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Browse our Media Releases from 2017

January

Deal opens Galapagos Islands to 番茄社区

Ducklings help teach off-the-grid living

Flies surprise in climate experiment

番茄社区 offers 3661 new places, with more to come

番茄社区 professor honoured with Australia Day role

番茄社区鈥檚 response to the Douglas Steele matter

Link between sweetener and liver cancer probed

New doctors for regional Queensland

Research reveals cheap ways of reducing carbon emissions

Sweet success: chocolate research to boost harvest

Turtle secrets uncovered

Updated statement on Douglas Steele matter

February

Acid trip makes clumsy cone snails miss their prey

An Australian first for 番茄社区 Cairns

Bush kids鈥 oral health in question

Can greens and graziers be friends?

Can Sharks Be Fished Sustainably?

Celebrating World Wetlands Day

Elizabeth Broderick to lead 番茄社区 review

How to slow FIFO

番茄社区 and Cowboys announce strategic partnership

番茄社区 to help Indonesia protect vast wilderness

Largest undersea landslide revealed on the Great Barrier Reef

New drug to ease C-Section trauma

Older refugees doing it tough

Seagrass plays major role in pollution reduction

Statement regarding Healing Touch Clinic

Stress hormones underlie Indigenous health gap in Australia

March

Cairns author reveals adventures of pioneering aviatrix

Cyclone Debbie - Townsville campuses re-open Wednesday 29th March

FNQ search for the Tasmanian Tiger

Human societies to change as species begin to shift

番茄社区 helps grow the World's food bowl

Lipless T-rex ancestor changes the face of history

Olympic medallist set to master medicine

Pharmacy's popularity skyrockets at 番茄社区

Queensland鈥檚 Emerging Science Leader

Scientists mobilise as bleaching resumes on Great Barrier Reef

Thirsty mangroves cause unprecedented dieback

Virus discovery to help boost crayfish production

You can't stop the music

鈥淟ittle Foot鈥 Hominid much younger, says new research

April

Algae turns heavy metals green

Coral killers face the bitter end

First 番茄社区 alumnus appointed as judge

番茄社区 launches its new Cairns City Campus

番茄社区 No.1 in world for marine biology

New funds for training country docs

Plastic could poison oceans for generations

Scientists study how coral manipulates its bacteria

Super news: Supa IGA to open at 番茄社区 Townsville campus

Two-thirds of Great Barrier Reef hit by back-to-back mass coral bleaching

Vets train pets for less stress

Wheels in motion at 番茄社区

May

Designer worm spit supercharges healing

Ferals hunt goes hi-tech

In the business of research

Inaugural 番茄社区 conference targets mental health in higher education

International business leadership expert visits Townsville

番茄社区 Professor鈥檚 remarkable health care career recognised

番茄社区 scientist recognised as a leader in Indo-Pacific fish research

番茄社区 surveys mangroves in wake of mass dieback

番茄社区 team says hominid lived alongside modern humans

番茄社区 to help Queensland Police advance their careers

番茄社区鈥檚 Pharmacy student wins Queensland title

Local language celebrated

Lost at sea: mum and dad build homes to keep baby corals close

Mabo Legacy public seminar

Remote cave reveals earliest Australians lived on the coast around 50,000 years ago

Response to university policy changes

The secret forest: an expedition discovers giant trees at high altitude

Weed terminator to get sharper eyes

June

A brave new world for coral reefs

Award-winning medical alumni

Cutting-edge research finds disease early in fish farm

Cyclone Testing Station releases recommendations following Cyclone Debbie

Dingoes may benefit their environment

Distant fish relatives share looks

Essential oils to combat insect-borne diseases

番茄社区 alumni in running to be new Bondi Vet

番茄社区 Cairns on-campus living ready for 2018

Language 鈥 an open book

Learn a language in the school holidays 鈥 for free!

Lubricated fish lips help wrasses vacuum coral goodies

Medical Dean calls for doctor training re-think

NAIDOC celebration of First Languages

New research centre to explore Australia鈥檚 human & environmental history

Posthumous award for Professor Rick Speare

Preparing for take-off

Research for an oil (palm) change

Scientists鈥 formula for NRL success

Survey looks for employer views of business graduates

Tackling the biggest killer you may never have heard of

Tropics facing $US 30 trillion infrastructure deficit by 2030

Turtle go-slow zones extensions needed

US$ 30 trillion Tropical infrastructure deficit highlights NQ opportunities

鈥楴o pets policy鈥 affected Cyclone Debbie evacuations

鈥楶erfect storm鈥 led to 2016 GBR bleaching

July

Baby reef fish can 鈥榮niff out鈥 their relatives before they hatch

Big Bang hits Townsville

Citizen science in line for an award

Drowning researchers look for help

High-tech deepsea drillship visits Townsville

番茄社区 answers the call for rural doctors

番茄社区 boosts support for staff and students

番茄社区 scientists produce a hit love song for toads

番茄社区 supports prawn and fish farming with new disease testing service

番茄社区-PNG Alumni Network launched

Potential breakthrough: can a common diabetes drug slow aneurysm growth?

