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Early career Reef researchers receive a boost

Ten Queensland post-graduate students will receive nearly $17,000 worth of grants from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for ground-breaking research...
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The human touch leads Sarah to the country

Sarah Ayles joins her fellow medical graduates as lifelong dreams and long hours become a reality.
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New Business School Dean

Notre Dame University Australia has appointed international economist and higher education development strategist, Professor Werner Soontiens, as Dean of the School of...
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Second PhD a labour of love for Dr White

A retired Sunshine Coast academic has his wife to thank for prompting him to get his second University of Queensland PhD, in...
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Language the key to the door of international law

University of Queensland graduate Anna John has supercharged an international legal career by learning a second language. The Arts/Law graduate, who is...
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A diagnosis inspired Caitlin Hall to find a cure

University of Queensland Master of Dietetics Studies graduate Caitlin Hall has twice the reason to celebrate. She received her degree and was...
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Anthony Kelleher at work as Acting Dean of Medicine

Infection and immunity researcher Anthony Kelleher from the Kirby Institute has been welcomed as Acting Dean of UNSW Medicine.
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Captains of Industry mentor Bond’s best and brightest

Nine Bond University student leaders have been matched with Queensland’s Captains of Industry as part of the University’s flagship mentoring program, designed...
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Journey to a better career has surprise outcome

When Claire Cunningham started her Master of Business Administration (MBA) at The University of Queensland, she had been living with profound congenital...
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2018 Tuckwell Scholarship recipients announced

The scholarship isn’t just about rewarding academic excellence, it’s about finding those future leaders who are already making valuable contributions to their...

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Get FactsWednesday, July 26th, 2017 at 5:50pm

Humpback whales learn songs in segments – like the verses of a human song – and can remix them, a new study involving University of Queensland research has found.

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Get FactsTuesday, July 25th, 2017 at 6:10pm

Built by a team of roboticists from the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision (the Centre), headquartered at QUT, ‘CartMan’ the logistics robot will pit its item-picking skills against 15 other international robots in the third annual Amazon Robotics Challenge, part of RoboCup 2017 in Nagoya, Japan, on Thursday 27 July 2017.

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Get FactsMonday, July 24th, 2017 at 5:25pm

A false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) has been stranded and rescued in Top End waters for the first time.

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Get FactsFriday, July 21st, 2017 at 6:18pm

Runswift, the five-time world RoboCup soccer champion team, are heading to Japan for a showdown against their main rivals – robot teams from Germany and the United States.

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Get FactsThursday, July 20th, 2017 at 6:17pm

A senior scientist from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will discuss the latest climate science, including the potential for higher sea-level rise than previously projected, at ANU.

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Get FactsWednesday, July 19th, 2017 at 6:04pm

A world-first commercial 3D printer that was invented in the Northern Territory has the potential to revolutionise manufacturing technology, NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner said.

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Get FactsTuesday, July 18th, 2017 at 6:32pm

A new “artificial pancreas” being studied by the University of Melbourne could dramatically transform the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.

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Get FactsMonday, July 17th, 2017 at 6:22pm

A 19-year-old law student from The University of Western Australia has invented an unmanned aerial vehicle that is capable of flying five times longer than many drones currently on the market.

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Get FactsFriday, July 14th, 2017 at 5:41pm

Writing in Physical Review X, researchers in Singapore and Australia propose a way you could use a quantum computer securely, even over the internet. The technique could hide both your data and program from the computer itself. Their work counters earlier hints that such a feat is impossible.

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Get FactsThursday, July 13th, 2017 at 6:38pm

University of Queensland research projects on inflammatory arthritis, infectious diseases and tissue regeneration have won prestigious national awards.

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