Research at The University of Queensland has revealed the stunningly simple reason why birds never crash mid-flight: they always veer right.
29 September 2016Imagine a sky full of autonomous flying machines delivering anything from fast-food to important documents, medical supplies or just a surprise gift for someone special. How do you stop them all colliding with each other and any other obstacles on...
5 November 2014Studies involving some of the world’s smallest creatures have resulted in one of the world’s biggest honours for University of Queensland researcher Professor Mandyam Srinivasan.
21 July 2014University of Queensland (UQ) scientists are harnessing honeybee flight secrets to develop insect-sized robot aircraft.
11 September 2013Projects to enhance education for disadvantaged children, improve sustainable housing design and increase food production will share in almost $12 million in grants to The University of Queensland.
28 June 2013The beauty and majesty of birds in flight has long captured the attention of artists and photographers.
28 October 2011Do you navigate well or lose your way easily and never understand why?
14 November 2010Eleven University of Queensland researchers have been honoured as international leaders in their fields at a ceremony today.
13 April 2010Honey bees undergo a sudden transition from speeding aircraft to hovering helicopter as they perform the delicate art of landing on a flower.
20 December 2009In 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.
6 October 2009One of UQ's leading scientists will take his work to the literary world this Friday, September 11.
8 September 2009UQ undergraduate student Tim Mew will be spending the next two months facing angry bees in flight every day.
27 November 2008Research 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 October 2008UQ’s cervical cancer vaccine co-creator Professor Ian Frazer has won the 2008 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.
16 October 2008The 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 August 2008A 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 2008Families 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.
5 March 2008Angry 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 August 2007The Queensland Brain Institute’s Head of Visual Neuroscience, Professor Mandyam Srinivasan, has been recognised with the 2008 Rank Prize for Optoelectronics.
20 July 2007Sixty-five of Queensland’s brightest Year 11 students will compete for more than $25,000 in prizes as part of Australia’s most prestigious neuroscience competition for high schools at UQ this week.
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