University of Queensland
The University of Queensland was founded in 1909. The student body for graduate and undergraduate is more than 37,000. The UQ is a premier research center for molecular biology and biomedical research. UQ is noted for its high-tech emphasis and research centers devoted to various high level research in cancer, cells and technology. Environmental research is another accomplishment of UQ.
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Brisbane QLD 4072 Australia
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"University of Queensland" in the news:
Satellite tracking technology to shed light on shark behaviour
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Jul 21, 2008 |
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A University of Queensland (UQ) marine biologist will use satellite technology to track tiger sharks as part of a project to better understand the greatly feared sea dwellers and prevent future attacks on bathers.
Scientists closing the zap on dengue fever
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Jan 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A mosquito-borne virus that each year harms up to 100 million people and kills more than 20,000 is a step closer to being controlled after a breakthrough by Queensland scientists.
Lack of retail grocery competition impacts Australians' health
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Limited competition in the grocery sector could be having a serious effect on public health, according to a University of Queensland study published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public ...
New study shows governments need more honest environmental accounting
Jan 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research is paving the way for better management of our precious natural environment.
Research shows brain cells make clever connections
Jun 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research has revealed that growing nerve fibres may navigate by using a clever mathematical trick.
Glow worms glimmer on cue
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Aug 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland researcher and lecturer Dr David Merritt has discovered Tasmanian cave glow-worms are energy conservationists: they switch their lights off at night-time.
UQ-US team targets faster Alzheimer’s detection
Jun 18, 2008 |
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Early detection of Alzheimer's Disease is in the sights of University of Queensland (UQ) scientists who have secured $1.6 million for new research.
Researchers find quantum errors do compute
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists from The University of Queensland have found the emerging field of quantum computing may be more stable than previously thought.
Research shows Australian weather could get worse
Jun 20, 2007 |
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Research by University of Queensland climatologists into Australia's past climate has shown just how extreme our weather can be.
More brain research suggests 'use it or lose it'
Feb 06, 2008 |
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Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) scientists have found another important clue to why nerve cells die in neurodegenerative diseases, based on studies of the developing brain.
Researchers produce world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UQ (University of Queensland) researchers are leading green energy technology with confirmation of the world’s first transgenic sweet sorghum plants.
Transparent fish helping to shine new light on how we move
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The natural transparency of young zebrafish has allowed neuroscientists to use light, much like we use a remote control, to turn on and off neurons that may be responsible for how we move our bodies.
Uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial to walk the Earth
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 09, 2008 |
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University of Queensland research is uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth – the 2.5 tonne wombat-like Diprotodon.
Boys have biological reason to be troublesome
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 25, 2007 |
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A team of researchers working with UQ's Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has discovered more compelling evidence that attention-deficit disorder in young boys is substantially attributable to brain development.
Holding a mirror up to a gibbon’s mind
Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland developmental psychologists have taken a step into our evolutionary past by studying gibbons.
