Green snags and simulated pig noises are being used to keep feral pigs from tearing up the Daintree Rainforest.
24 October 2007Working 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 October 2007UQ 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 September 2007University of Queensland researchers have proven ancient Pacific islanders made the journey between Hawai’i and Tahiti, solving a long-standing sea-faring mystery.
24 September 2007A University of Queensland study has found that women who experience certain types of sexual abuse (penetrative) in their youth are at increased odds of being overweight by the age of 21.
20 September 2007World-first equipment, made exclusively for UQ scientists, will determine how to produce food which is better for us, but still tastes good.
11 September 2007Veteran of UQ Business School’s Enterprize competition Soenke Weiss and his company SLAP Systems will today graduate from the state’s technology incubator i.lab.
5 September 2007UQ SPORT scholarship holder Amanda Phillips has her sights firmly set on the 2008 Beijing Olympics after dominating the 75kg division at the recent National Weightlifting Championships.
31 August 2007A collaborative university-industry-government project has developed a new tool to help land managers better manage domestic and wild animals on their properties.
14 August 2007A 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 July 2007Two of the world’s most influential literary theorists will weigh in to the critical literacy debate when they headline a conference at UQ later this month.
6 July 2007Children 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 2007Take your first step towards a healthier heart during National Heart Week (29 April to 5 May) with free classes at the University of Queensland’s Ipswich campus.
24 April 2007Weighing a couple of tonnes and with jaws that can kill, the hippopotamus is about to open up and say aaah for science.
27 February 2007Life in the laboratory is a stroll along the beach for two UQ researchers, after discovering metals bear exciting similarities to granular materials like sand.
2 February 2007The opportunity to live in Indonesia and study orphaned orangutans was the trip of a lifetime for University of Queensland (UQ) student Kris Descovich.
24 January 2007Three UQ colleges have formed exciting new partnerships with UQ SPORT in a bid to encourage their students to be healthier and happier at university.
17 January 2007A 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 January 2007Maintaining 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 January 2007UQ Business School PhD graduate Herman Tse has won the 2006 Kenneth E. Clark Award for student research in leadership.
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