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Given world-renowned venomous jellyfish expert and Director of the Tropical Australian Stinger ... More stinger education needed in Cairns says professor MARINE stinger symposium at James Cook University has given world-renowned venomous jellyfish expert and Director of the Tropical Australian Stinger Research Unit, associate professor Jamie Seymour, faith that more of ... Cairns Post - 3 weeks ago
The first university in the world to install a Bio-Regen unit, a ... Waste not, want not at JCU James Cook University is the first university in the world to install a Bio-Regen unit, a machine that takes food scraps and turns them into a liquid bio-fertiliser. The system, ... University News - 1 month ago
Be in danger of running out of places to send its medical ... More students than medical training spots JAMES Cook University may be in danger of running out of places to send its medical students for training. Townsville Bulletin - latest - 1 month ago
Become the first university in the world to install a machine that ... Food scraps to fertiliser in university first JAMES Cook University has become the first university in the world to install a machine that transforms food scraps into fertiliser. Townsville Bulletin - latest - 1 month ago
Questioned why coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef has continued to ... Why is Great Barrier Reef ‘not so great’ Researchers at James Cook University have questioned why coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef has continued to decline when it is recognised as “the best managed coral reef system ... University News - 1 month, 1 week ago
Rocketed up Nature Publishing's index for the Asia-Pacific 2011. It is 65th, ... Rankings in Nature favour JCU JAMES Cook University has rocketed up Nature Publishing's index for the Asia-Pacific 2011. It is 65th, up from 351 last year and 10th in Australia. The Australian Higher Education News - 2 months ago
Better understand a disease that is affecting marine turtles. We are working ... Traditional Rangers need to be part of the solution WWF-Australia today welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement that there would be an investigation into allegations of illegal poaching of turtles and dugongs in Far North Queensland, but said more Indigenous ... World Wildlife Foundation - 2 months, 1 week ago

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3 days, 17 hours ago

James Cook University at coalface of farming revolution

THE future of farming in the Far North could be transformed by a Cairns scientist's $1 million research grant to fertilise crops using biochar - a type of charcoal created ... Cairns Post - 5:45 a.m. Friday 18th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

4 days, 13 hours ago

World famous street performer and live mouth magician Dub FX at James Cook University

Experience the magic of Dub FX and Flower Fairy in Cairns Cairns Local Entertainment - 9:53 a.m. Thursday 17th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

6 days, 12 hours ago

Research targets cattle weight loss during inter-island travel

Researchers from James Cook University in Townsville are looking at ways to reduce cattle weight loss during inter-island transportation in Indonesia. Cattle can lose up to 15pc of their live ... Beef Central - 10:37 a.m. Tuesday 15th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

1 week ago

Growing the grunt: developing green biofuels for Australia

In 300 BC, the Syrian city of Antioch had public street lighting fuelled by olive oil. At the 1900 Paris World Fair, German inventor Rudolph Diesel demonstrated his engine powered ... The Conversation - Environment & Energy - 6:34 a.m. Monday 14th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

1 week, 3 days ago

A solution to a life-threatening allergy

For around one in 100 Australians who have food allergy, simply ingesting a small amount of pasta containing shellfish can be life-threatening. Monash University researchers have taken a step towards ... University News - 3:13 p.m. Friday 11th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

1 week, 4 days ago

FIFOs risk relationships

A JAMES Cook University demographer has warned that Townsville's increasing fly in, fly out workforce could take a heavy toll on families. Townsville Bulletin - latest - 4:35 a.m. Thursday 10th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

1 week, 5 days ago

Jobs depend on small reef fish

Small fish don't get much attention, but they play a vital role in keeping reefs free of seaweed and 500 million people worldwide in a job. Image: ARC Centre of ... ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - midnight Wednesday 9th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

2 weeks, 3 days ago

Australia’s disappearing sea snakes

Australia’s sea snakes may be more in danger of extinction than previously thought, marine scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies say. New research by Dr ... University News - 2:25 p.m. Friday 4th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

Homebody sea snakes at risk

A genetic study has revealed turtleheaded snakes rarely breed with individuals on other reefs, so if one population was wiped out, it's unlikely to be 'replenished' by neighbouring snakes. Image: ... ScienceAlert - Latest Stories - 11:10 a.m. Friday 4th May 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

3 weeks ago

JCU graduation - Cheers to class of 2012

THE increased value of an education through James Cook University's Cairns campus was apparent on Saturday as almost 400 graduates celebrated their achievements in the institute's 25th year. Cairns Post - 4:22 a.m. Monday 30th April 2012 EST Related Articles View Article Email

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