary School is seeking cat volunteers for research aimed at earlier detection and prevention of feline and human diabetes.
- 20-Jul-2004
- International Award to UQ researcher
- Australian parenting expert Professor Matthew Sanders has been honoured with the 2004 International Collaborative Prevention Research Award at a ceremony in Quebec City, Canada.
- 19-Jul-2004
- Funding to find new drugs from Australian snake venoms
- Multi-million dollar funding is allowing University of Queensland scientists, in conjunction with the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, to broaden their search for therapeutic drugs based on the deadly venom of Australia’s snakes.
- 19-Jul-2004
- UQ researchers seek anxious children
- Children with anxiety problems are needed to participate in a University of Queensland study.
- 14-Jul-2004
- New book highlights impact of culture on personal appearance
- A University of Queensland academic has written what is believed to be the first survey of dress around the world today.
- 14-Jul-2004
- Free physio for Fido
- South East Queensland dog owners wanting to keep their best friend fit and flexible are being offered a free physiotherapy consultation at The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Gatton Campus.
- 07-Jul-2004
- Sharing the knowledge internationally
- The last place you would think of finding a potential postgraduate student to study the behaviour of sharks would be in Germany.
- 06-Jul-2004
- UQ researchers attract NHMRC program grants
- University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will share in more than $23 million million in funding as part of the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council program grants scheme.
- 05-Jul-2004
- UQ know-how and coal by-product winning salinity and greenhouse battle
- A by-product from the burning of coal could help fix Australia’s soil sodicity and salinity problems and also assist in mitigating greenhouse emissions, according to University of Queensland (UQ) postgraduate student Cameron Wearing.
- 02-Jul-2004
- UQ leads nation in ARC Linkage grant scheme
- The University of Queensland has again topped the nation’s universities in funding for Round 2 of the Australian Research Council’s 2004 Linkage Projects announced today (June 28).
- 28-Jun-2004
- Eye colour, pigmentation genes and ancestry
- New research from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) demonstrates that one of the classic examples of genetic inheritance taught in schools is wrong.
- 28-Jun-2004
- Researching a whale of a song
- The haunting beauty of whales singing in the depths of the oceans is the focus of new research at The University of Queensland.
- 24-Jun-2004
- Researchers Develop a Better Coating Solution
- Innovative researchers at The University of Queensland have come up with a way to stop your bathroom mirrors, spectacles and swim goggles from ever fogging up again.
- 22-Jun-2004
- Test helps detect memory problems
- Ageing can cause many fears in people, but perhaps one of the biggest is fear of losing your memory.
- 22-Jun-2004
- UQ researchers and industry collaborate in new discoveries
- Work by a University of Queensland researcher will make the trip to the doctor for a prostate cancer check a lot more appealing for men.
- 17-Jun-2004
- UQ celebrates outstanding success in Federation Fellowships
- The University of Queensland has ranked second in the nation in the prestigious 2004 Australian Research Council Federation Fellowships announced today by Minister for Education, Science and Training Dr Brendan Nelson.
- 16-Jun-2004
- Cooperative research excellence recognised
- The University of Queensland has scooped the pool in the recent Awards of Excellence in Innovation for the Cooperative Research Centre Association.
- 16-Jun-2004
- Life-skills target insomnia and stress drugs
- A drug support program by correspondence may soon help insomniacs and people with anxiety disorders wean themselves off some of their drugs.
- 11-Jun-2004
- UQ speeds up research in hypersonics
- The University of Queensland’s world-leading research into hypersonics will be given a boost with the announcement of $2.2 million in funding from the State Government.
- 09-Jun-2004
- Gum disease might be related to heart disease, say UQ researchers
- Bad gums might not only mean bad breath, but could also mean you are more likely to have a heart attack, according to new research from The University of Queensland.
- 09-Jun-2004
- Volunteers needed for restaurant appeal study
- A restaurant full of jovial customers may be the single most important drawcard for new diners, according to a UQ Business School study.
- 08-Jun-2004
- UQ Gatton to lead the way in livestock research
- A world-class facility for research into livestock health and production will be built at The University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus following the announcement of $9.5 million in funding from the State Government.
- 08-Jun-2004
- UQ set to become one-stop-shop for drug development
- The University of Queensland stands to be at the forefront of drug development with the announcement of funding for Australia’s first integrated preclinical testing facility.
- 08-Jun-2004
- UQ scientists win Premier’s medical research awards
- University of Queensland scientists have won Queensland’s Premier’s Awards for Medical Research by uncovering a defective gene for autism and developing a vaccine for two strands of cancer.
- 07-Jun-2004
- UQ study helps business come to grips with customer gripes
- Breakthrough University of Queensland research has pinpointed the triggers of consumer anger when service failure occurs, helping business come to grips with customer gripes.
- 06-Jun-2004
- Professor joins leading business research group
- University of Queensland Professor Mark Dodgson has been awarded a prestigious international fellowship for showing how new technologies can help design innovative products and services.
- 02-Jun-2004
- Anxious or fearful? UQ can help
- What do spiders, heights and elevators have in common? All three can make some people sick to the stomach with fear.
- 31-May-2004
- Future Materials builds industry links
- The University of Queensland is expanding its ties with small and medium businesses through a group of national scientists.
- 28-May-2004
- UQ study finds consumers do not understand contracts
- A University of Queensland study has found that the majority of consumers do not understand important features of simple credit contracts.
- 19-May-2004
- Hollywood a “Holly-was” when it comes to filming blockbusters
- All the world really is a stage when it comes to recent Hollywood blockbusters with eight of the 10 top-grossing movies of all time being shot outside the United States, according to a University of Queensland academic.
- 18-May-2004
- Hypersonics Research Speeds Up
- The world’s fastest air-breathing engine will fly in Australia in 2005 in a collaborative two-nation experiment that is expected to provide a major boost to the fledgling scramjet technology.
- 17-May-2004
- Nobel Prize-winner confirms UQ physics theory
- A novel quantum theory developed by University of Queensland researchers has been confirmed by recent experiments at a Nobel Prize-winning lab.
- 17-May-2004
- Observing a photon no longer a seek-and-destroy mission
- A team of UQ physicists has devised a sophisticated measurement system for single particles of light, or photons, enabling them to investigate fascinating behaviour in the quantum world.
- 13-May-2004
- Scientists tackle the decline in male fertility
- This week, Australian scientists will gather at The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) to discuss the causes of an alarming decline in male fertility in Australia and worldwide.
- 11-May-2004
- Fast tracking Alzheimer’s test
- University of Queensland researchers are fast tracking the commercial development of Cogni-screen, a simple, sensitive and inexpensive screening test for Alzheimer’s disease.
- 10-May-2004
- Peripheral Arterial Disease sufferers sought for UQ research
- Volunteers are being sought for a University of Queensland research project looking at different treatments for people with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).
- 07-May-2004
- IMB scientists discover what could be the instruction manual of life
- In a world first, scientists from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) have uncovered a new class of genetic elements with the potential to radically alter our notions of how the genome “comes to life” to form humans.
- 07-May-2004
- Schizophrenia study busts myths
- Male migrants living in cities are most likely to develop schizophrenia – a disorder which no longer affects equal numbers of men and women.
- 04-May-2004
- Young people who have a parent with an illness or disability needed for research
- Volunteers are being sought for University of Queensland research looking at how young people cope with having a parent who has a disability or illness.
- 04-May-2004
- Indigenous research handover
- A cultural atlas and audio archive of sacred indigenous songs and ceremonies will be presented to The University of Queensland today.
- 23-Apr-2004
- Volunteers sought for UQ stress study
- The University of Queensland is seeking “stressed out” adults to participate in a program designed to help them cope with the stress in their lives.
- 21-Apr-2004
- Helping people overcome their fears
- If the very thought of heights, touching a spider or riding in an elevator makes you feel sick, then researchers at The University of Queensland may be able to help.
- 20-Apr-2004
- Prosperous towns need fresh ideas and faces
- City jobs, services and booming property are the least of the worries for Queensland`s small country towns.
- 16-Apr-2004
- UQ animal welfare professor gets first-hand look at live export trade
- The University of Queensland’s inaugural Chair of Animal Welfare has seen first-hand what live-export conditions are like for sheep and cattle.
- 14-Apr-2004
- Mobile delivery the ultimate Communic8tor
- Arts and mobile phones may seem like a strange pairing but The University of Queensland’s Arts Faculty is dialling into the cutting edge of mobile communications.
- 05-Apr-2004
- Astronomers discover dozens of mini-galaxies
- Astronomers using the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) at Siding Spring Observatory in NSW have found more than 40 previously unknown miniature galaxies.
- 01-Apr-2004
- People with tennis elbow needed for UQ study
- University of Queensland researchers are seeking people suffering from tennis elbow or pain on the outer side of their elbow to participate in an ongoing study.
- 01-Apr-2004
- Cancer research boosted in Queensland
- The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) is one of just three recipients of the largest research grant ever given by the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF).
- 30-Mar-2004
- HyShot team congratulate NASA on scramjet success
- Australian scramjet pioneers today congratulated the NASA team which at the weekend flew an airbreathing scramjet powered aircraft freely for the first time.
- 29-Mar-2004
- First large-scale Australian study into genetic discrimination
- Over 3500 people are expected to take part in Australia’s first large-scale study into genetic discrimination.
- 29-Mar-2004
- Prolific professor wins national award
- A University of Queensland professor is among the world leaders in economics after winning a prestigious research award.
- 24-Mar-2004
- Australian kangaroo experts sought for Mongolian project
- The Mongolian gazelle - at risk from poachers with semi-automatic weapons - has a new set of allies in the form of Australian kangaroo researchers.
- 03-Mar-2004
- Chilly breakthrough brings quantum world closer
- While Brisbane experienced a record heat wave last month, The University of Queensland was one of the coldest places in the universe.
- 01-Mar-2004
- UQ develops world-leading technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
- University of Queensland research into reducing carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions could add $25 billion to Queensland’s economy.
- 16-Feb-2004
- Mums and bubs needed for lullaby research
- Researchers from The University of Queensland’s School of Music are seeking first-time mothers for a project exploring music and babies.
- 13-Feb-2004
- UQ researchers edge closer to question of life on Mars
- University of Queensland researchers have confirmed the theory life once existed on Mars.
- 05-Feb-2004
- UQ equine research sparks interest
- Groundbreaking scientific research on back pain in horses is set to begin at The University of Queensland. And it’s attracting international interest.
- 05-Feb-2004
- UQ and Columbia University researchers on track with rail corridor study
- University of Queensland researchers are steaming ahead with a project designed to optimise the way Brisbane’s railway network can be better utilised for the community.
- 05-Feb-2004
- UQ praises Premier`s $20m for brain institute
- The University of Queensland’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Hay, has welcomed the Premier’s commitment of $20 million to establish the Queensland Brain Institute.
- 22-Jan-2004
- Green light for new plant technology
- Brilliant green turf all-year round, needing less maintenance and mowing, could soon be available through technology developed at The University of Queensland.
- 19-Jan-2004
- Helping the next generation prosper
- A child’s long-term health might already be affected by the social and economic characteristics of their family by age 14, according to new research.
- 13-Jan-2004
- Stroke survivors needed for UQ study
- People from Brisbane, Ipswich and the Gold Coast who have had a stroke affecting their arm are needed for a University of Queensland study.
- 12-Jan-2004
- Unidive volunteers help save the grey nurse shark
- Volunteers from The University of Queensland’s Underwater Dive Club (Unidive) have published a report into vital habitats of the critically endangered grey nurse shark.
- 18-Dec-2003
- Wielding the video for better batsmen
- When you are trying to find out how to be a better batsmen you should go to the best.
- 17-Dec-2003
- Study looks at drug abuse and crime
- A unique study into the prevalence of drug abuse among people being arrested has found some surprising revelations that could have implications for police and the community at large.
