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“This indicates how highly prevalent alcohol advertisements are online in Australia, particularly among young people.” Participants were also asked to identify the advertisements’ themes based on categories including ease of access, supporting local, ‘healthier’ alternatives, sales incentive, binge culture and luxury.

A native bushfood has proven to be a promising natural alternative to synthetic chemicals used to preserve meat, according to University of Queensland research.

Vote Compass is an online democratic engagement tool that allows people to work out where their views sit on the political spectrum and in relationship to the major political parties. Voters answer 30 questions on issues such as the cost of living, health, the environment and law and order, as well as how they rate party leaders, ahead of the ...

As ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred loomed over South-East Queensland last week, eagle-eyed Brisbane residents might have spotted hulking yellow boxes appearing at key traffic intersections.. These bright yellow installations are ‘Flood Tuff’ units designed at The University of Queensland to protect the intelligent transport systems that manage traffic flow, signals and road lighting.

MORE than 150,000 learners around the world have gone online to prepare for their English language tests through a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) offered by The University of Queensland. Online English course attracts 150,000 learners - UQ News - The University of Queensland, Australia

Their world-first discovery has been published online today in Nature Photonics. Team leader Associate Professor Warwick Bowen, of UQ’s ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems , said the study relied on quantum interactions between the photons of light to achieve measurement precision that surpassed conventional measurement.

Cultural artefacts and historic sites around the world are being threatened by organised crime groups who traffic the items for lucrative profits, a team of researchers from The University of Queensland found.

Daniel Dunn was just 14-years-old when he started his first business. Eight years and five business ventures later, the now 22-year-old graduates this week from the University of Queensland Bachelor of Advanced Business Honours. “I always knew I wanted to study something related to business and I was lucky enough to be in the pilot cohort of the degree through the UQ Business School,” Mr ...

Education and awareness campaigns could help increase digital literacy of young people and their parents and caregivers. This would provide individuals with the tools to critically assess online content and in tandem enhance healthy online attitudes. These skills are essential through life and will not be developed through a blanket social ...

The UQ study will involve a 15-minute online questionnaire and a video-recorded interview which will take approximately one hour. The information collected will be used to understand the experiences of women pre and post diagnosis. Dr Witteveen has supported women diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood as part of her therapeutic work.