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- Study: What drives us to be anonymous online https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/01/what-drives-us-be-anonymous-online 2 comments
- Researchers have found there are two key reasons people choose to be anonymous online: self-expression or toxic behaviour https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/01/what-drives-us-be-anonymous-online 177 comments science
- Research has found that being funny or having a good sense of humour doesn’t necessarily make you more attractive to potential partners https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2023/10/humour-isn%E2%80%99t-deal-breaker-when-finding-one%E2%80%99 297 comments science
- Viruses can ‘hitchhike’ on microplastics. More than 98 per cent of the virus scientists used was found on the microplastic, and over half of the viruses could still be detected 10 days later – much longer than if the virus particles were free-floating in the water https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2022/11/viruses-can-hitchhike%E2%80%99-microplastics 28 comments science
- Scientists have found there may be innate genetic differences among people’s psychological connection with natural environments and how they experience them. Results reinforced previous findings that a person’s environment is the predominant driver behind their enjoyment of nature https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2022/01/feel-connected-nature-it-might-be-your-genes 18 comments science
- People who experienced childhood trauma get a more pleasurable “high” from morphine, new research suggests. This may explain the link between childhood trauma and vulnerability to opioid use disorder, and have implications for treatments and the prescribing of opioids medically, https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2021/08/childhood-trauma-can-make-people-morphine-more 66 comments science
- Neck treatment may prove to be unnecessary and expensive for many migraine sufferers with neck pain stemming largely from the migraine itself, a cross-sectional, single-blinded study from has shown https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2021/07/dealing-pain-neck-0 13 comments science
- COVID-19 conspiracy theorists are more concerned about their own health and less concerned about the health of others, according to a study led by University of Queensland researchers https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2021/03/covid-conspiracy-theorists-worried-about-others-or-just-selfish 99 comments science
- A deficiency in vitamin D on the mother’s side could explain why autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is three times more common in boys. It causes an increase in testosterone in the brain of the male rat foetuses. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/12/vitamin-d-clue-more-autism-spectrum-disorder-boys 86 comments science
- Junk food has been linked to sleep problems in teens. Stress related sleep disturbance increased with frequent consumption of carbonated drinks and fast food. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/12/junk-food-linked-sleep-problems-teens 63 comments science
- Expect more mega-droughts. Droughts that last two decades or longer – are tipped to increase thanks to climate change. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/10/expect-more-mega-droughts 5 comments science
- Supercharged 'clones' spark scarlet fever's re-emergence. A virulent variety of Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria prevalent in modern NE Asian scarlet fever outbreaks has been found to have acquired from a virus the ability to secrete novel toxins, thus allowing it to better colonise its host. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/10/supercharged-clones%E2%80%99-spark-scarlet-fever%E2%80%99s-re-emergence 17 comments science
- World record set for the conversion of solar energy to electricity via the use of tiny nanoparticles called ‘quantum dots’, which pass electrons between one another and generate electrical current when exposed to solar energy in a solar cell device. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/02/solar-technology-breakthrough-uq 4 comments science
- Next generation ‘quantum dots’ solar power technology has potential to be used as a flexible ‘skin’ over hard surfaces has moved a step closer. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/02/solar-technology-breakthrough-uq 3 comments science
- Squid brains approach that of dogs - "The modern cephalopods, a group including octopus, cuttlefish and squid, have famously complex brains, approaching that of a dog and surpassing mice and rats, at least in neuronal number." https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/01/squid-brains-approach-of-dogs 3 comments science
- Walking sharks discovered in the tropics https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/01/walking-sharks-discovered-tropics 13 comments nottheonion
- Physicists discovered “a new kind of quantum time order” from an experiment designed to bring together elements of general relativity and quantum mechanics, the two big, but seemingly contradictory, physics theories developed in the past century. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2019/08/physicists-mash-quantum-and-gravity-and-find-time-not-we-know-it 492 comments space
- Researchers find tracks of a sparrow-sized raptor inside a dried lakebed in South Korea. Scientists believe they are the smallest dinosaur tracks ever found. The 110-million-year-old tracks date to the Cretaceous period, a time when dinosaurs shared the planet with mammals and birds. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2018/11/tiny-raptor-tracks-lead-big-discovery 5 comments science