- 17-Dec-2003
- UQ Gatton students excel in weed research
- A research project on the flowering behaviour of bellyache bush will help determine the potential rate of spread for the destructive northern weed.
- 17-Dec-2003
- Hypersonics gets more thrust with new agreement
- Australia will mark today’s (17/12/03) centenary of powered flight with an historic agreement to coordinate and exploit the country’s research in hypersonics and scramjet technology.
- 17-Dec-2003
- National honour for Queensland researcher
- Australia`s peak scientific body the Australian Academy of Science has awarded a Queensland scientist from the University of Queensland`s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) the prestigious Gottschalk Medal for medical sciences.
- 15-Dec-2003
- UQ Veterinary School Dux joins high-flyers at graduation ceremony
- Exceptional achievers from the Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science will join hundreds of graduates receiving degrees at a 3pm ceremony at the University of Queensland this afternoon (Wednesday, December 10).
- 10-Dec-2003
- UQ researchers win NHMRC funding
- The work of young health and medical researchers at The University of Queensland has been given a boost this week with 21 scholarships and fellowships announced.
- 10-Dec-2003
- Leap frogging in muscle research
- Can a frog that is known to bury itself in mud for months on end hold the key to avoiding muscle wastage in people with broken bones?
- 10-Dec-2003
- UQ appoints new Chair of Molecular Pharmacology
- By bringing together some of the best minds and some of the best facilities for drug research in the country, The University of Queensland’s new Chair of Molecular Pharmacology is hoping to save thousands of lives.
- 09-Dec-2003
- Anti-obesity gene flexes its muscle
- A critical target in the war against obesity which may lead to improved treatments has been identified in a world first by a research team from UQ`s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB).
- 09-Dec-2003
- Finding links with to our ocean-dwelling cousins
- We may be at different ends of the food chain but a University of Queensland researcher has drawn a link between abalone and humans.
- 08-Dec-2003
- UQ Gatton experts lead vital chemical research
- A major research project led by a team of experts from the University of Queensland’s Gatton Campus will help decide the future use of the key agricultural chemical diazinon, used to control ectoparasites on sheep.
- 05-Dec-2003
- UQ Gatton agribusiness students go global
- Agribusiness students from the University of Queensland’s Gatton campus have notched up a campus first with global marketing assignments to assess the potential for food exports.
- 04-Dec-2003
- Second giant dinosaur found at Queensland site
- The largest dinosaur discovered to date in Australia, Elliot the sauropod, did not die alone. In his last hours, 98-95 million years ago, Elliot had a companion, a second sauropod whom Australian scientists have named “Mary”.
- 04-Dec-2003
- Commercialisation boost for Queensland research
- Research into repairing damaged kidneys and a company developing a remarkable Queensland technology that bar-codes chemicals, have each been boosted in the latest round of Innovation Start Up Scheme (ISUS) grants announced by the Minister for Innovation and Information Economy Mr Paul Lucas today (Thursday, December 4).
- 04-Dec-2003
- University of Queensland meets demands of science’s new age
- Queensland’s reputation as a hub for scientific innovation will be further enhanced next year when work begins on the $60 million Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) complex at The University of Queensland.
- 26-Nov-2003
- Coral puts on show at Heron Island
- One of the truly amazing wonders of the Great Barrier Reef was on show at Heron Island last week – the annual coral spawning.
- 25-Nov-2003
- A clearer understanding of the Brisbane River
- Why did the Brisbane River change from blue to brown? A University of Queensland PhD student’s research could provide the answer.
- 24-Nov-2003
- Nature reports quantum leap by UQ scientists
- Australian and U.S. scientists have made a major breakthrough towards the development of the next generation of computation, the very fast quantum computer.
- 20-Nov-2003
- UQ’s trailblazing researchers rewarded
- A group of trailblazing University of Queensland staff and students have each been awarded $8000 to help develop their innovative research.
- 19-Nov-2003
- New book is one to remember
- Have you ever forgotten where you put your keys or your glasses, or where you parked the car? Do you meet acquaintances and can`t remember their names?
- 18-Nov-2003
- Prawn finds colourful way to say I love you
- An international research study has found evidence that shrimp may positively glow at the thought of sex.
- 14-Nov-2003
- UQ wins large share of latest NHMRC funding
- University of Queensland researchers have been awarded almost $14 million as part of the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding announced this week.
- 13-Nov-2003
- Boost for Australia’s health research
- Research into the genetic basis of skin cancer susceptibility at The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) was just one IMB project supported in the latest competitive round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants this week.
- 13-Nov-2003
- UQ graduate uncovers new facts about Pearl Harbor
- Using previously unexamined World War II Japanese and US archival records a University of Queensland PhD graduate has unearthed fresh historical discoveries relating to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
- 12-Nov-2003
- A new look at gambling in Queensland
- A University of Queensland researcher is calling on the State Government to come up with a new approach to supporting problem gamblers from ethnic communities in Queensland.
- 11-Nov-2003
- UQ researchers target speech disorders
- Children with speech disorders are needed to participate in a University of Queensland study.
- 11-Nov-2003
- UQ awakens the next generation of innovators
- Industry, students, the public and the media met the innovators of the future at The University of Queensland 2003 Innovation Expo on Friday, October 31.
- 03-Nov-2003
- UQ researchers find source of mangrove dieback
- University of Queensland researchers have shown for the first time a link between mangrove dieback and a common canegrowing herbicide.
- 03-Nov-2003
- UQ awakens the next generation of innovators at Innovation Expo 2003
- Industry, students, the public and the media will have the opportunity to meet the innovators of the future at next week’s UQ Innovation Expo 2003.
- 22-Oct-2003
- UQ aquaculture research leaps ahead
- A new aquaculture research facility coordinated by the Centre for Marine Studies at UQ is expected to play a lead role alongside industry and government in advancing aquaculture research.
- 22-Oct-2003
- UQ researcher wins top Indian science award
- University of Queensland neuroscientist Dr Dhanisha Jhaveri has been awarded one of India’s top awards for young scientists.
- 21-Oct-2003
- UQ researcher develops faster, more accurate test for childhood viruses
- A University of Queensland researcher has developed a cheaper, faster and more reliable test for two severe yet common childhood viral diseases.
- 21-Oct-2003
- Hyshot soars into next phase
- The University of Queensland’s internationally celebrated HyShot™ program has been given its own rocket boost through an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant of almost $2 million announced this week.
- 16-Oct-2003
- Creating a peaceful world
- The University of Queensland’s Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS) has appointed Professor Kevin Clements as its inaugural director.
- 16-Oct-2003
- UQ researchers target neck pain
- People suffering from neck pain are needed for a University of Queensland study.
- 14-Oct-2003
- UQ researcher studies the forgotten financial few
- Talk economics and finance to some people and it’s almost a ticket to an early bedtime.
- 14-Oct-2003
- New research fellowship to develop therapies for spinal injuries
- A new research fellowship will help a University of Queensland neuroscientist investigate how to use the brain’s own stem cells to aid people with spinal injuries.
- 13-Oct-2003
- New species is a prickly customer
- A University of Queensland PhD student has discovered an ancient and remarkable species of leaf-tailed gecko in a remote area north-west of Townsville, in North Queensland.
- 13-Oct-2003
- Hand-held therapy
- Psychotherapy is not often associated with the latest in hand-held computer technology but a University of Queensland (UQ) researcher is hoping to change that.
- 10-Oct-2003
- Incubating new technology at UQ
- UniQuest Pty Limited, UQ’s main technology commercialisation company has unveiled the University’s first formal technology incubator.
- 08-Oct-2003
- Beattie joins celebrations for Smart State success story
- About 300 representatives of community, government and academe — including Queensland Premier Peter Beattie — celebrated a Smart State success story at UQ Ipswich on Friday, October 10.
- 08-Oct-2003
- UQ project tackles adolescent depression
- University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have developed a program aimed at preventing and reducing the development of depression in young people.
- 07-Oct-2003
- Competition rewards commercial potential
- The University of Queensland’s main technology commercialisation company UniQuest Pty Limited has launched a competition to reward and develop innovation at UQ.
- 07-Oct-2003
- True blue net
- One of the fastest growing communications tools ever, the internet, is now part of the everyday lives of millions of Australians.
- 01-Oct-2003
- UQ earns exceptional praise in AUQA quality audit
- The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) has praised The University of Queensland for outstanding leadership and excellent quality performance in an audit report released today (October 1, 2003).
- 01-Oct-2003
- People with tennis elbow needed for UQ study
- University of Queensland researchers are seeking people suffering from tennis elbow or pain on the outer side of their elbow to participate in an ongoing study.
- 30-Sep-2003
- UQ seminar to focus on DNA
- A University of Queensland geneticist and a molecular archaeologist will discuss research on DNA: ancient and modern at an upcoming public lecture.
- 29-Sep-2003
- Stroke survivors needed for UQ study
- People who have had a stroke affecting their arm are needed for a University of Queensland study.
- 26-Sep-2003
- UQ announces 2003 Foundation Research Excellence Award winners
- Seven University of Queensland researchers will be honoured with awards totalling almost $465,000 at a gala ceremony at the UQ Centre tonight (Thursday, September 25) as part of the 2003 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards for early-career researchers.
- 25-Sep-2003
- New mining technology to help identify genes
- A researcher at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) is opening new avenues of scientific exploration by using 'database mining' to extract valuable information about how cells work.
- 25-Sep-2003
- 2003 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - Speech by Dr Graham Mitchell
- The desirability of scientists coming to Australia – “the brain gain” – is a no-brainer. But is the departure of scientists an obvious bad thing? Graham Mitchell says no.
- 25-Sep-2003
- UQ theoretician searching for links to the future of computation
- UQ theoretician Dr Jon Links is developing rigorous mathematical techniques to underpin the next generation in computation – quantum computers.
- 25-Sep-2003
- UQ Gatton snares world-class breeding complex
- A world-class horse-breeding complex complete with embryo transfer laboratory is part of an $800,000 upgrade underway at The University of Queensland’s Gatton campus.
- 25-Sep-2003
- Rumours revealed
- You may think rumours are just something you share over a coffee in the tea room but a University of Queensland researcher is discovering they have more power than we give them credit for especially in the workplace.
- 25-Sep-2003
- UQ researcher finds sulphate levels linked to health disorders
- Understanding how the mineral sulphate works in the body could hold the key to future cures for reduced fertility, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 25-Sep-2003
- Developing content solutions for the World Wide Web
- Content for the next generation of broadband Internet technology is being developed by a University of Queensland academic.
- 24-Sep-2003
- Boeing-UQ initiative tackles key engineering skills shortage
- Queensland is set to become a major training centre for Australia and south-east Asia to address a critical world-wide shortage of systems engineers.
- 24-Sep-2003
- Free Parenting Program for Overweight Children
- 150 Brisbane families will have the chance to take part in an exciting new research project designed to reduce childhood obesity.
- 23-Sep-2003
- Brain examined in new UQ scientific study
- A University of Queensland researcher is conducting state-of-the-art experiments to unlock secrets of the living human brain as it processes information.
- 23-Sep-2003
- Thinking outside the pen on animal welfare
- A new direction in the way we look after our animals is the aim for Australia’s first Professor of Animal Welfare.
- 23-Sep-2003
- Volunteers needed for women`s study
- The University of Queensland is seeking volunteers to participate in a nationwide study of women using a contraceptive implant, called Implanon.
- 22-Sep-2003
- Telemedicine projects helps preserve vision of young diabetics
- Young people with diabetes in Central Queensland will soon be screened for a potentially damaging eye condition without visiting an eye specialist thanks to a new telemedicine research project.
- 22-Sep-2003
- Regulating research
- The University of Queensland may be celebrating the achievements of its researchers during its 2003 Research Week (September 22-26), but the day to day business of research seems to be getting tougher.
