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Cameron Parsell, The University of Queensland and Karyn Walsh, The University of Queensland.. Measures to tackle homelessness in Australia have been conspicuously absent from the election campaign. The major parties have rightly identified deep voter anxiety over high house prices.

In 2 online surveys of more than 550 men, School of Psychology researchers found that socially dominant men tended to express hostile attitudes towards women. Men's violent reactions to women's rejection - UQ News - The University of Queensland, Australia

Researchers at Queensland’s first quantum technology startup are developing microscopic superconducting hardware critical to scaling up future quantum computer technology.. Key points: The first company to build quantum hardware in Queensland; Will manufacture components 10 times thinner than human hair

Better chronic pain relief could be possible in the future, according to research announced today by scientists at UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute.. Neuropathic and chronic pain is typically caused by injury to the nerves, resulting in uncontrolled activation of pain pathways, and affects one in five Australians of working age.

“Their methods of overcoming that barrier included asking for help, investigating online resources, and spending more time reading and revising their text books. “Students who failed in both years were often struggling to balance multiple study commitments, or balance study with social and work commitments.”

University of Queensland researchers have called on governments to quicken the pace towards a smoke-free Australia by increasing their attention on reducing the availability of cigarettes.

Visitors to the online library will be able to explore approximately 180,000 panoramic underwater coral reef images with another 200,000 panoramas expected by late 2014. “Through the Record we will be able to monitor change in marine environments now and in the future,” Professor Hoegh-Guldberg said.

New Zealand and Europe are the most popular destinations according to the online survey of 560 Australians conducted by Associate Professor Gabby Walters at the UQ Business School. “This shows there may be a lukewarm response to the opening of international borders for the first time in 18 months,” Dr Walters said.

An international coconut forum in Cairns later this month will explore the potential of coconut oil as “biofuel” for isolated South Pacific islands and seek commercial backing to establish a tourist theme park.

Better online support services for suicidal people is more important than shutting down websites showing ways to die, a research academic from The University of Queensland says. Dr Keith Harris found in his recently-completed PhD in Psychology that suicidal people using the internet had not necessarily made up their minds to die.