15 year old Brisbane Student Shambhavi Mishra has been crowned the 2016 Queensland Brain Bee Champion at The University of Queensland's QBI
20 July 2016
Being able to pay attention during the day relies on doing the exact opposite at night, according to University of Queensland scientists.
18 January 2016
University of Queensland researchers have shown, like humans, fruit flies may be self-aware of their actions.
24 July 2015
After correctly answering that the cochlear and vestibular nerves are the two branches of the eighth cranial nerve, 15-year-old Abigail Green from Somerville House has become the 2015 Queensland Brain Bee Champion.
21 July 2015
Potential future neuroscientists will be tested on their knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, emotions, sleep and memory at the Queensland Australian Brain Bee Challenge (ABBC) final at The University of Queensland next week.
14 July 2015
An international study on sleep and learning in flies has shown a good night’s sleep might be vital for retaining our capacity to learn and remember, with implications for the treatment of human disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.
23 April 2015Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered that, like humans, flies sleep in stages of different intensities.
19 April 2013Scientists 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 January 2010
