To prevent the risk of ‘chair disease’, The University of Queensland researchers have developed a ‘sitting pad’ device that uses an alarm to alert workers to stand up more regularly.
4 December 2012The University of Queensland’s Centre for Engineered Quantum Systems student, Glen Harris, has been awarded an ATSE Youth Science Ambassador Award for science education and outreach.
31 October 2012A $50 million Federal Government project that aims to transform the storage of research data has revealed the location of its next two nodes — in Perth and Townsville.
2 October 2012For women wanting to lose unwanted kilos after pregnancy, University of Queensland researcher Ann Peacock will be running free diet workshops at the Mater Hospital as part of her PhD.
25 September 2012At four years old Dr Fiona Barlow told her mother she would make improving race-relations in Australia a priority.
20 September 2012Community can be a formidable force, capable of achieving the seemingly impossible.
17 September 2012When University of Queensland PhD student Dr Catherine Tiplady speaks about her research in animal cruelty and domestic violence, she needs to do so clearly to avoid misunderstanding surrounding this emotive topic.
17 September 2012When globally popular skills competition Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) was first developed by UQ in 2008, it was designed to help students pitch their work effectively to people who may not have expertise in their field of research.
14 September 2012
The education of health professionals, science undergraduate education and assessment of medical students are among University of Queensland projects and a fellowship funded this week by the Federal Government.
22 June 2012
