Media Releases
Browse our Media Releases from 2019
- Lifejacket use on boats probed
- Fighting another virus? Blame your parents
- Trees change inside as drought persists
- Mars Australia and JCU: a sustainable partnership
- Opportunity rocks for geoscience students
- Ray of hope for fish allergy sufferers
- Revolutionary gene tech used on cancer-causing worm
- 3168 new places at JCU, with more to come
- JCU vision for future a step closer with $5 million State Government funding
- Will a massive Antarctic ice sheet collapse?
- Indonesian road-building spree among ‘world’s scariest’ environmental threats
- Corals light up to attract good company
- JCU professor honoured with Australia Day role
- JCU Vice Chancellor appointed to Order of Australia
- Experts call for rethink of global shipping to stop marine giants becoming ‘roadkill’
- Being top dog doesn’t mean better sperm in African wild dogs
- Aquaculture plan for northern Australia
- Townsville campus re-opens
- Scientists offer solutions to protect coastal populations
- Ewe beauty! Making lamb even better
- Climate change may destroy tiger’s home
- Citizen scientists to help map the reef
- Champion sprinter to stay in Townsville thanks to JCU
- New friendships and essentials for study success – it’s time for ‘O Week’ at JCU!
- How long does it take coral reefs to recover from bleaching?
- Survey shows flood caught people out
- $500 flood hardship grants for students
- Exploring the deep reef
- NQ floods could cause “freshwater bleaching” of GBR
- Lessons from 50 years of corporate collapse
- Real-time genetic tests could be game changer
- JCU researcher awarded prestigious Fulbright Fellowship
- Pollinators need people
- No silver bullet for the Great Barrier Reef
- Big data takes aim at a big human problem
- Eating fish may help prevent asthma
- Inbred invasive ants eat their sterile sons
- JCU’s world-class research report card
- Breast is best - but don’t stress
- Calming pheromones could decrease animal aggression
- Helping to keep travellers healthy and safe
- Spectacular rare gecko discovered on Townsville’s doorstep
- Global warming disrupts recovery of coral reefs
- Fire sparks evacuation at JCU Townsville campus
- Update: overnight fire at JCU Townsville campus
- JCU Connect: connecting business with world-class research
- Townsville campus fire update: permanent accommodation arrangements
- Mints, dirt and zippers, but sandpaper was a rub too far
- Innovative new toolkit to fill gaps in missing shark and ray data
- James Cook University awarded EduTrust Star for the second time
- Mountain rescue
- Fishy diagnostics for food allergy testing
- Teens heed smoke signals
- Ocean currents bring good news for reef fishes
- How to combine ‘leg day’ with running
- Holy Pleistocene, the answer’s in the bat cave
- Flood of mosquito disease avoided
- Assaulted cops call for mandatory sentencing
- Breaking bread with rivals leads to more fish on coral reefs
- Antioxidants protect hot hogs from sperm DNA damage
- Residents turned to Facebook during February floods
- Stroke survey to assist survivors
- Guide launched to help endangered sharks and rays
- Pelvic exercises may beat bedroom blues
- How plants are working hard for the planet
- Urgent call to fill big gaps in knowledge about finch
- A lifetime’s collection donated to JCU
- Tiny fish live fast, die young
- How do Australians think about water?
- Child protection workers traumatised
- ‘Stayin’ alive’ needs practice
- Cairns Innovation Centre breaks new ground
- Citizen scientists mobilise to help the Great Barrier Reef
- An island haven for frogs
- Cardinal fish caught sneaking a bit on the side
- Plans for a secondary college on JCU's Cairns Campus
- Rescuers often driven by emotion
- On your bike?
- Squid could thrive under climate change
- Retracing our ancient routes
- Good viruses and bad bacteria: a world-first green sea turtle trial
- Unpredictable new drug cocktails spark warning
- Jake’s journey to the World Uni Games
- Roads and Deforestation Explode in the Congo Basin
- Survey reveals people think GBR’s problems need collective efforts to solve
- A helping hand for Townsville’s small businesses
- Volunteers wanted to spot stray marine creatures
- Spotlight on a new approach to psychology
- World-first tool to assess climate risks in World Heritage areas
- Grandparents raising kids need more support
- Getting ready for uni at the JCU Indigenous Winter School
- JCU exports its marine expertise to the United Arab Emirates
- Turning to midwives could reduce C-section rate
- Gut health key to effective biomedical research
- Plan for healthy ageing in the Torres Strait
- Fussy fish can have their coral and eat it too
- Exmouth Gulf: a global hotspot for sea snakes
- PNG roadbuilding spree threatens environment, communities and economy
- Child protection not improving after reforms
- Rocket science at JCU
- Cameras reveal secret lives of mangrove stingrays
- Model babies for better reef management
- TIC of approval: Technology Innovation Complex moves ahead
- Sharing flowers deadly for bees
- New trauma drug increases survival by ‘slowing time’
- Marine heatwaves a bigger threat to coral reefs than previously thought
- A licence to parent?