- 22-Sep-2003
- History offers modern slant on bioethics
- Historian Dr Sarah Ferber is redefining contemporary bioethics to include an historical dimension. And she's planning a book, funded by a coveted UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award, on topics ranging from human experimentation to genetic research and euthanasia.
- 22-Sep-2003
- Leigh swaps brawn for brains
- Brisbane Lions Coach Leigh Matthews has switched his focus from brawn to brains in his role as Co-Chair of The University of Queensland’s Brain Disease Challenge.
- 19-Sep-2003
- Talking about talkback
- For such a powerful and all-pervasive medium, the world of talkback radio has surprisingly been glossed over by researchers.
- 18-Sep-2003
- Healthy arteries and healthy airwaves free public lecture
- A University of Queensland researcher has discussed a way in which patients may be able to grow-their-own vascular grafts to replace or bypass diseased vessels.
- 16-Sep-2003
- Past punishment draws links to present
- The issue of crime and punishment is usually rated as one of the most pressing in people’s minds but it wasn’t much different hundreds of years ago in England according to a University of Queensland historian.
- 15-Sep-2003
- UQ researcher uncovers global smoking epidemic
- A study into global death rates caused by tobacco estimates 5 million people a year die from smoking.
- 12-Sep-2003
- Portfolio of amazing discoveries to be showcased at UQ Research Week
- The University of Queensland’s outstanding research achievements will be celebrated during UQ Research Week from September 22–26.
- 11-Sep-2003
- Global health problem tackled by UQ researchers
- A looming health crisis that has the potential to affect millions of people around the world is the focus of an ongoing University of Queensland research project.
- 10-Sep-2003
- Mines count costs of high workforce turnover
- High workforce turnover is eroding the productivity of Australia's mines, causing losses of more than $2.8 million annually at some sites.
- 02-Sep-2003
- UQ involved in major health projects for the Asia-Pacific region
- Engineering a major change in the way officials in Thailand manage their health system is the aim of $3.2 million project to be led by University of Queensland researchers.
- 29-Aug-2003
- Public forum to showcase top Queensland scientists
- Members of the public will have the opportunity to hear five outstanding scientists discuss their research in laypersons terms at a free forum next week.
- 28-Aug-2003
- Bone and joint disease is pandemic of the future
- Bone and joint disease is an important cause of chronic pain in the general community and is a significant cause of chronic disability in older Australians, according to two studies recently published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
- 27-Aug-2003
- Stroke survivors needed for UQ study
- People who have had a stroke affecting their arm are needed for a University of Queensland study.
- 25-Aug-2003
- UQ researchers seek anxious children
- Children with anxiety problems are needed to participate in a University of Queensland study.
- 22-Aug-2003
- Volunteers needed for UQ adoption and family study
- A University of Queensland research project is seeking volunteers for a study comparing aspects of individual and relationship wellbeing in adult adoptees and non-adoptees.
- 21-Aug-2003
- Australian scientists awarded $US1.3 million research grant from USA
- In a coup for Australian research and development, the prestigious National Institutes of Health in America has awarded a $US1.3 million grant to an Australian research consortium whose work could improve the lives of millions of women worldwide.
- 20-Aug-2003
- Life of Brisbane cultural pioneer to be told in unique way
- When faced with producing the most challenging work of his career historian Rod Fisher didn’t throw up his hands in dismay – rather he came up with a postmodern way of presenting the life and times of Silvester Diggles.
- 18-Aug-2003
- Reef at Risk: Leading Scientists Join to Save Australian Icon
- Australian and World experts in reef ecosystems have declared Australia will run the risk of losing its Iconic Great Barrier Reef unless measures are taken now. In an article to appear in the internationally regarded Science magazine, a group of leading Australian and International Scientists make sobering conclusions about the affects of global warming on reefs ecosystems worldwide.
- 14-Aug-2003
- UQ and State Government sign major agreement
- The University of Queensland and the Queensland Government today (12/8/2003) signed a major agreement to acquire one of the most powerful supercomputers in Australia.
- 12-Aug-2003
- UQ students skill up on research commercialisation
- The Chief Scientist of Australia, Dr Robin Batterham, will deliver a key note address to 46 of The University of Queensland’s (UQ) best and brightest PhD research students on the importance of commercialisation of their research.
- 07-Aug-2003
- UQ researchers develop new vaccine
- Two University of Queensland researchers have developed a vaccine that could protect against the deadly West Nile disease.
- 06-Aug-2003
- Australian health experts help draw roadmap for global health
- Australian expertise has attracted an international meeting of health experts to help develop a global roadmap for effective treatments.
- 05-Aug-2003
- Breaking the fat cycle – young kids needed to help UQ research
- University of Queensland researchers are taking a unique look at the health of overweight children, who account for nearly one in four young Australians.
- 04-Aug-2003
- UQ scientists crack 40 year-old mystery
- Love and hate are usually thought to be purely human emotions but new research shows it may be traced, in metaphorical terms of course, to the very core of all things – atoms.
- 01-Aug-2003
- Lecture showcases virtual theatre research
- A new software program for theatre studies developed by a University of Queensland researcher will take centre stage at an upcoming free public lecture.
- 28-Jul-2003
- UQ PhD research helping renal disease in Aboriginals
- A recent UQ PhD graduate has spent the past three years looking at how to prevent kidney failure in Aboriginals.
- 22-Jul-2003
- People with brain injury needed for UQ speech study
- Adults and children with mild to severe brain injury are needed for a University of Queensland study into speech impairment.
- 16-Jul-2003
- UQ researchers target head lice problem
- Almost half the children in many Queensland primary schools have head lice at any one time, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 16-Jul-2003
- New web legal gateway launched at UQ
- A new gateway for lawyers to go online for trustworthy legal information has been launched in Australia.
- 14-Jul-2003
- UQ depression program seeks adolescents
- Teenagers with symptoms of depression are needed to participate in an Australian-first depression treatment program at The University of Queensland.
- 14-Jul-2003
- Red planet talks set for UQ
- Two internationally acclaimed science communicators will discuss their thoughts on the planet Mars at a free University of Queensland public lecture.
- 10-Jul-2003
- High-tech cultivation has its place, says world soil expert
- A leading international soil scientist has cautioned farmers against total reliance on chemicals to control weeds while embracing minimum and zero tillage regimes.
- 02-Jul-2003
- UQ appoints first director of new high-tech institute
- THE University of Queensland has appointed Professor Peter Gray as the inaugural director of the $50 million Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN).
- 27-Jun-2003
- UQ researchers target speech disorders
- Children with speech disorders are needed to participate in a University of Queensland study.
- 26-Jun-2003
- UQ study examines life after serious injury
- A new University of Queensland study aims to help improve the lives of seriously injured people.
- 25-Jun-2003
- The solid status of UQ engineering research
- Research by a UQ engineering student and his former honours thesis supervisor into magnesium alloys technology could help save petrol by reducing the weight of cars.
- 23-Jun-2003
- Stroke survivors needed for UQ study
- People who have had a stroke affecting their arm are needed for a University of Queensland study.
- 12-Jun-2003
- Anger management intervention for Aspergers Syndrome children
- The Behaviour Research and Therapy Centre at The University of Queensland's St Lucia campus will be conducting small group interventions for anger management in children aged from 10 to 13 with Aspergers syndrome beginning next month.
- 11-Jun-2003
- Youngsters with ADHD needed for UQ research
- The University of Queenslandês Psychology Clinic is asking parents of children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to help in an important research project.
- 11-Jun-2003
- World-first disabilities program launched at UQ
- A landmark intervention program to assist parents of children with disabilities was launched at The University of Queensland this month.
- 11-Jun-2003
- Leading Computational Earth Scientists Meet in Brisbane
- The world’s forefront scientists simulating earth processes are meeting in Brisbane today and tomorrow to discuss a collaborative venture to construct a solid earth simulator or virtual observatory using advanced supercomputer simulation models.
- 05-Jun-2003
- Unidive volunteers help to save the Grey Nurse Shark
- Volunteers from The University of Queensland’s Underwater Club are mapping and surveying critical habitats of the grey nurse shark in southern Queensland.
- 05-Jun-2003
- Internet hate speech lecture
- Hate speech on the Internet targeted at a Japanese minority group will be discussed at a free University of Queensland public lecture this week (Thursday, June 5).
- 03-Jun-2003
- Dementia diagnosis by computer
- Diagnosing the onset of early dementia could be as easy as a 30-minute chat with a computer using a program being developed by The University of Queensland.
- 03-Jun-2003
- Soaking up UQ research
- Marine sponges and sea slugs may provide an ecologically friendly answer to preventing the growth of organisms on boat hulls and pylons, according to former UQ PhD student Bronwin Stapleton.
- 02-Jun-2003
- Scientists confirm presence of new class of galaxy
- A major international research effort has discovered a new type of very small galaxy, known as an "ultra-compact dwarf galaxy" (UCD).
- 29-May-2003
- Volunteers needed for whiplash research
- The University of Queensland’s Physiotherapy Department needs volunteers aged between 18 and 45 to help conduct research into whiplash injury.
- 27-May-2003
- Latching on to literacy
- A new chapter for a University of Queensland innovative literacy program was officially launched on May 27 at Customs House, 399 Queen Street.
- 26-May-2003
- UQ study to examine low back pain
- Volunteers are urgently required for a University of Queensland study into low back pain.
- 26-May-2003
- Longevity research can deny death
- Some research into longevity attempts to deny the reality of death, according to Dr Malcolm Parker, Senior Lecturer in Ethics and Professional Development with The University of Queensland’s School of Medicine.
- 23-May-2003
- Protein discovery targets cotton bugs
- The face of Queensland’s multi-million dollar cotton industry could be about to change, thanks to pioneering work being conducted by a University of Queensland scientist.
- 18-May-2003
- Dishing up the housework
- Women are still doing the lion’s share of household tasks, regardless of the number of hours they spend in the paid workforce.
- 15-May-2003
- Response to Budget
- UQ Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Greenfield`s response to the 2003/4 Budget
- 14-May-2003
- Medication has helped reduce Australian suicide rate
- Access to antidepressant medication has had a significant impact on suicide deaths in Australia, according to a new Australian study.
- 09-May-2003
- SARS expert to speak at UQ seminar
- A University of Queensland virologist, who recently led a Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome (SARS) investigation in China, will present a public lecture at UQ tomorrow (Thursday, May 8).
- 07-May-2003
- Seminar to examine oldest known human mummy
- The Tyrolean ice man will be discussed at a Brisbane Institute seminar coinciding with National Archaeology Week (May 11–18).
- 06-May-2003
- Expedition searches for missing scramjet payload
- The recovery of the successful HyShot™ II experiment still hangs in the balance after an intensive University of Queensland ground search did not locate the payload in the South Australian desert this month.
- 01-May-2003
- Volunteers needed for parenting program study
- The University of Queensland’s psychology clinic is asking parents of children diagnosed with an intellectual impairment, an Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Asperger syndrome or Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder to help in an important research project.
- 01-May-2003
- UQ academic maps sacred Aboriginal law
- After 23 years of research, a University of Queensland academic has mapped, for the first time, the sacred knowledge of an Aboriginal community into atlas form.
- 29-Apr-2003
- UQ study to examine reduction of alcohol consumption
- People thinking about reducing their alcohol consumption are needed for a University of Queensland study.
- 28-Apr-2003
- Disability and new media study to be launched
- People with disabilities are being left out of the digital communications revolution, according to a book being launched at The University of Queensland today (Friday, April 4).
- 04-Apr-2003
- UniQuest awarded for Commercialisation Excellence
- UniQuest Pty Ltd has won three prestigious Commercialisation Excellence Awards at the Commercialisation Forum and Fair of Ideas held recently in Sydney.
- 03-Apr-2003
- What people think about life in Brisbane — SEQ
- People in 1500 households in the Brisbane-South East Queensland region are being asked to participate in a major survey on quality of life which commences this week.
