QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsAdvanced Micro Devices How ski grooming patterns affect visibility in the snowuq.edu.au When QBI researcher Dr Will Harrison “stacked it” on a ski slope in Canada, his holiday transformed into a research project in the snow. Dr Harrison …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsAustralian Universities How ski grooming patterns affect visibility in the snowuq.edu.au - uqqjones Dr Will Harrison turned a holiday into a science project when he noticed the visibility of "groomed" ski runs was affected by shady or overcast …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Professor Linda Richards named Officer in Order of Australiauq.edu.au - uqqjones Professor Linda Richards has been named an Officer in the Order of Australia.StoriesRichards
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Vision of light: deep-sea fish use colour to see in the darkuq.edu.au - uqqjones Queensland Brain Institute researchers have discovered some types of deep-sea fish may have highly sensitive colour …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Microscopic worms could provide key to repairing injured nervesuq.edu.au - uqqjones The ability of a tiny worm to repair injured nerves could one day help victims of nerve injuries such as paralysis.Nerve regenerationStoriesHilliard
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo New model offers hope for schizophrenia treatmentsuq.edu.au - uqqjones Queensland Brain Institute researchers have developed a new schizophrenia model that will enable better understanding of the disease and may lead to …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo New brain cancer centre takes up the fight for childrenuq.edu.au - uqqjones QBI researcher Dr Jens Bunt will lead an international team investigating a highly aggressive type of brain cancer at Australia’s first research …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Blood cells the missing link in post-exercise boostuq.edu.au - uqballa1 Researchers have discovered a new way in which exercise boosts our brain - following exercise, platelets in our blood prompt neural stem cells to …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoVitamin D Remembered to take your vitamins? How vitamin D can affect your brainuq.edu.au - uqqjones QBI Associate Professor Thomas Burne answers all your questions about the link between vitamin D deficiency and and cognitive disorders.
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoUniversity of Queensland Vote now: QBI scientists strives for STEM Prizeuq.edu.au - uqqjones Voting has opened for this year's Queensland Women in STEM Prize.StoriesWomen
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Researchers net new theory on vitamin D and cognitive disordersuq.edu.au - uqqjones New research from QBI may explain how vitamin D deficiency leads to a range of cognitive disorders, including depression and …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Extinguishing fear memories relies on an unusual change to DNAuq.edu.au QBI researchers have discovered a DNA modification that enhances our ability to extinguish fear. The findings, published in the journal Nature …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains The brain pathways that lead to risky businessuq.edu.au Are you a daredevil or do you prefer to play it safe? Whatever your answer, while you might think you freely choose whether to take risks or follow …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains DNA repair gene critical for memory consolidationuq.edu.au Queensland Brain Institute neuroscientists have found that the brain’s process for repairing DNA is also important for consolidating memories and …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Best neuroscience images of 2018uq.edu.au As the body's most complex and least-understood organ, the brain is as an object of much fascination and mistque, with many of its functions and …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Risk for developing more than one mental health disorder revealeduq.edu.au The risk of developing a second mental health disorder after an initial diagnosis is high, even many years later, according to new research led by …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Brain pathway that explains blindsight confirmeduq.edu.au Researchers at the UQ's Queensland Brain Institute have confirmed the existence of an elusive pathway in the brain that enables some blind people to …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains True colours: test determines how animals see colouruq.edu.au Trained fish are helping researchers at The University of Queensland to understand animal vision and factors behind the huge variation in colours …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Why our brain is the most intelligent machine of alluq.edu.au The idea of intelligent machines - otherwise known as artificial intelligence (AI) - is an increasingly hot topic. They contain the promise of a …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains How do we smell things?uq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Whenever we smell something, our nose and brain work together to make sense of hundreds of very tiny invisible particles, known as molecules or …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Podcast: the science of addictionuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon QBI's Dr James Kesby on how our brain's reward mechanism works, and what happens when things go wrong.
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Hallucinations related to eye disease have brain basisuq.edu.au - uqballa1 New research from The University of Queensland has shown for the first time that visual hallucinations in people with macular degeneration are …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Trouble falling asleep? Your sleep switch may be to blameuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon According to new research from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute, a particular area in the brain has neurons that act like a sleep …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Neuroscientists uncover ancient map of brain connectionsuq.edu.au - uqballa1 The corpus callosum, which connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain has evolved from a more ancient brain template shared by all …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Podcast: Super memory - what it's like to remember being a babyuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Rebecca Sharrock has a condition called Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, which enables her to remember every day of her life in clear, …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Finding the brain’s ‘inner GPS’ cells proves elusiveuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Dr Baumann from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute and colleagues have put to rest the notion that fMRI can detect the brain's place cells.Alzheimer's …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Spots or stripes make no difference to fish predatorsuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon How do predators learn what they can and cannot eat by how their prey looks? It’s all about the pattern edge, say University of Queensland …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Paying attention helps your brain process what it can't seeuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Paying attention to a location helps the brain to process not just what you can see there, but also what you can’t – suggesting that attention and …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing BrainsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Genetics play a part in how long you studyuq.edu.au - uqzmcdon Genes play a much larger role than previously thought in how long you might stay in formal education, say researchers from one of the largest genetic …
QBIadded this to Our Amazing Brains Podcast: narcolepsy and other sleep disordersuq.edu.au - uqdlu1 What if, no matter how much sleep you had, you didn't wake rejuvenated the next day?