- Study finds antidepressants may cause antibiotic resistance https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2018/09/antidepressants-may-cause-antibiotic-resistance 721 comments science
- The “chicken or egg” paradox was first proposed to describe the problem of determining cause-and-effect. Now, physicists show that, as far as quantum physics is concerned, the chicken and the egg can both come first. This is called `indefinite causal order’, as reported in Physical Review Letters. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2018/09/quantum-weirdness-chicken-or-egg%E2%80%99-paradox 211 comments science
- Civil engineering researches develop a hybrid fiberglass-concrete-steel bridge construction technique that is 3x stronger and 3x lighter than conventional methods. It is also far cheaper and can be prefabricated off-site, transported in parts via semi-trailer, and erected in around 78 hours. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2018/05/uq-bridge-world-beater 320 comments science
- The ideological nature of climate change beliefs may reflect something distinctive about the US rather than an international phenomenon, as researchers find correlations between climate scepticism and indices of ideology were stronger and more consistent in the US than in the other 24 nations tested https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2018/05/are-conservatives-more-sceptical-of-climate-change-it-depends 8 comments science
- Remote cave reveals earliest Australians lived around 50,000 years ago https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/05/remote-cave-reveals-earliest-australians-lived-around-50000-years-ago 232 comments history
- Resurrecting extinct species might come at terrible cost: Bringing back extinct species could lead to biodiversity loss rather than gain https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/02/resurrecting-extinct-species-might-come-terrible-cost 10 comments science
- Reef fish see colours that humans cannot. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/09/uq-triggers-reef-fish-colour-vision-study 19 comments science
- Climate change could make much of the Arctic unsuitable for millions of migratory birds that travel north to breed each year, according to a new study http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/07/birds-top-of-world-nowhere-go 8 comments science
- Barrier Reef rodent is first mammal declared extinct due to climate change https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/06/barrier-reef-rodent-first-mammal-declared-extinct-due-climate-change 140 comments worldnews
- Healthy people who have occasional hallucinations or delusions are more likely to experience mood and anxiety disorders, new research has found. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2016/03/new-warning-signs-of-mental-health-disorders 14 comments science
- Researchers have shown, like humans, fruit flies may be self-aware of their actions. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/07/fruit-fly-may-know-its-bugging-you 77 comments science
- Research suggests overconfidence may help people win romantic partners. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/06/why-cocky-guys-get-girl 35 comments science
- Mediterranean diet could reduce risks during pregnancy http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/06/mediterranean-diet-could-reduce-risks-during-pregnancy 3 comments science
- Herpes offers big insights on coughing – and potential new remedies. Cough treatments could change dramatically after the herpes virus helped researchers discover that the respiratory tract links to two different parts of the nervous system. http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/05/herpes-offers-big-insights-coughing-%E2%80%93-and-potential-new-remedies 5 comments science
- Nature v nurture: research shows it’s both http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/05/nature-v-nurture-research-shows-it%E2%80%99s-both 3 comments philosophy
- Spider venom may lead to a new class of painkillers http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/03/spider-venom-may-have-legs-future-painkiller 16 comments science
- Researchers have discovered how a species of squid perceives distance, providing an evolutionary solution to a problem divers regularly encounter in featureless waters http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2014/01/uq-discovery-makes-finding-nemo-easier 5 comments science
- Why is there a determinant in the definition of curl? http://www.uq.edu.au/study/course.html?course_code=MATH2001 21 comments math
- Australian scientists discover zinc can ‘starve’ one of the world’s most deadly microbes responsible for serious infectious diseases like pneumonia. http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2013/11/how-zinc-starves-lethal-bacteria-stop-infection 15 comments science
- Australian scientists charmed by sea snake discovery http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=24428 7 comments science
- A BIG thank you to headcrippled for his help today http://www.uq.edu.au/news/images/media/GreenHatchling.jpg 16 comments javascript
- Australian scientists develop a vaccine delivered by Nanopatch™ that induces a similarly protective immune response as a vaccine delivered by needle and syringe, but uses 100 times less vaccine. http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=21034 53 comments science