- 03-Apr-2003
- Undergraduates smother bushfire-triggered blackouts
- A team of University of Queensland Gatton undergraduate students have helped hose down the risk of bushfire-sparked power cuts along the State’s eastern seaboard.
- 03-Apr-2003
- UQ scientist unlocks secret of Min Min lights
- A UQ neuroscientist has revealed the probable basis of a bizarre Australian Outback phenomenon that has baffled observers and scientists for centuries.
- 27-Mar-2003
- Policy making comes of age
- Two academics from UQ’s Australasian Centre on Ageing (ACA) have brought research and policy on ageing and the baby boomer generation to the forefront.
- 12-Mar-2003
- UQ study to examine transport and lifestyle issues
- People aged more than 65 years are needed for a University of Queensland study into transport and lifestyle issues.
- 03-Mar-2003
- Major crop science advance at UQ Gatton
- Significant upgrading of UQ Gatton’s Centre for Pesticide Application and Safety heralds a major advance in crop science.
- 27-Feb-2003
- UN asks UQ Gatton to manage hot spots
- From mountain gorillas in Uganda to Bengal tigers in South Asia, world conservationists are working with The University of Queensland Gatton in a bid to better manage environmental landmarks.
- 26-Feb-2003
- Parents with ADHD children needed for UQ study
- Parents who have a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are needed for a University of Queensland study.
- 24-Feb-2003
- Outstanding UQ research counters weed threat
- UQ Gatton graduate Dr Wayne Vogler has helped strike a blow in the war against giant rats tail grass as the weed scourge advances inland from coastal regions.
- 14-Feb-2003
- Toddlers needed for UQ speech study
- Parents with toddlers who may be either late or advanced talkers are required for a University of Queensland study.
- 12-Feb-2003
- UQ study targets anxiety in children with Asperger’s
- The Behaviour Research and Therapy Centre at the University of Queensland, St Lucia will conduct group interventions for anxiety in children with Asperger’s syndrome beginning in March 2003.
- 10-Feb-2003
- Australia needs new focus in public health
- Obesity, heart disease and other preventable diseases more common in the “relative poor” should be the new focus of public health in Australia, according to one of the world’s leading public health figures, Professor Alan Lopez.
- 10-Feb-2003
- Is your medication just money down the drain?
- Older people could be pouring money down the drain by taking ineffective pain medications, according to a national study by The Centre for General Practice at The University of Queensland.
- 10-Feb-2003
- Progression of Alzheimer’s disease mapped
- Brain imaging researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have produced high-resolution maps of a dynamic wave of tissue loss in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease sufferers.
- 06-Feb-2003
- UQ researcher seeks Miss Australia Awards contributors
- The Miss Australia Awards are about to be examined by a University of Queensland researcher, who is currently seeking contributions from the public.
- 03-Feb-2003
- Technology Project Aids the Fight Against Drought
- A new technology project aims to fast-track crop improvement and give farmers an edge in the battle against drought.
- 30-Jan-2003
- UQ’s 18-tonne medical magnet to arrive in Brisbane
- The Southern Hemisphere’s most powerful Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner will arrive in Brisbane tomorrow (Thursday, January 22) for a project involving The University of Queensland.
- 22-Jan-2003
- UQ team finds molecular pathway to switch off auto-immune disease
- A University of Queensland team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital is believed to be the first in the world to find a mechanism to turn off an auto-immune disease, once it has started.
- 16-Jan-2003
- New UQ centre goes to heart of diseases
- A new $2million research centre at the University of Queensland could reduce Australia’s spiralling rates of cardiovascular disease through early detection.
- 20-Dec-2002
- New UQ research centre focuses on biosecurity
- A new research centre focusing on early detection of exotic and emerging diseases will be established at The University of Queensland under the Federal Government’s Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) scheme for 2003.
- 12-Dec-2002
- Trifecta for UQ technology commercialisation
- Three start-up companies based on technology from University of Queensland research programs have received a total of $280,000 under the State Government’s Innovation Start-up Scheme (ISUS).
- 09-Dec-2002
- No stunned mullets, just a sandlance on Prozac™
- Around 800 Faculty of Biological and Chemical Sciences graduands will receive their degrees at two ceremonies in The University of Queensland’s new $20 million UQ Centre on Monday, December 9.
- 05-Dec-2002
- Queensland team vital to genome discoveries
- A Queensland team of researchers from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at UQ has played an integral role in the world-first mapping of the functional output of the mouse genome, or `transcriptome`, published today in the prestigious science journal Nature.
- 05-Dec-2002
- “Pain-in-the-neck” headaches a thing of the past
- Headache suffers would agree their condition is a pain in the neck, but researchers now know that this type of headache can be relieved.
- 26-Nov-2002
- Out muscling cholesterol
- A new UQ study has proved that muscle tissue plays a vital role in regulating cholesterol levels in the body with implications for diseases like atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes.
- 26-Nov-2002
- Research managers debate emerging issues
- Intellectual property is expected to be a hotly debated issue at an international conference in Melbourne this week of the peak group representing research administrators.
- 25-Nov-2002
- Children required to take part in a UQ physiotherapy study
- Children with coordination difficulties affecting their abilities to play sports, write, catch balls or balance are needed for physiotherapy research.
- 22-Nov-2002
- UQ program helps older people develop hearing aids
- An innovative program run by the University of Queensland is using a DIY approach to help older people with hearing loss improve their quality of life.
- 11-Nov-2002
- UQ’s Moreton Bay facilities open to the public
- Sun, sea, sand and research will be on display next week when The University of Queensland’s Moreton Bay Research Station opens its doors to the public.
- 11-Nov-2002
- Volunteers sought for lymphoedema research study
- Women "at risk" of developing a swollen leg after the removal of lymph glands are needed for a research study aimed at assisting in early detection of this condition.
- 11-Nov-2002
- Age-related research urges retirement income planning
- University of Queensland researcher Dr Kate O’Connor has an eye firmly on the future. She’s looking at how government policy can proactively meet future increases in health and pension bills. And she’s investigating effective ways of boosting total savings in the national economy.
- 08-Nov-2002
- Indigenous communities to help in diabetes battle
- Queensland’s Indigenous communities could hold the key to the improved treatment of one of the world’s major health problems – Type 2 diabetes.
- 07-Nov-2002
- Play sport, live longer
- You’re never too old to play sport — and even if your physical activity has declined there’s always the chance to pick up the pace.
- 04-Nov-2002
- Researchers hope to find a link between oral health and general health
- UQ researchers are studying whether better oral health care could lead to an improvement in overall general health.
- 03-Nov-2002
- Human genetics goes to the people
- Australian researchers are taking genetics to the people to better understand human pigmentation disorders and improve the quality of life for South Pacific Islanders with albinism.
- 30-Oct-2002
- UQ researcher develops a non-hospital alternative for childhood obesity
- UQ research has found links between a lack of exercise and childhood and adolescent obesity.
- 28-Oct-2002
- QADREC explains the deal with cannabis
- A UQ centre will tomorrow launch an educational video designed to provide detailed information on the effects of cannabis use.
- 28-Oct-2002
- Literacy program shows LEAPs and bounds
- A program involving University of Queensland researchers has dramatically boosted literacy rates in a cohort of almost 700 Queensland high school students.
- 24-Oct-2002
- Retirement village industry poised for growth
- Demand for retirement village living will boom over the next 20 years with investment opportunities in the construction of new villages estimated at between $8–$19 billion, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 22-Oct-2002
- Histori|co’s back to the future approach pays off
- The University of Queensland’s historical consultancy service Histori|co is bringing the past into the future with a cultural heritage study aimed at helping return Gowrie Creek to its natural condition.
- 21-Oct-2002
- UQ research to take the sting out of medicines
- The need to take medicines such as insulin and vaccines by injection could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to advanced research at the University of Queensland.
- 17-Oct-2002
- UQ research breakthrough for Australia’s northern beef industry
- Research by University of Queensland PhD student Jim Gibbs is expected to boost bottom line profits for northern Australia beef producers.
- 16-Oct-2002
- Researchers focus on health care challenge of the century
- A virtual research institute, focusing on arthritis and musculoskeletal diseases, will be proposed for Queensland at a meeting of the State’s top research groups this weekend.
- 16-Oct-2002
- UQ leads in pig cryogenics
- Global trade in pig genetics could soon be a reality as ground-breaking cryogenic research at the University of Queensland enters commercial proving trials.
- 15-Oct-2002
- UQ study examines six degrees of biological separation
- A UQ study is using the social phenomenon “six degrees of separation” as a model to understand the inner working of human cells. The project aims to assist in the development of drugs with fewer side effects to combat many human diseases.
- 15-Oct-2002
- UQ Gatton research targets disease-spreading rodents
- Innovative research aimed at beating the debilitating human disease leptospirosis in the tropical north is under way at the University of Queensland
- 14-Oct-2002
- Newcastle disease vaccine pioneer honoured
- University of Queensland Emeritus Professor Peter Spradbrow has been honoured for his long dedication to improving life in developing countries by developing a simple vaccine for the killer poultry virus Newcastle disease.
- 11-Oct-2002
- Bush pharmacists dispense better health: UQ study
- Community pharmacists can improve patient health outcomes in the bush, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 08-Oct-2002
- 'Nicotine vaccine' not for teenagers
- One of the world`s leading bioethics and public policy experts from the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at the University of Queensland has cautioned against using a potential `nicotine vaccine` to prevent smoking in teenagers saying that it should only be considered after extensive testing on adults smokers.
- 08-Oct-2002
- West Nile virus antibodies licensed to Chemicon International
- A University of Queensland scientist is jointly responsible for the discovery of four antibodies, which open the way for accurate diagnoses of the deadly West Nile virus.
- 07-Oct-2002
- New in-roads made in brain stem cell research
- A recently-appointed University of Queensland researcher has made a world-first discovery of a mechanism that may stimulate the production of new nerve cells in the brain.
- 07-Oct-2002
- UQ researcher conducts groundbreaking brain investigations
- UQ researcher Dr Guy Elston has begun groundbreaking investigations of the brain that could impact on the study of mental illnesses such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and dementia as well as the brain’s recuperative ability following injury.
- 07-Oct-2002
- Email treatment for burns patient
- UQ medical researchers and specialists from the Royal Children’s Hospital have successfully treated a young burns patient 1000 km away, via email.
- 04-Oct-2002
- Coral-bleaching update
- Last summer, the Great Barrier Reef experienced its worst-ever coral bleaching event – data has shown it was even the more severe than in 1998.
- 04-Oct-2002
- Research breakthrough boosts Australia’s northern beef industry
- An outstanding research achievement by University of Queensland PhD student Jim Gibbs is expected to boost bottom line profits for northern Australia beef producers.
- 03-Oct-2002
- Cell communication could hold key to cancer
- The frenzy of communication occurring inside our bodies as we go about our everyday lives could provide a key to cancer treatment.
- 03-Oct-2002
- Staying in touch could save an older person: UQ researcher
- Keeping an eye on lonely older men in the community is more than just friendly – it can be life-saving, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 03-Oct-2002
- UQ awarded nearly $20 million in ARC Discovery grants
- The University of Queensland has attracted two grants worth in excess of $1 million each in the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Discovery-Projects scheme announced today.
- 02-Oct-2002
- UQ tops the nation in ARC Linkage Project grants
- The University of Queensland has topped the nation with the most grants awarded in Round One of the recently-announced 2003 Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Projects.
- 02-Oct-2002
- UQ’s oldest research centre turns 50
- The University of Queensland’s oldest research centre is celebrating an important milestone – its 50th anniversary.
- 02-Oct-2002
- UQ plant boffins help regenerate Vietnam’s forests
- University of Queensland experts have been awarded more than $1.8 million funding and in-kind support to discover ways of rehabilitating degraded forests in Vietnam.
