Media Releases
Browse our Media Releases from 2022
January
Gaming addiction linked to personality
JCU in hot demand for study in 2022
Teens lose sleep over bullying
New Central Queensland healthcare training site announced
The future for sharks: adapt, move or die
Microscope zooms in on JCU research
Crazy ants kill small rainforest skinks
JCU set to kick goals for athletic performance
Almost all corals face catastrophic bleaching
February
Next-gen testing opens the way to beating kidney disease
Poor sleep more common for Indigenous people
Seaweed removal helps coral babies thrive
International students welcomed with open arms
Drone enterprise aims to map the world
Rebuilding public trust in science and social media
Sports scholarship sets Benson up for glory
Geology student wins life-changing scholarship
JCU to continue fight against disabling tropical diseases with WHO
March
A hookup may not make you feel better
Concerns as development threatens reefs
New strategies for saving the Great Barrier Reef
Researchers forge path for women in STEM
Unleashing the tiger – world-first mapping of the Aussie tiger prawn genome
Deadly snakes proving to be slippery customers
National Student Safety Survey
Fade to grey – fish communities become duller as coral reefs die
JCU Hub works to build ultimate athletes
Ecosystems protect us from climate change – but they need our help
Grads engineer their way to success
New Director for the TNQ Drought Hub
Study finds Emergency Department nurses routinely abused, facing violence
JCU welcomes new Commonwealth Supported Places for medicine
April
Call for new induced labour guidelines
JCU students develop next-gen smart boat
North’s military bases ‘playing catch-up’ against China
Hotel quarantine should upgrade
JCU’s Trailblazing research success
Confronting pre-COVID mental health demons
Rock fishers at risk while life jacket warnings go unheeded
The future of food from the warming sea
New study questions dingo culling
May
Long lost ‘bum-breathing’ turtle makes its return
Tropical scientists deliver a ‘World-first’ in Scotland
AI sediment prediction tool a ‘world first’ for Reef
Calls for targeted action as rural road toll exposed
Dramatic loss of globe’s wetlands
New treatment keeps bush kids close to home
Rainforest trees have been dying faster since the 1980s
Turtles, dugongs in danger from seagrass loss
Croc meat may be unsafe for fish allergy sufferers
New culprit found to cause shellfish allergy
Lost tourists need new approach
New program to boost veterans’ health
June
Girls have worse Covid mental health than boys
COVID not so easy to brush off
Nature-based tourism benefits may be unfair
Citizen scientists getting it right
Algae can help protect coral reefs – but it’s all in the timing
New climate change threat to tropical rainforests
Indigenous health gap can be closed
How a Q&A could be career-defining
Future cricket stars to take skills to next level
Tropics weather the COVID storm but challenges remain
Indigenous students excel at Winter School
July
‘Living green’ but wasting food
Innovative stroke recovery research
The double burden of climate change
Park funding goes to tourists over environment
Online mental health fine-tuned
Study provides new clues to killer frog disease
‘Dog people’ may do better in lockdown
Interactive health atlas zones in on northern Queensland needs
‘Groovy’ research unlocks secrets of wave energy
New group to reignite cultural tourism
Unlocking the power of innovation
Gulf mangrove dieback discovery
Unique diamond find an Australian first
August
Spearfishing restrictions boost fish stocks
Great Barrier Reef plastics danger
Native animals tangled in invasive songs
Discovery could mean crops better equipped for climate change
Big Ideas for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Scientists call for a national approach to marine and coastal restoration
Bushfire readiness warning for Townsville communities
Sing like there’s nobody comparing
JCU and Glencore join forces for critical turtle research
Study links caesareans and cardiovascular risk
‘Cleaner’ fish potential parasite super-spreaders
Study to tackle concussion head on
Sharks walk away from climate change
September
Breeding better waste munching flies
Indigenous students shine at awards
Putting the ‘fun’ in functional training
Half of First Nations dementia may be preventable
Snappy idea set to help crabbers
Coal road to cut through imperilled rainforest
Termites – busier as the planet warms
New funding to fight allergies
Scholarship sets students up for success
Dino evolution research a huge step forward
October
JCU launches full medical course in Cairns
DNA reveals the past and future of coral reefs
Mass bleachings – but little change in GBR priorities
JCU to host job-creating public service academy
Djungan and Djabugay artefacts return home
Apocalypse soon – scientists warn of insect decline
Coral reefs can adapt in response to mild marine heatwaves
New online tool for prenatal testing decisions
‘Wild Abandon’ wins 2022 Roderick Literary Award
November
Veterans tap into mindfulness with new program
Students set to take off with scholarship
Bringing back bushfoods: Australia’s landscape mapped to boost bush tucker
New $89M national research centre at JCU
New dates for Māori settlement of Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Game-changing tool to help rehab patients
Playing with pride and protection
Call for harder line on how we judge conservation
Possums threatened by climate change
Seagrass restoration project spans two oceans
Reef businesses adapt to climate change
December
New search technique to help find ‘green’ minerals
Climate techno-fixes keep the planet on ‘palliative care’
Coral-eating starfish – another victim of climate change?
Tyranny of distance impacts mental health in the bush
Safety courses proposed for farm kids
