University of Queensland research highlighting the devastating impact of marine rubbish on wildlife has taken out the 2015 Healthy Waterways Research Award at the weekend.
23 June 2015
Treachery is afoot – or a-fin – on the Great Barrier Reef, where damselfish unknowingly harbour a masked killer in their midst.
1 April 2015
Mantis shrimp eyes are inspiring the design of new cameras that can detect a variety of cancers and visualise brain activity.
5 December 2014
University of Queensland marine neuroscientists are plunging to new depths in submersibles on the Great Barrier Reef and in the Coral Sea.
30 October 2014
Two University of Queensland researchers have been announced as Laureate Fellows under the Australian Research Council’s most prestigious research grants scheme.
22 August 2014
University of Queensland researchers have revealed new insights into colour vision in a study on a tropical reef shrimp.
24 January 2014
Researchers at The University of Queensland have discovered how a species of squid perceives distance, providing an evolutionary solution to a problem divers regularly encounter in featureless waters.
21 January 2014
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.
6 February 2013Australian 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 February 2012The 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.
1 November 2011More than 130 of the smartest high school students from Queensland and the Northern Territory will converge on the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) next week to contest state and territory crowns in the State Finals of the 2011 Australian Brain Bee...
15 July 2011Researchers 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.
1 June 2011A new collaborative initiative to deal with water technology issues in the minerals industry in Australia is one of 15 successful applications in two new University of Queensland internal fellowship schemes to foster research excellence.
11 April 2011Researchers 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 December 2010
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 July 2010Scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute have used high-tech equipment to capture underwater creatures at depths not documented from before.
14 July 2010
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 June 2010If 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 April 2010
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 February 2010A 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.
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