- 02-Oct-2002
- New study to reduce risk of ADHD over-medication
- Many children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD may be receiving little benefit from their current medication and should be using non-drug treatments or other medications, according to a groundbreaking new study that aims to reduce the chance of over-medicating children diagnosed with (ADHD).
- 01-Oct-2002
- US awards $4.2 million to Australian kidney researchers
- Australian scientists have won a multimillion-dollar US grant for research into kidney disease that will be used to spearhead new therapies and treatments for kidney failure.
- 01-Oct-2002
- Seven scientific wonders honoured at UQ
- Seven UQ scientists were honoured with awards totalling almost $500,000 at a gala ceremony at the new UQ Centre tonight as part of the 2002 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards for early career researchers.
- 26-Sep-2002
- New planning software could boost air safety management systems
- Psychologist Dr Andrew Neal has won a UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award to develop a computer program aimed at maintaining Australia’s high air safety standards. Possible uses include risk assessment in deciding safe workloads for air traffic controllers.
- 26-Sep-2002
- Gene genies
- “Posh” science, it is indeed. It calls for expertise in molecular biology, robotics, micro-fabrication and bio-infomatics.
- 26-Sep-2002
- Molten mysteries unearthed
- Metallurgy researcher Dr Eugene Jak is turning to mathematics to solve a long-standing metal processing problem.
- 26-Sep-2002
- Quantum computer study uses the light stuff
- A member of the Australian research team which made a breakthrough result in teleportation in June is now helping Australia lead the world in new computer technologies.
- 26-Sep-2002
- Genetic mysteries of breast cancer unravelled by UQ research
- Understanding the genetic basis of breast cancer – the most common cause of cancer death among Australian women – may lead to better diagnosis and the development of new preventative drugs, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 26-Sep-2002
- Breastfed children are brainier: study
- Breastfed children are more intelligent, according to the latest findings of a joint University of Queensland–Mater Hospital longitudinal study.
- 25-Sep-2002
- UQ researcher examines physiological risk factors for spinal injuries
- People with breathing difficulties or urinary incontinence may be at greater risk of spinal injuries according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 25-Sep-2002
- University gives muscle to manned space mission research
- University of Queensland researchers are embarking on a project in conjunction with the European Space Agency (ESA) to examine the effects of microgravity on the human musculoskeletal system.
- 25-Sep-2002
- In space, no one can hear you squeak
- The world’s first mammalian births in space are expected to occur during a $US15 million project to blast-off in 2005 and involving Australian and US universities.
- 24-Sep-2002
- UQ facilities lead the way to infinity and beyond
- Australia is in a strong position to participate as suppliers, rather than as purchasers of services, in advanced space technology, according to a leading UQ space researcher.
- 24-Sep-2002
- Quantum leaps
- Quantum information science is barely ten years old yet already it is forcing new directions in nanotechnlogy and changing the way we understand the physical world.
- 24-Sep-2002
- Females seeking feisty families flummoxed by sexy fly-boys
- Studying the sex life of a fly species native to Australia’s east coast rainforests could explain why females get more of a “buzz” from some males than others.
- 23-Sep-2002
- UQ researchers target childhood resiliency
- In an Australian-first, a group of University of Queensland researchers will try to teach children how to be resilient in the face of personal adversity and how to resist harmful habits.
- 23-Sep-2002
- Funding plan does not penalise regional universities
- Small and regional universities would not be penalised under a funding model proposed this week by leading universities, University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor Professor John Hay said today.
- 19-Sep-2002
- Leading neuroscientist joins UQ
- Internationally renowned neuroscientist and brain stem cell researcher Professor Perry Bartlett has accepted a senior post at The University of Queensland.
- 28-Aug-2002
- Old chooks need a good leathering: UQ study
- You’ve heard of emu leather, crocodile leather and even cane-toad leather, now brace yourself for chicken leather or “Poulard”.
- 23-Aug-2002
- Ageing issues under the spotlight
- Relationships can be just as important as diet and exercise in maintaining the health of older people, according to UQ researcher Professor Helen Bartlett.
- 22-Aug-2002
- Focus on UQ Research
- The inaugural UQ Research Week will be held from September 23, culminating in one of the University’s flagship events, the UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards ceremony on September 26.
- 21-Aug-2002
- UQ Gatton Open Day opens doors for graduate
- A UQ Gatton graduate credits his degree with helping him obtain a fascinating research position in the Northern Territory and encourages people to attend UQ Gatton Open Day on Sunday, August 25.
- 19-Aug-2002
- HyShot program secures place in flight history
- University of Queensland researchers today (August 16) claimed success for the world`s first flight test of supersonic combustion, the process used in an air-breathing supersonic ramjet engine, known as a scramjet.
- 16-Aug-2002
- HyShot rocket scientists at UQ Study Expo and Open Day on Sunday
- Members of The University of Queensland-led HyShot team will attend the free UQ Study Expo and Open Day on Sunday, August 4 to share their experiences with the public.
- 02-Aug-2002
- HyShot launch successful - positive signs for experiment
- University of Queensland researchers say the launch of the HyShot experiment at the Woomera Prohibited Range today was successful.
- 30-Jul-2002
- HyShot experiment takes-off
- The HyShot experiment - attempting the world`s first flight test of the supersonic combustion process - was launched at 1135 local time (1205 AEST) at the Woomera Prohibited Area, 500km north of Adelaide today.
- 30-Jul-2002
- Scramjet test on the launchpad, ready for take-off
- A University of Queensland team is gearing up for Tuesday`s historic attempt to flight test the supersonic combustion process used in a scramjet for the first time in the world.
- 27-Jul-2002
- Milestones in the history of scramjets
- Ramjets predated World War II, with beginnings in 1913, when Rene Lorin of France recognised the possibility of using ram pressure in a propulsive device.
- 27-Jul-2002
- HyShot experiment significance
- The HyShot experiment involves the world’s first flight tests using supersonic combustion. UQ researchers (Dr Allan Paull, Emeritus Professor Ray Stalker and Dr David Mee) already hold the record for being the first group reported in the open literature to “fly” a scramjet in a UQ ground test facility in 1993.
- 27-Jul-2002
- First evidence for early meteorite bombardment of earth
- University of Queensland researchers have for the first time discovered terrestrial evidence of a meteorite bombardment nearly 4 billion years ago.
- 25-Jul-2002
- Personal experience guides acquired disability research
- A University of Queensland researcher has been guided by personal experience in examining the psychological impact of acquired disabilities such as spinal cord injury, muscular dystrophy or multiple sclerosis.
- 17-Jul-2002
- UQ seeks volunteers for lymphoedema research
- Women with arm or leg lymphoedema and those "at risk" of developing a swollen limb after the removal of lymph glands are needed to participate in a research study aimed to assist in early detection of this condition.
- 16-Jul-2002
- HyShot scramjet program on track
- Yesterday’s unsuccessful Japanese aeronautical experiment at Woomera is unlikely to cause delays to the international HyShot program to test a scramjet in flight for the first time in the world.
- 15-Jul-2002
- Pulp fiction points to past societal attitudes and values
- There’s not much left of the pulp fiction churned out by Australia’s publishing “factories” in the 1940s and 1950s. But some has survived, thanks to the diligence of private collectors. And it represents a rich period in the nation’s publishing history, according to University of Queensland lecturer in contemporary studies Dr Toni Johnson-Woods.
- 10-Jul-2002
- Brisbane Foundation to fight the causes of brain tumours
- The fight against brain cancer was further boosted in June with the awarding of the John Trivett Research Fellowship bursary to the University of Queensland researcher Dr Tammy Ellis to continue her work from the IMB with the University’s School of Medicine.
- 04-Jul-2002
- UQ study examines how children fare after serious injury
- University of Queensland researchers are examining the long-term effects of serious childhood injuries.
- 03-Jul-2002
- Slope stability radar goes commercial
- A precision instrument created to monitor the stability of rock walls in open-cut mines is to be commercially launched in a Hunter Valley coal mine tomorrow.
- 26-Jun-2002
- New theory for Himalayan geologic evolution
- A University of Queensland researcher has put forward a new model to explain the unique granite formations of the Himalayan mountains.
- 21-Jun-2002
- UQ welcomes report into Hyshot scramjet flight anomaly
- The University of Queensland has welcomed the findings of an independent investigation into a flight anomaly of last year’s HyShot scramjet experiment.
- 20-Jun-2002
- Major technology advance to improve understanding of mental illness
- University of Queensland scientists have developed the world’s first 3-D environment simulating the disabling mental illnesses known as psychosis.
- 17-Jun-2002
- International research team heads north to Alaska
- An international research team from universities in Australia and Canada is heading to the Alaskan wilderness to investigate and enhance the practical use of ‘froth and bubbles’ at a remote mine site.
- 17-Jun-2002
- New UQ study examines Hong Kong’s Chinese and Western trade networks
- Hong Kong is likely to continue to offer value to buyers from the West and sellers from mainland China, according to a new University of Queensland PhD thesis.
- 14-Jun-2002
- Thesis examines role of school chaplaincy
- A recent University of Queensland PhD study has found that chaplains in Queensland state schools provide a unique and much-needed support role ensuring school communities are equipped to deal with the `big` or `soul` issues facing young people today.
- 13-Jun-2002
- Queensland`s medical research capitalises on environment
- The world`s leading experts on developing drugs from the venom of poisonous creatures, will descend on Heron Island on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef from July 14-19.
- 12-Jun-2002
- Boost for UQ research infrastructure
- The University of Queensland has welcomed an additional $6 million in Queensland Government funding for computational earth systems simulation and for a Cryo-Electron Microscopy facility.
- 11-Jun-2002
- Stroke survivors needed for a study
- University of Queensland researchers with the Lockyer Valley Stroke Support Group are conducting a survey of people living in Queensland who have had a stroke affecting their arm.
- 11-Jun-2002
- People with "frozen shoulder" pain needed for UQ study
- University of Queensland School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences researchers are investigating how and why the condition of "frozen shoulder" occurs.
- 06-Jun-2002
- Hands up if sport is not your thing!
- They might not put their hand up for the footy team or the swim squad, but researchers at The University of Queensland want older boys with co-ordination difficulties to volunteer for a study focused on exactly that issue.
- 06-Jun-2002
- More effective physical activity programs
- A new study at The University of Queensland is looking at ways to help people aged 45 and over take up and stick with regular physical activity.
- 31-May-2002
- Latest UQ degree, 56 years down the track
- 78-year-old Dr Douglas Mercer has had a longer career as a university student than most. It has been 56 years since he was awarded his first degree, and tonight, he will receive his latest.
- 30-May-2002
- Criminologist to speak at UQ graduation ceremony
- Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) Professor Adam Graycar will be guest speaker at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony tonight.
- 30-May-2002
- UQ researchers in unique underwater study
- Two University of Queensland researchers will be taking part in an international study in the world’s only underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida next month.
- 29-May-2002
- Up, up and away for University of Queensland student
- Experiencing zero-gravity in a NASA aircraft dubbed the “vomit comet” in the company of Australian astronaut Dr Andy Thomas would be a dream come true for any engineering student.
- 28-May-2002
- Older people helping in leading-edge research
- The University of Queensland is asking older people to play an important role in helping research into the ageing process.
- 23-May-2002
- Participants needed for UQ growth hormone study
- Volunteers are urgently required for University of Queensland research into human growth hormone deficiency.
- 23-May-2002
- HyShot second flight lines up for takeoff
- The University of Queensland is working towards the second flight in the international HyShot program to proceed at Woomera, possibly in late July or early August.
- 22-May-2002
- Annual Report tells UQ success story
- Record student numbers, high levels of research funding, streamlined management systems and a vigorous building program headlined a long list of successes for the University of Queensland in 2001, according to its newly-released Annual Report.
- 20-May-2002
- UQ scientists break new ground with bone tissue engineering
- Bone tissue engineering using biological paste that directs bone cell growth and development into new bone material is the latest biomedical innovation to emerge from The University of Queensland.
