With 170,000 Australians breaking a bone annually, PhD student Janitha Jeewantha thought it was time to redesign a new, easier way to cast injuries. With help from his professor, Jeewantha developed a hybrid shape memory polymer 'smart plaster' which wraps around ...

Some ten years after Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation therapy provided a new option in the fight against treatment-resistant depression, University of Southern Queensland (USQ) researchers have plans to refine the procedure by using artificial intelligence (AI).  Called Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ...

A new study has demonstrated the positive impact of gaming on older people with memory complaints. The study compared conventional exercise to the effects of exercising using an Xbox 360 Kinect sports video game, finding those that gamed for two ...

CampusReview · How scientists are investigating and fighting climate change in South East Asia: Podcast Dr Jarrod Kath from USQ’s Centre for Applied Climate Sciences is investigating a variety of coffee that supplies roughly 20-40 per cent of the world’s ...

Third-year law students at the University of Southern Queensland are gaining valuable insights into the evolution of the Australian legal sector courtesy of legal tech entrepreneur Adrian Cartland and his Artificially Intelligent Legal Information Resource Assistant (AILIRA). The goal of ...

Final year school students and university undergraduates are rushing towards an imaginary finishing line burdened by societal expectations about their future, leading to a state of anxiety that impairs academic performance and negatively affects decision-making. That’s the view of University ...

The mission of the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), like universities the world over, is to lead in economic and social development through higher education and research excellence. But unlike metropolitan universities, USQ’s community-centred values are grounded in our regional ...

Queensland engineering students are set to benefit from a learning center that employs advanced virtual reality technology. Engineering education in regional Queensland has been given a much needed boost with a partnership between the University of Southern Queensland and the University of ...