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QUT Robot Academy marks online success

The QUT Robot Academy is celebrating its first birthday with its own impressive data set.
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Australian University Teacher of the Year

QUT’s robotics vision Distinguished Professor Peter Corke was honoured as Australian University Teacher of the Year, the nation’s most prestigious higher education...
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Can you do the robot?

Everyone has a friend who thinks they can do ‘the robot’, but we know where you can find some.
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Ready for the robotics revolution? You should be

The robotics revolution has arrived – and it’s far friendlier than you think.
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Disco meets digital at junior robotics competition

Described as the largest regional Australian event of its type, the 15th Annual CQ Junior Robotics Competition has attracted a record 250...
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The ‘droids’ the car industry’s looking for

The sharp minds that will shape the future of driverless cars converged on QUT for a robot race that could influence the...
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Enlisting robots to inspire primary school students

The University of Tasmania’s Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment is combining the powers of two successful programs – Robots in Schools...
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Robots to the rescue

The only Australian team to qualify for the US$5 million Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Competition – the world’s richest – is...
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Child’s play: Australia’s newest roboticists see eye-to-eye with R2-D2

Children from age four can become robot programmers rather than waiting for the higher years in schooling, says a QUT education researcher.

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Early detection of melanoma research has received a $1.195 million Partnership Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

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Million-dollar boost for dermatology research - GetSTEM

Early detection of melanoma research has received a $1.195 million Partnership Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The project, led by University of Queensland Diamantina Institute researcher Professor H. Peter Soyer, will use teledermatology to improve early detecti...

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Find out more about Queenslands frogs and how to protect them with your mobile phone at a free public talk by one of Australia’s leading frog scientists, on Saturday 3 February, 2018, at the Queensland Museum. http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Events+and+Exhibitions/Events/2018/02/FrogID

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Get FactsFriday, January 19th, 2018 at 2:26pm

Vets and dog owners are being warned that canine parvovirus – a contagious and often fatal disease – is spreading rapidly among Australian dogs.

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Researchers warn of deadly parvovirus strain spreading - GetSTEM

Vets and dog owners are being warned that canine parvovirus – a contagious and often fatal disease – is spreading rapidly among Australian dogs. University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science postdoctoral research fellow Dr Nicholas Clark said canine parvovirus (CPV-2) was one of the most...

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Get FactsFriday, January 12th, 2018 at 3:52pm

A severe outbreak of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish is occurring in the Swain Reefs, the southernmost location in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park found to have the starfish during the current outbreak.

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Southernmost outbreak of coral-eating starfish detected - GetSTEM

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Get FactsThursday, December 21st, 2017 at 2:55pm

Listening to white noise can increase your ability to learn new words, a study by The University of Queensland has revealed.

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White noise tunes into learning potential - GetSTEM

Listening to white noise can increase your ability to learn new words, a study by The University of Queensland has revealed. UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Dr Anthony Angwin said the study was the first to show the effect listening to white noise could have on word learning performa...

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