- 13-May-2002
- What parents of teenagers want - Teen Triple P available as self-help version
- A recent survey of parents of teenagers in northern Queensland and Melbourne showed more than 50 percent of parents ranked teenagers talking back and fighting with siblings as main concerns.
- 10-May-2002
- Planning for Fewer People
- Small towns in the North West and Central West of Queensland need to plan for a future based on fewer people, a University of Queensland professor will tell a regional forum at Richmond on Thursday, May 9.
- 08-May-2002
- Volunteers needed for UQ parental stress, coping and adaptation study
- The University of Queensland is seeking mothers of children aged 9-12 to participate in a study looking at stress, coping and adaptation in mothers.
- 08-May-2002
- Fish and frogs feed starvation study
- The paradox for human survivors of prolonged starvation is that the big hearty meal they`ve longed for could actually kill them.
- 07-May-2002
- Free treatment for problem gamblers
- University of Queensland psychologists need more than 200 volunteers for a therapy program designed to more throughly test research on the benefits of Cognitive Behavioural Treatments (CBT) for problem gamblers.
- 01-May-2002
- "Party Drug" survey shows growing health and social problems
- The growing popularity of dance/rave culture in south-east Queensland has led to change in health and social problems associated with illegal drug use.
- 30-Apr-2002
- Amphetamine use continues to rise in South East Queensland
- Drug survey figures show a continued increase in amphetamine use in Queensland amongst injecting drug takers, possibly leading to an increase in violent crime.
- 23-Apr-2002
- The definitive text on English grammar for the 21st century
- People should not feel so intimidated by English grammar, according to one of the co-authors of a ground-breaking new book on the structure of the English language.
- 22-Apr-2002
- Study finds life style improvements for former Challinor residents
- A new University of Queensland study has found that most former residents of the Challinor Centre at Ipswich are living better lives following deinstitutionalisation.
- 04-Apr-2002
- Participants needed for coronary heart disease study
- People who have been diagnosed with angina (a form of coronary heart disease) are needed for a study being undertaken by The University of Queensland’s School of Psychology.
- 03-Apr-2002
- Cats called to donate blood for diabetes research
- University of Queensland researchers are appealing to civic-minded moggies to donate blood for studies into the potentially “cat-astrophic” effects of feline diabetes.
- 02-Apr-2002
- Navigating the brain
- The University of Queensland has installed a new leading-edge guidance system for brain research, offering insights into human psychoses, Parkinson’s Disease, movement disorders and cerebral trauma.
- 27-Mar-2002
- Federal grant for an improved vaccine delivery system
- A company developing a new oral vaccine delivery system based on University of Queensland research has received a federal grant of nearly $200,000.
- 21-Mar-2002
- UQ to launch new Centre for Social Research in Communication
- The University of Queensland is establishing a new research centre focusing on the social aspects of communication.
- 20-Mar-2002
- Volunteers sought for UQ ankle study
- The University of Queensland is seeking people aged 18 to 40 with ankle sprain to participate in a new study.
- 15-Mar-2002
- Volunteers sought for driving decisions project
- University of Queensland researchers are seeking help from people aged more than 65 who have recently given up driving.
- 13-Mar-2002
- Wesley and UQ step into medical spotlight
- The Wesley Hospital and The University of Queensland have strengthened their commitment to Queensland patients and the local medical fraternity, with the official opening of a new state-of-the-art clinical and research facility today.
- 12-Mar-2002
- Dive group looks out for the health of Point Lookout
- UQ Sport’s underwater club UniDive has taken the future of one of its favourite dive spots into its own hands with the securing of a $14,000 CoastCare grant to study the ecological health of Point Lookout, off North Stradbroke Island.
- 08-Mar-2002
- UQ botanist receives prestigious national science award
- University of Queensland botanist Professor John Irwin has been awarded a Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award for 2002.
- 08-Mar-2002
- Doctor tells colleagues: wake up to herbal health benefits
- Ignorance of herbal medicine should not blind modern medicine to its benefits, according to the Director of the new Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education and Research (ACCMER), a joint venture of the University of Queensland (UQ) and Southern Cross University (SCU).
- 06-Mar-2002
- Scientists take the guesswork out of biological controls
- The art of pest management in cotton is becoming so sophisticated that a DNA diagnostic testing service has been set up to quantify the effectiveness of biological control tools.
- 06-Mar-2002
- UQ researchers find missing HyShot payload
- University of Queensland researchers have found the missing HyShot payload and rocket in the South Australian desert.
- 26-Feb-2002
- Mystery rocket found in S.A. desert
- Found: one rocket. Hardly used. Very big. Contact The University of Queensland for more details. UQ’s HyShot team, which is searching the South Australian desert for a missing scramjet and second stage rocket from last year’s Woomera tests, came across a mystery rocket yesterday
- 26-Feb-2002
- Desert expedition seeks missing HyShot scramjet
- University of Queensland researchers from two entirely different disciplines — rocket science and zoology — are searching the South Australian desert this week in a bid to locate the payload and second stage rocket from the HyShot scramjet experiment.
- 25-Feb-2002
- Bad guys and bigwigs are two of a kind
- The entrepreneurial spirit is lurking inside many a “wayward” youth, it just needs ignition with the right sort of spark, according to a UQ researcher.
- 25-Feb-2002
- New discovery may help prevent infections in Cystic Fibrosis
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) researchers, based at The University of Queensland have led a team to a significant discovery with implications for the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis (CF).
- 22-Feb-2002
- Brisbane River sharks net international interest
- A predatory shark species inhabiting the Brisbane River has lured Scottish researchers to our shores as part of a unique collaboration with The University of Queensland.
- 20-Feb-2002
- International climate change experts head for Great Barrier Reef
- International marine and climate change experts will be meeting at The University of Queensland’s Heron Island research station later this month to examine the latest episode of ‘coral bleaching’.
- 18-Feb-2002
- UQ Centre lands major international monitoring contract
- UQ’s Centre for Magnetic Resonance has beaten international competitors to win a $A1 million contract to develop magnetic resonance imaging monitoring equipment for one of the world’s leading manufacturers.
- 07-Feb-2002
- New supercomputer to be based at UQ
- A new SGI Origin 3000 supercomputer will be based at The University of Queensland, assisting in research areas such as drug design, genetics, molecular modelling and natural disaster prediction.
- 23-Jan-2002
- Equations for conservation
- A University of Queensland researcher is using advanced mathematics to assist in the preservation of Australia`s wildlife and ecosystems including the koala, the kangaroo, desert mound springs and the Great Barrier Reef.
- 11-Jan-2002
- Feathered friends flaunt their fluoros
- Want to attract the opposite sex? Then bring on the fluoro colours, according to an international study published today in Science. The study conducted at The University of Queensland by British and Australian scientists found that budgerigars showed a significant sexual preference for mates with fluorescent plumage.
- 04-Jan-2002
- Mental health and obesity-what leads youth there?
- The mental and physical wellbeing of 21-year-old Australians is to be analysed in an extraordinary longitudinal study that began when these young people were still in the womb.
- 02-Jan-2002
- Singers asked to speak up about voice damage
- University of Queensland researchers are investigating rock’s role in voice problems suffered by professional contemporary singers.
- 18-Dec-2001
- Parents are the best source of information about their children`s abilities
- Parents are a highly accurate and reliable source of information about their children`s intelligence and abilities with most able to predict their child`s IQ to within a few points, according to a University of Queensland PhD study.
- 17-Dec-2001
- Smart State delivers 21st Century Centre of Excellence
- The Queensland Government and The University of Queensland have announced a $50 million Australian Institute of Bio-Engineering and Nanotechnology would be established in Brisbane.
- 11-Dec-2001
- Queensland drug market affected by a heroin drought
- New research has shown use of heroin in Queensland is decreasing, but more people are turning instead to amphetamines and other drug substances such as cocaine and injected Valium.
- 29-Nov-2001
- Problem gambling a complex issue, says UQ researcher
- A University of Queensland researcher has told a national conference today that the problem gambling debate is heading in the wrong direction.
- 22-Nov-2001
- UQ rescuing kids’ teeth from asthma effects
- A University of Queensland health research team is working to find natural solutions to the havoc wrought by asthma-induced corrosion on children’s teeth.
- 22-Nov-2001
- UniQuest announces formation of Magnetica Limited
- The University of Queensland’s technology commercialisation company, UniQuest is pleased to announce the formation of Magnetica Limited, an Australian based bio-medical and scientific instrumentation designer and manufacturer.
- 16-Nov-2001
- $650,000 for state’s first Trauma Plan
- A University of Queensland-led research team has been commissioned to develop the state’s first comprehensive Trauma Plan on the strength of a three-year $654,000 grant from the Motor Accident Insurance Commission.
- 16-Nov-2001
- HyShot team to continue scramjet research
- The University of Queensland has welcomed moves by the Federal Industry, Science and Resources Minister Nick Minchin to clear the way for another HyShot scramjet experiment.
- 02-Nov-2001
- UQ receives Federal Systemic Infrastructure Initiative funding
- The University of Queensland is participating in projects that have received more than $13 million under the federal government’s new Systemic Infrastructure Initiative.
- 01-Nov-2001
- World's first supersonic combustion flight remains elusive
- An attempt by a group of international researchers to achieve the world’s first supersonic combustion flight has not succeeded. However the HyShot research team say they have recovered valuable data from yesterday’s rocket launch which will assist them in future attempts to flight test air-breathing scramjets.
- 31-Oct-2001
- HyShot experiment launched
- The Hyshot experiment, attempting to world`s first flight test of supersonic combustion, was launched at Woomera, north of Adelaide at approximately 1300 local time.
- 30-Oct-2001
- Scramjet project ready for take-off today
- The University of Queensland today (October 30) will lead an international project to flight test the supersonic combustion process used in a scramjet for the first time in the world.
- 30-Oct-2001
- New Date for UQ HyShot experiment
- The first launch of The University of Queensland`s experimental HyShot scramjet has been rescheduled to Tuesday, October 30 at 11:30am at Woomera, north of Adelaide.
- 25-Oct-2001
- Scramjets to power Australian space odyssey this month
- A small group of scientists is quietly bunkering down this week for potentially one the biggest developments in aerospace history.
- 22-Oct-2001
- Red Hot Research - UQ Centre secures major research grant in high temperature metal processing
- The University of Queensland’s Pyrometallurgy Research Centre (PYROSEARCH) has secured a major boost to its research on high temperature metal smelting.
- 08-Oct-2001
- British scramjet engine prepares for Australian space tests
- A British scramjet engine belonging to QinetiQ (formerly the bulk of the MOD's Defence Evaluation & Research Agency) is to be tested during the "HyShot" flight tests in the Australian desert in October.
- 17-Sep-2001
- The first "prawn into space"
- A scientist working on ways of putting a "prawn into space" is among nine winners of the 2001 UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards, announced at a ceremony at Customs House in Brisbane last night.
- 13-Sep-2001
- Couples needed for UQ study
- Participants are needed for a University of Queensland study of communication between married and dating couples.
- 13-Sep-2001
- Plugging holes in light metal casting technology
- Growing up in the shadows of a large aluminium smelter in central Norway has had a profound effect on the research interests and achievements of Dr Arne Dahle.
- 12-Sep-2001
- Uranium decay is fuelling a new age of discovery
- Dr Jian-xin Zhao has developed a ground-breaking geological dating technique, allowing new insights into human origins and the history of climate change.
- 12-Sep-2001
- Writing the texbook on quantum computing
- Scientists have long explored the possibilities of technology but most of the work has never really pushed nature to its limits.
- 12-Sep-2001
- Theatre space study has many stages
- How Australian theatre spaces are shaped, understood and situated in historical, cultural and political contexts will be examined by Dr Joanne Tompkins.
- 12-Sep-2001
- New solutions from old learning methods
- Dr Robyn Gillies' studies of small-group learning in school classrooms could bring new twists to an old technique.