- Jersey colour linked to league injuries
- JCU’s world-class ranking result
- New tags help track baby rays
- Poor digital inclusion: a barrier to economic and social development
- Have your say on the stadium
- Solar and batteries to cut power bills
- Officially partners: JCU and Tablelands Regional Council
- Anti-slavery laws questioned
- Open Day success in Cairns
- Caravan park blues
- Award for JCU’s environmental watchdogs
- Science leader wanted to address global health threats
- Health system falling short of meeting needs of refugees
- Scientists think they’ve found Aussie defender’s last resting place
- JCU’s global rankings success
- Regional hospitals a hit for young doctors
- A tiny, healthy house for the tropics
- JCU shark physiologist wins prestigious QLD science prize
- JCU continues successful partnership with Townsville Fire
- Trans healthcare in the regions under the spotlight
- Shark pups lose gains in stressed environments
- Planned roads would be ‘dagger in the heart’ for Borneo’s forests and wildlife
- Actions to save coral reefs could benefit all ecosystems
- Investigation into breathing problems in sleeping kids
- Indigenous student success celebrated at annual awards night
- Mangrove recovery stalled by dead wood
- JCU to study rapid spread of deer
- Micronutrients ‘slipping through the hands’ of malnourished people
- Warning over new spy laws
- JCU’s 5 stars for jobs
- Stick 'em up! Health warnings on individual cigarettes
- Deadly fungus found in Far North Queensland
- The key steps to migrants’ success
- $30,000 scholarship up for grabs
- Low cervical cancer screening rates explained
- Four decades of ocean records spark concern
- Collaborating and innovating: JCU and Cairns Regional Council sign MOU agreement
- Litter-ly lazy in Cairns
- Townsville’s lazy litterbugs
- JCU legal eagles recognised
- Plastic waste may be headed for the microwave
- Can the weather increase your chances of getting pneumonia?
- A rat race to investigate resilience
- Fish pass ‘hot genes’ onto their grandchildren
- If you can read this – thank a teacher
- GBR island coral decline
- Sea-weeding and Coral IVF aim to restore degraded reefs
- Leading engineering company opens in Townsville
- Robert Drewe’s The True Colour of the Sea wins 2019 Colin Roderick Literary Award
- Coral study prompts rethink of classic scientific theory
- JCU students go global
- Celebrating 10 years of JCU Dentistry
- Do you lift evenly, bro?
- Waterways of QLD and the Great Barrier Reef are suffering from pesticide management failure
- A world spotlight on local ideas: TEDxJCUCairns
- Constant watch needed around paddling pools
- C-sections: are they overused?
- Scientists close in on malaria vaccine
- Predicting the future of coral reefs
- New research to reduce high suicide rates in pregnant women and new mums
- #1 QLD university for postgrads! JCU’s top marks for postgraduate success
- Great Barrier Reef explodes with life as mass coral spawning drives new era of collaboration
- Heat waves, fires, droughts and the environment: what do we need to know in a changing climate?
- JCU stars shine in world of academia
- International dreams come true for JCU students
- Can cooling tropical cities warm up the economy?
- Finding Nemo’s family: a good home is more important than good genes
- Change in aquaculture vital if billions more to be fed
- Unlabelled allergens rife in imported food
- Call for co-operation as blue boats rob Pacific reefs
- Investment set to flow into health and knowledge precinct
- Corals survive to tell the tale of Earth’s newest island eruption
- The sound of science
- Transforming science into economic growth
- Gorgeous geckos: three beautiful new Queensland geckos discovered
- New smokes bring new problems
- JCU’s record number of Indigenous completions
- Bad habits’ hidden impact
- High performance in the Solomon Islands
- No escape for coral in the depths