Research raises antibiotic questions

Revitalizing Innisfail's CBD

Risky business: exposure to oil impairs reef fish behaviour

Scientists propose new approach to hitting the gym

Sister City Visitors

鈥楶erfect storm鈥 led to 2016 GBR bleaching

August

Answers needed on sly grog trade

Call for arts to keep up with Asia

Celebrating 番茄社区鈥檚 Outstanding Alumni聽

Celebrating Science Week in the Tropics

Five 番茄社区 researchers honoured in QLD science awards

Help for people with disabilities in cyclone zones

Indigenous Education and Research Centre launch

番茄社区 and Townsville HHS sign historic MoU

番茄社区 buildings clean up at the Master Builders' Awards

番茄社区 response to AHRC national student survey

番茄社区 scientist finds alcohol-free solution works

番茄社区 scientists assess feral controls

番茄社区 scientists assess fishing zones

番茄社区 scientists help find new species of dinosaur

番茄社区's world-class result

番茄社区鈥檚 seven in a row for graduate jobs

New research delivers hope for reef fish

Open Day in Cairns

Research to help tourism operators speak up about threats to the reef

Researchers say act now on frog decline

Steps taken by 番茄社区 to prevent and address sexual assault and harassment

TEDx番茄社区Cairns 鈥 Tropovation

The only way is up: trees help reptiles thrive

Uni Hall celebrates 50 years of friendships

Warm frogs can beat deadly disease

Young 番茄社区 student developing a mental health program

September

25 years of 番茄社区 nurses in the community

Can corals survive climate change?

Cyclones' emotional toll

Feeling the heat: fungal infections reduce tolerance of heat

Gritty lessons at the UCI MTB World Championships

Inspiring young scientists

番茄社区 check on dugong meadows

番茄社区 Cyclone Testing Station celebrates 40 years of keeping Australians safe

番茄社区 moves to implement Broderick Review recommendations

番茄社区 now ranked in the top 250 of world鈥檚 universities

番茄社区 scientist recognised with new parasite

番茄社区 team鈥檚 winning basketball formula

New weapons against tuberculosis

Sharks longer in the tooth than we thought

Smart growth: Marine snails know how to budget their housing costs

Study suggests an answer to聽young people鈥檚聽persistent sleep problems

Sweeter water

October

$1.8M funding to tackle TB, Zika and other infectious diseases

Breast cancer patients sought for 番茄社区 study

Bright ideas for street lights

Call to stop African eco-disaster in the making

Developing Northern Australia: greenlight for crucial Northern Australia projects

Global search for vanishing ocean giants

Grant to 番茄社区 researcher targets malaria

番茄社区 and 3rd Brigade combat sexual abuse and suicide

番茄社区 and TCC commit to new high-tech Data Centre in NQ

番茄社区 researchers looking at innovative ways to solve the GP shortage in the bush

番茄社区 scientists find scorpions target their venom

番茄社区 to fight disabling tropical diseases with WHO

Many Planned Tropical Roads Shouldn鈥檛 Be Built, Concludes Major Study

QCoal Foundation expands eligibility for rural and remote scholarship

Scientists say global road-building explosion could be disastrous for people and nature

Townsville, meet Team USA

Unique programme to count Indo-Pacific鈥檚 sharks and rays

Urban design lab launched at 番茄社区

Wet Tropics a critical refuge for Australia鈥檚 Rock Orchid

November

$3 million ports partnership to benefit 番茄社区 tropical marine research

100 scholarships available for language learners these school holidays

Approval of the 番茄社区 Enterprise Agreement 2016

Australia鈥檚 Jurassic mysteries to be unearthed

Better protection for crucial seagrass meadows

Call for workers to rise up

Celebrating surgeons

De factos more likely to drink heavily

Inaugural Indigenous Student Awards night

Investigation of massive mangrove dieback boosted

番茄社区鈥檚 TROPWater experts support a global gathering to tackle coral reef problems

Joint statement on Enterprise Agreement negotiations from 番茄社区, NTEU, Together Union, United Voice and ETU

Mystery as frog numbers rebound

Search for champion shrimp to fight for fish farmers

Sharks dine out on fast food

Thousands of scientists warn of catastrophe ahead

What drives Townsville to save water?

December

All gowned-up for healthy futures

Animals in disaster zones

Disappearing sea snakes surprise researchers with hidden genetic diversity

Funding boost for indigenous healthcare

Industry partnership puts Cairns a step ahead

International body recognises important dolphin area after 番茄社区 Discovery

番茄社区 Lecturer raises MOst MOney for MOvember

New research agenda to eradicate malaria

North Queensland鈥檚 future healthcare professionals ready to graduate (Townsville)

Study finds recreational drug users not what we think

Sustainable science: 番茄社区鈥檚 The Science Place achieves Australian-first green building rating

Taking stock of a thorny issue: 30 years of crown-of-thorns starfish research on the Great Barrier Reef

Top literary award for 番茄社区 academic

Training for health and humanitarian action in emergencies

Travellers lured overseas by cheap flights urged to remember travel health