- 12-Sep-2001
- Setting sights set on colourful communications
- Dr Justin Marshall is studying how animals such as reef fish, parrots such as budgerigars, and even poison arrow frogs use colour for communication.
- 12-Sep-2001
- Reading the body's cellular "calling cards"
- Dr Alpha Yap is leading a laboratory that is developing ways to 'read' the body's microscopic 'calling cards' - protein molecules which help cells recognise each other.
- 12-Sep-2001
- Putting the squeeze on MS trigger mechanism
- Dr Judith Greer has won two prestigious awards for expanding knowledge of why the human immune system sometimes runs amok.
- 12-Sep-2001
- Hunting a deadly molecular chameleon
- Dr Michael Jennings is working on important tools for the development of a meningitis vaccine.
- 12-Sep-2001
- Boeing endows engineering chair at The University of Queensland
- The Boeing Company is providing $1.55 million to fund a Chair of Systems Engineering at The University of Queensland in Brisbane.
- 11-Sep-2001
- UQ appoints senior research executive
- People, infrastructure and strategic partnerships will become increasingly important issues for The University of Queensland, according to UQ's new Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor David Siddle.
- 03-Sep-2001
- UQ calls for whiplash victims
- The University of Queensland is calling upon people who have experienced whiplash within the last four weeks to take advantage of a groundbreaking new study into accident-related neck pain.
- 20-Aug-2001
- UQ helps tackle environmental and social challenges in the Philippines
- A recent "train-the-trainer" short course in biodiversity involving activities in the Philippines and Queensland could be the first of many similar ventures, according to convenors Dr Peter Dart and Dr Sharon Brown of the University of Queensland
- 09-Aug-2001
- HyShot researchers prepare final flight reviews
- The University of Queensland's $1.25 million HyShot program is counting down to its Woomera launch in October with final flight reviews and testing of all components.
- 06-Aug-2001
- UQ physicists observe ball spontaneously reverse flight in mid-air
- University of Queensland physicists have observed bizarre 'boomerang'-like behaviour among atoms, which may lead to new quantum technologies.
- 03-Aug-2001
- Schizophrenia linked to sunlight exposure
- A University of Queensland researcher has suggested schizophrenia may be caused by a lack of sunlight exposure on pregnant women.
- 20-Jul-2001
- Playing tag no game for Moreton Bay's dugongs
- Playing tag with dugongs in Moreton Bay has convinced University of Queensland researcher Dr Janet Lanyon that a world-first mark and recapture program will give a new insight into the mysterious mammal.
- 11-Jul-2001
- Queensland's economic development-the role of public infrastructure
- The importance of public-private partnerships in financing infrastructure will be discussed at a public seminar in Brisbane on July 25 this year.
- 11-Jul-2001
- Gatton research could spell big dollars for Australian waxflower exports
- Already a huge export earner for Australia, wax flower exports are set to receive a further boost with research at the University of Queensland's Gatton Campus entering the international arena.
- 05-Jul-2001
- Call for greater support for families of children with epilepsy
- Epilepsy is still a condition plagued by myths and misunderstandings with families of children with epilepsy often left feeling isolated and unable to cope, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 03-Jul-2001
- International science effort explores diversity of the equine species
- Just five months after publication of the mapping of the human genome, the world's leading horse geneticists are gathering in Queensland this week to advance the mapping of another major species.
- 03-Jul-2001
- UQ research turns up precision control of genes
- University of Queensland researchers have discovered and developed a way to turn up or turn down the effects of a gene.
- 02-Jul-2001
- UQ to develop state-of-the-art psychological testing for prison system
- The University of Queensland will today sign a major agreement with the New South Wales Department of Corrective Services to develop an automated system for psychologically testing inmates.
- 02-Jul-2001
- UQ welcomes Food for Life Centre of Excellence
- The University of Queensland says the creation of a Food for Life Centre of Excellence is another important step in the state's biotechnological development.
- 27-Jun-2001
- UQ embraces new technology push
- The University of Queensland says the Queensland Government's decision to establish a $60 million Institute in Biomaterials and Nano Applications is further evidence the 'Smart State' is taking shape.
- 26-Jun-2001
- Scientist examines funnel-web toxin in spider and victim
- For the first time in Australia, a University of Queensland molecular biologist has analysed at a molecular level the toxins of funnel-web venom from a spider responsible for the near death of its victim.
- 18-Jun-2001
- Paralysed dogs to get a tick of good health
- Ticks may no longer cause as many deaths of dogs following discoveries of new toxins and treatments by University of Queensland researchers. A specific toxin in tick venom that causes heart failure if not treated can be cured in most cases according to doctoral candidate Fiona Campbell and her supervisor Dr Rick Atwell from the School of Veterinary Science.
- 15-Jun-2001
- State-of-the-art Koala Venture
- Pacific Coal and The University of Queensland have announced a $400,000 research and management program for an important population of koalas in central Queensland.
- 13-Jun-2001
- Plan now to rid city of Riverside freeway, says UQ Architecture chief
- Brisbane should plan to be rid of its riverside freeway by digging a tunnel under the city as planners are doing in Boston, USA, University of Queensland architecture head Professor Michael Keniger said today.
- 13-Jun-2001
- Growth of a super power documented in new history
- The growth of the American nation and its development as an international super power is examined in a major new book by two Australian authors to be published later this year.
- 05-Jun-2001
- Hyshot blows its nose
- The $1.25 million University of Queensland Hyshot project has passed its latest test by successfully blowing its nose.
- 24-May-2001
- New UQ service tests effectiveness of medication
- People with conditions such as osteoarthritis and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can test the effectiveness of their medications by accessing a free service now available at The University of Queensland.
- 18-May-2001
- UQ researchers unlock another koala secret
- University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new and unusual organism living in a delicate part of the male koala's anatomy.
- 09-May-2001
- Language comprehension for computers
- Computers that can comprehend natural language are no longer confined to realms of science fiction, according to University of Queensland cognitive scientist Dr Simon Dennis.
- 03-May-2001
- UQ Research centre for the 21st century
- A new research centre launched at The University of Queensland today will develop a new generation of smart materials for technology revolutions in the 21st century.
- 27-Apr-2001
- Mystery 'boom' requires old-fashioned investigative techniques
- The mystery 'boom' that hit the sunshine coast of Queensland on Thursday afternoon about 3.15 pm will remain a mystery until reports of the incident can be analysed.
- 23-Apr-2001
- Help needed for growth hormone study
- Use of human growth hormone to enhance the performance of athletes has placed it at the top of the 'most wanted' list for sport drug agencies around the world.
- 11-Apr-2001
- UQ child sexual abuse treatment study seeks volunteers
- The University of Queensland is seeking volunteers for a study offering free treatment for children aged six to 16 years who have been sexually abused within the past three years.
- 04-Apr-2001
- UQ researchers target head lice problem
- Almost half the children in some Queensland schools can have head lice at the same time, according to a University of Queensland lecturer.
- 27-Mar-2001
- UQ researchers signal major advance in flight efficiency
- University of Queensland researchers have found a way to make the business of flight more efficient by significantly reducing drag, work which has implications for vehicles from aeroplanes to space craft.
- 26-Mar-2001
- UQ researchers win Queensland Young Tall Poppy awards
- Three University of Queensland researchers have been awarded Queensland Young Tall Poppy Awards in recognition for their outstanding research contributions.
- 26-Mar-2001
- New book examines Queensland gay and lesbian history
- A new book by a University of Queensland academic argues that gay and lesbian life in Brisbane and Queensland is far more typical of Australia than that of Sydney and New South Wales, or Melbourne and Victoria.
- 15-Mar-2001
- People with tennis elbow needed for study
- The University of Queensland is seeking volunteers to assist with a study on pain on the outer side of the elbow (tennis elbow).
- 13-Mar-2001
- University researchers smoking out weeds
- Researchers at The University of Queensland are investigating how fire and smoke stimulates the growth of both native and exotic weeds.
- 08-Mar-2001
- Australian tourist images for backpackers surveyed
- The home countries of backpackers visiting Australia greatly influence the areas and experiences they seek while on holiday, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 07-Mar-2001
- UQ project recycles restaurant leftovers
- The food that diners leave behind on their plates might soon be recycled to earn profits, create jobs and further develop Australia's burgeoning aquaculture industry.
- 05-Mar-2001
- UQ researchers cast light on human origins
- UQ researchers have dated ancient human fossils in China as being at least 620,000 years old - much older than previously thought.
- 19-Feb-2001
- UQ robots tackle noughts and crosses in Japan
- Seven UQ students and 13 tic-tac-toe playing robots will represent Australia at one of the world's major robotic championships in Japan on March 4.
- 16-Feb-2001
- UQ study to revolutionise speech therapy programs
- A University of Queensland study could revolutionise treatment programs for people suffering speech problems following a serious head injury.
- 14-Feb-2001
- New study puts racing industry under the microscope
- While the gambling industry is booming, the racing product has stalled, according to a new study by Queensland and Western Australian researchers.
- 13-Feb-2001
- UQ academic writes on how to be a top cat
- The quickest path to corporate success might not be to watch your back, but to watch your cat, according to a University of Queensland academic.
- 12-Feb-2001
- New hope for cardiac patients
- For the first time in Australia, doctors later this year will be able to "see" the human heart using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
- 07-Feb-2001
- AusCERT notes substantial growth of computer security incidents
- Computer security incidents grew dramatically in 2000, according to researchers from the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) at The University of Queensland.
- 25-Jan-2001
- Colorectal cancer caused by a 'stuck zipper'
- Discovery of an "unzipper" gene may lead to techniques for reversing colorectal cancer, according to a series of upcoming research publications. Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers in the western world, with 1 in 30 Australians eventually dying due to the disease.
- 22-Jan-2001
- UQ researchers tackle fishy Japanese problem
- Two University of Queensland researchers are helping Japanese aquaculture farmers improve management and husbandry of a popular Japanese eating fish.
- 19-Jan-2001
- Leading-edge coal research at UQ
- A national research centre to examine one of Australia's most important export commodities will be based in Brisbane, with The University of Queensland playing a major role.
- 18-Jan-2001
- Bitemark analysis procedure hailed as international breakthough
- A University of Queensland lecturer has developed new methods for bitemark identification.
- 12-Jan-2001
- All systems go for UQ scramjet rocket launches
- The U.S. Air Force, the National Aeronautical Laboratory of Japan, and U.S. aerospace company GASL have joined a University of Queensland-led international space flight project to blast off this year.
- 04-Jan-2001
- New book sheds light on flying fox issues
- A University of Queensland academic has co-written the world's first book dealing with flying foxes, which has been released this week.
- 03-Jan-2001
- Volunteers needed for sports drinks study
- The University of Queensland is seeking volunteers to assist in a world first study on the effectiveness of commercially available sports drinks to hydrate the body.
- 03-Jan-2001
- Need better sunscreen protection? Just slap on some coral
- The sunscreen of the future could employ techniques used by colourful corals to protect themselves from ultra-violet (UV) light. Corals convert damaging UV into safer and more useful forms of energy.
- 18-Dec-2000
- UQ researchers unravel effects of alcoholism on brain tissue
Researchers from the Universities of Queensland and Texas have used a state-of-the-art analytic technique to determine for the first time how the pattern of gene expression in the human brain is affected by chronic alcoholism.- 15-Dec-2000
- AFL study to discover how expert players develop decision-making skills.
- The Australian Football League (AFL) has funded an $18,000 study to develop training programs aimed at improving decision-making skills in Australian football players.
- 12-Dec-2000
- "Profilers" seek answers to tropical rainforest plant rarity
- University of Queensland botanists believe pioneering physiological profiling will help ensure the survival of rare plants from the lowland tropical forests of the Daintree by identifying why they are unique.
- 07-Dec-2000
- Bronzed Aussie stereotype alive and well in adolescents
- Australian female adolescents still rate tanned skin as more important than minimising the risk of getting skin cancer, according to a University of Queensland study released today.
