JCU scientists have unveiled a world-first, instrument‑free method to study protein–DNA interactions that could transform drug discovery, cancer research and biotechnology worldwide – for less than $5 a test. 🥼🧬🔎
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JCU's Dr Lyanne Brouwer has led a team researching red-winged fairy wrens near Manjimup since 2008. In this article, she talks about how scientists go about their work with the birds and how the wrens may be adapting to climate change.
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New research suggests that whether speeding is reduced by deterrence or self-control depends not only on drivers’ own views about speeding, but on how those views interact with the environments they drive in.
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An international research team, including scientists from JCU and the Queensland Museum, have scoured historical records to develop a new framework to help identify hard coral species and modernise coral science. 🪸🐚🌊
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JCU researchers have partnered with an international team of scientists and infrastructure experts, seeking to understand the drivers of unsealed road damage and riverbank erosion. 🛣🌧🔎
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🎧👶🫄Listening to music may significantly improve the wellbeing of mothers during pregnancy and birth, according to new research from @jcuofficial.bsky.social.
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JCU researchers are developing a new tool to help farmers monitor crop health and accurately detect diseased sugarcane before it shows any visible symptoms, thereby avoiding expensive DNA analysis. 🚜👨🏽🌾 🦠
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James Cook University has launched Australia’s first dedicated cyber security awareness campaign designed specifically to address the online risks faced by university students. 💻 🚨 🧑🏫
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New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean could almost double the protection of genetic hotspots.
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👩🏫📚🌡️🥵 @jcuofficial.bsky.social research argues Australians urgently need better education about heat to prepare for longer, hotter and more dangerous heatwaves driven by climate change.
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📃✍️ Prof Siegfried Gudergan from @jcuofficial.bsky.social co-authored an article about access to scientific research papers. 100s of 1000s Australian papers are locked behind publisher paywalls, but there's simple ways to fix this
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New research led by James Cook University scientists shows Northern Queensland is facing an escalating public health threat from mosquito-borne virus activity, including dengue, Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses, posing an emerging public health concern.
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In a recent Editor's Vox feature article, @jcu researcher Dr Mahmood Sadat-Noori explains the hidden role of groundwater in coastal wetlands for influencing carbon storage.
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In a recent Editor's Vox feature article, @jcuofficial.bsky.social researcher Dr Mahmood Sadat-Noori explains the hidden role of groundwater in coastal wetlands for influencing carbon storage.
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A sweeping new study summarising more than 1000 clinical trials suggests exercise may offer a highly effective and accessible treatment for anxiety and depression – with some types of exercise particularly helpful and some groups of people gaining more benefit.
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🪸🌊☀️A new international study found escalating impacts of ocean warming on coral reefs after assembling the largest global dataset on the severe 2014–17 coral bleaching event.
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📸 : Reza Shokri
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@noaa.gov
Hazardous sludge produced by ships ⚓🛳️🛢️🛢️😷could soon be repurposed into new engine fuel, thanks to new @jcuofficial.bsky.social research that aims to reduce the impacts of shipping on the marine environment. 🚢
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Aspiring international student from an Australia Awards participating country can study at James Cook University with a fully funded Australia Awards Scholarship!
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🌊🐢Turtle conservation protocols are being tested for the first time to improve the health of young, endangered loggerheads at Queensland’s most popular nesting beach.
@jcuofficial.bsky.social @griffith.edu.au
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A group of researchers, including JCU adjunct professor Eric Wolanski have raised alarm that the Lower Burdekin River could undergo a major channel shift far sooner than previously projected 💦🛶🚨
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From left, Rachel Hay, and project partners JCU PhD student Carrie Wilson and rural and remote internet advocate Kristy Sparrow.
Congratulation to JCU’s Dr Rachel Hay who has been awarded a $50,000 grant from au Domain Administration Limited. Dr Hay's work will help people in rural, regional and remote areas navigate connectivity options, understand technologies and providers, and troubleshoot issues.
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Extreme heat is a major public health threat that strains health systems during heatwaves and in the days that follow.
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@jcucase.bsky.social researchers have taken a deeper dive into the complexities of human personality traits and addiction in adults, revealing new insights to help with social media addiction and internet gaming disorder.
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A new chapter of James Cook University's Medicine program began in Cairns this week as fourth-year students reported to The Yeinie Building in the heart of the CBD. 👏🏫🥼
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@jcuofficial.bsky.social research reveals the tale of two pioneering artists. Their exquisite paintings of Australian tropical plants inspired, broke gender and cultural barriers, and protected the environment.
Ellis Rowan (1848-1922) & Vera Scarth-Johnson (1912-1999).
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@jcu helped look at how well co-designed Instagram social media posts conveying national parks water-safety advice to visitors.
“It’s crucial to involve social media users and influencers in the process of designing risk communication material”
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@jcuofficial.bsky.social helped looked at co-designed Instagram social media posts conveying national parks water-safety advice to visitors.
“It’s crucial to involve social media users and influencers in the process of designing risk communication material”
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🪸🪸🪸New research led by researchers from
@jcuofficial.bsky.social
and Queensland Museum Tropics has unlocked a long-standing taxonomic puzzle in soft corals.
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📷: Professor Andrew Baird
A new study reveals allergy risks from fish depend not just on species but also on the size of the fish and which part you eat.
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@jcucase.bsky.social has successfully used a cheap agricultural byproduct, nanocellulose, to make graphene, a high-value super-material useful in batteries, electronics and space industry materials. 👉https://tinyurl.com/24yuwxws
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