- 05-Dec-2000
- Not all Gloom and Doom in Australia's Regional Cities and Towns
- Many of our large country towns are doing well and it is a myth that all is gloom and doom in regional Australia.
- 03-Dec-2000
- Injection of amphetamines increasing in Brisbane especially among teenagers and young adults: report
- The number of Brisbane teenagers and young adults injecting amphetamines has increased over the past year with local manufacturers producing some of the purest methamphetamine in Australia, according to a report by University of Queensland researchers.
- 30-Nov-2000
- UQ academic to set up indigenous exchange program on resource management
- A University of Queensland researcher is setting up the first-ever international knowledge exchange program focused on resource management between Australian and American indigenous communities.
- 24-Nov-2000
- Candida (thrush) gene identified
- A University of Queensland researcher has confirmed the existence of a gene thought responsible for greater susceptibility to candida infection in the mouth (oral thrush).
- 22-Nov-2000
- New book analyses celebrity in Australia
- It's not often that Kylie Minogue's images adorn the cover of an academic study, but an important new book by University of Queensland researchers does just that.
- 30-Oct-2000
- New mapping techniques see through clouds and smokescreens
- A $600,000 Australian and U.S. research project has pioneered ground-breaking techniques to map Australian landscapes through a veil of heavy cloud and smoke.
- 26-Oct-2000
- New radar system to increase coal mine safety
- A new radar system will increase safety in open-cut coal mines by detecting possible locations of rock failure. The system can detect rock movements as small as one millimetre that are often precursors to wall collapse.
- 25-Oct-2000
- UQ and industry develop better fetus monitoring
- Equipment developed by industry and evaluated by University of Queensland researchers may mean safer, more accurate monitoring of the health of a fetus during the birth process.
- 24-Oct-2000
- Great Barrier Reef faces destruction within the next century
- Recent work by University of Queensland researchers shows that the Great Barrier Reef may be dead within 50 to 100 years, having a devastating impact on marine life and even coastal communities.
- 23-Oct-2000
- New technology provides an easy way for a dog to swallow a bitter pill
- Trying to get your pet dog to take a monthly heartworm tablet will become a battle of the past due to new drug delivery systems. The system has been developed by a US company with the assistance of Dr Rick Atwell at The University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science.
- 23-Oct-2000
- Study demonstrates value of physiotherapy after cancer surgery
- A new University of Queensland study has confirmed the importance of physiotherapy for optimising physical recovery after breast cancer surgery.
- 23-Oct-2000
- Breakthrough brings quantum computers a "huge step" closer
- A breakthrough by University of Queensland and US researchers has brought the world a "huge step" closer to the next generation in computation - quantum computers.
- 22-Oct-2000
- Evolutionary theory right on the nose
- The perfume of fruit flies could hold the key to one of the big questions of evolution - how do new species arise?
- 20-Oct-2000
- UQ academic advocates changes for Queensland racing industry
- The Queensland racing industry is in need of dramatic change to regain prosperity and the traditional structure of racing must be seriously questioned, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 20-Oct-2000
- New UQ book examines media perceptions of Japanese gays
- A University of Queensland academic has written what is believed to be the first book in English examining the Japanese media's representation of male homosexuality.
- 16-Oct-2000
- UQ study finds married women carry greatest housework burden
- Married couples who have lived together before tying the knot share housework more equally than those who do not, a University of Queensland study has found.
- 11-Oct-2000
- New book reveals hardships endured by French adventurer
- Adventurer Henri Gilbert may soon become as well known to Australian school children as explorers Burke and Wills, Charles Sturt, Blaxland, and Matthew Flinders.
- 10-Oct-2000
- New analysis clarifies reasons for extinction and how it can be prevented
- The world's most comprehensive model for understanding bird extinction has been created by a University of Queensland researcher.
- 08-Oct-2000
- Our Cities Divided into Tax Generating and Welfare Receiving Communities
- Australia's metropolitan cities are clearly divided into areas that generate high levels of income tax revenue and those that are highly dependent on welfare benefits according to researchers at The University of Queensland and Monash University.
- 08-Oct-2000
- Ross River virus disease does not relapse, shows new study
- Patients suffering from Ross River virus disease do not relapse, as is commonly thought. The results come from the PhD project of University of Queensland researcher Dr Dave Harley.
- 06-Oct-2000
- Researchers give glowing account of insect eco-tourism industry
- University of Queensland researchers are providing an insurance policy to underpin the survival of a Gold Coast glow worm colony and a surrounding multi-million dollar eco-tourism industry.
- 04-Oct-2000
- Piecing together the molecular and genetic jigsaws of viral infection
- Human Genome Project sequencing has provided the pieces of a complex jigsaw but working out how they interlock and what the completed picture represents is one of the challenges being tackled by University of Queensland researcher Dr Bostjan Kobe. His work is shedding light on the infection mechanisms of retroviruses such as HIV, human T-cell leukemia and Ebola.
- 03-Oct-2000
- Research to test long-standing evolutionary theory
- A University of Queensland researcher is using molecular analysis in an attempt to resolve a hotly debated issue in evolutionary theory, involving the relationship between turtles, crocodiles and other reptiles.
- 03-Oct-2000
- How the retina senses direction--solution to long-standing visual problem
- Nearly 40 years after researchers first asked how some retinal nerve cells could detect the direction of motion independently of the rest of the brain, a team of researchers from The University of Queensland and the Australian National University have solved the problem.
- 29-Sep-2000
- Communication problems for prescription drugs
- A University of Queensland study has found a potentially widespread misuse of prescription medicines among Australia's non-English speaking community.
- 19-Sep-2000
- Crocodiles have "teeth" at heart: study
- Crocodiles have a unique set of "teeth-like" heart valves thought to allow them to stay underwater for extended periods, according to breakthrough University of Queensland research.
- 24-Aug-2000
- Music therapy strikes a chord in health
- Music therapists are becoming accepted members of health teams in hospitals, schools and nursing homes rather than an added extra, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 24-Aug-2000
- Retirement village demand to jump
- The ageing of the "baby boomers" will produce a big increase in demand for independent living in retirement villages, according to University of Queensland researchers.
- 24-Aug-2000
- Improvements in cervical cancer detection
A University of Queensland researcher has developed a new technology that could assist in significantly improving the rate of accurate cervical cancer detection.- 23-Aug-2000
- Brisbane's Inner City Renaissance
- An inner-city renaissance is occurring in many of Brisbane's inner-city areas according to a new report by researchers at The University of Queensland to be launched at a joint Brisbane Development Association and Brisbane Institute launch tomorrow Thursday August 10.
- 09-Aug-2000
- Canine cancer researcher wins two international awards
- Ground-breaking studies of bone cancer in dogs have earned two prestigious awards for a University of Queensland PhD student at the World Small Animal Veterinary Conference held recently in Amsterdam.
- 08-Aug-2000
- Changing the rules of netball won't stop knee injuries according to scientific study
- Despite the prevalence of knee injuries in netball, a scientific study of factors contributing to injuries finds that changes to the rules such as allowing an extra step on landing would not prevent those injuries.
- 31-Jul-2000
- Grief at negative impact of tourism expressed in Balinese fiction
- Deep grief at the changes to Bali caused by tourism is a recurring theme in the province's modern fictional literature, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 27-Jul-2000
- Mathematics vital to environmental management
- Mathematics, statistics and supercomputing are fundamental tools in managing Australia's unpredictable ecological systems, according to a new UQ professor.
- 27-Jul-2000
- Reproduction speeds up ageing
- Reproduction speeds up the ageing process, however those that reproduce later in life will live longer, according to recent report in Science.
- 26-Jul-2000
- Researchers make advances in fight against melanoma
University of Queensland researchers have achieved encouraging preliminary results during early phase human clinical trials of a new melanoma vaccine.- 04-Jul-2000
- Plant pathologist targets Northern Territory noxious plant
- A University of Queensland PhD student is assisting efforts to control a tropical American shrub that is choking native vegetation in northern Australian wetlands.
- 29-Jun-2000
- Parental favouritism damages families
- Parental favouritism - showing a preference for one child over another - has an equally negative impact on both favoured and disfavoured children, according to a University of Queensland study.
- 26-Jun-2000
- Project targets quality of life in cancer patients
A University of Queensland researcher has developed a more sensitive and rapid method for detecting hearing loss resulting from the toxic effects of a common chemotherapy drug, cisplatinum.- 20-Jun-2000
- Human stem cell transplants trialled for auto-immune diseases
Clinical trials in three continents are providing early encouraging signs that a control for people with immune system diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, might be achievable within the next 10 years.- 15-Jun-2000
- Innovative efforts of Australian business managers studied
A University of Queensland researcher is studying how much effort Australian business managers put into building and nurturing innovative capabilities compared to their counterparts in America.- 06-Jun-2000
- Study examines cultural compatibility between teachers and students
- A University of Queensland study has found cultural differences between teachers and students can hinder teaching and learning if not adequately addressed.
- 05-Jun-2000
- Husbands' relationship anxiety a chief cause of marital dissatisfaction for new parents
Male insecurity is one of the main causes of declining marital satisfaction among new parents, according to a University of Queensland study.- 24-May-2000
- Fifty percent of November's 'No' vote pro-Republic
Almost half of all 'No' voters in last year's Constitutional Referendum preferred a Republic, according to a University of Queensland study.- 23-May-2000
- UQ researchers find world's deepest rocks
University of Queensland researchers have discovered the world's deepest mantle rocks originating from between 400km and 670km beneath the Earth's surface.- 19-May-2000
- Long working hours reduce healthy leisure activities
- Fewer than half the people in Queensland are adequately active for good health, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
- 16-May-2000
- Leadership lost in groups under pressure
- The best leaders can sometimes be overlooked in favour of people who "fit in" when groups are under threat, according to University of Queensland research.
- 04-May-2000
- Physical education for better public health
- A senior University of Queensland researcher believes that school physical education could make a more significant contribution to public health.
- 03-May-2000
- UQ study examines farmers' personality profiles
- A new University of Queensland study suggests that farmers really are a special breed with personality traits that set them apart from city people.
- 26-Apr-2000
- October dates likely for UQ scramjet rocket launches
- A University of Queensland-led international project involving the world's first flight test of a scramjet using a supersonic combustion process is likely to take place in October
- 17-Apr-2000
- IMB Skin Cancer Test
- Researchers at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience have developed a genetic test which could help identify a person's susceptibility to skin cancer.
- 13-Apr-2000
- World-first fungus-resistant waxflowers go on sale
- A Brisbane nursery will this week take delivery of the world's first fungus-resistant waxflowers.
- 05-Apr-2000
- IMB University of Queensland cancer breakthrough
- Scientists at The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience have identified a new gene which should lead to breakthrough treatment for many of the cancers which kill 34,000 Australians each year.
- 28-Mar-2000
- UQ trial project turns Greenhouse gas into useful product
- University of Queensland researchers have invented a way of converting unwanted Greenhouse gases into a potentially valuable fuel.
- 27-Mar-2000
- UQ researcher finds missing Pali Buddhist text dating back to 6th-7th Century AD
- A University of Queensland researcher has uncovered a Buddhist manuscript previously thought missing, with a text dating back to the 6th or 7th Century AD.
- 24-Mar-2000
- Adolescent gambling learned by example
- Next time you scratch a lottery ticket, something else could be rubbing off- copycat behaviour by your children, according to a University researcher.
- 23-Mar-2000
- World-first clinical trials of same-day Down syndrome test
- University of Queensland scientists are conducting the world's first clinical trials of a same-day diagnostic test for chromosomal abnormalities in unborn babies including Down syndrome.
- 29-Feb-2000
- Re-entry fellowships scheme for women closing
- The University of Queensland will offer a new round of Re-Entry Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Women, closing on September 12.
- 11-Aug-1997
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