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James Cook University is Australia's leading tropical research university, with campuses in Townsville, Cairns and Singapore. CRICOS Provider Code: 00117J.

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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 23h
JCU researchers are calling for greater attention to financial literacy in schools after a new study found that people with a strong understanding of personal insurance were more likely to engage with insurance products. Full story: shorturl.at/NSHex
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
New research shows that pollution from bushfires in the Amazon damages surviving trees and further reduces the rainforest’s ability to absorb global carbon dioxide, with an ‘unprecedently large’ El Niño this year likely to make matters worse. Full story: shorturl.at/N8qQf
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Musical taste is often treated as a question of what people enjoy, but new research suggests the music people hate can be just as revealing. @studylistening.bsky.social Full story: shorturl.at/Gxbf3
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New research sheds light on why a surprising number of fishers always follow fishing rules, even when enforcement is unlikely and breaking the rules offers a financial reward. Full story: shorturl.at/wiEIP
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Leo Wood was in for a surprise when he arrived in Perth for the UniSport Nationals. For six months, his lawn bowls team had trained every Friday. “Out of the blue, we were told we’d be competing in tenpin bowls as well. As it turns out, I’m quite good at it.” Full story: shorturl.at/Xhjis
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JCU students’ UniSport Nationals adventure
Leo Wood was in for a surprise when he arrived in Perth for the UniSport Nationals.
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Strong leadership, supportive colleagues and clear work-life boundaries are the most effective ways to protect nurses' mental health during prolonged public health emergencies, according to a new study. Full story: shorturl.at/FERs8
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Nurses call for lasting mental health support after Covid
Strong leadership, supportive colleagues and clear work-life boundaries are the most effective ways to protect nurses' mental health during prolonged public health emergencies, according to a new stud...
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Many of Australia's unique freshwater fish species are edging closer to extinction, with new research warning that the nation's Wet Tropics is facing an escalating conservation crisis. Full story: shorturl.at/KKYG6
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A common human nasal decongestant may help reduce bleeding during corrective nasal surgery in dogs suffering from brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome. Full story: shorturl.at/NlDV2
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New economic modelling from JCU researchers reveals that a five-million-dollar investment to control crown-of-thorns (CoTS) starfish numbers in the Cairns region created 61 new jobs and generated $20 million of economic activity. Full story: shorturl.at/QuWYl
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Analysis of the surge in melioidosis cases during Townsville’s record rainfall during the 2024-25 wet season has reinforced recommendations for emergency care staff. Full story: shorturl.at/RpS6r
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Young men and, perhaps surprisingly, older women have the highest rates of injury among tourists visiting Queensland, according to a study of nine years of ambulance records in the state. Full story: shorturl.at/7xgwI
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Experts from across Education, Health and Community Services have met at James Cook University to discuss the latest research on supporting people living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Full story: shorturl.at/kEl1Z
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
James Cook University recognised seven outstanding alumni at a ceremony on Friday 28 August at the Bebegu Yumba Campus in Townsville. Full story: shorturl.at/9g1um
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Despite having one of the world's largest fishing zones, Australia produces only a tiny share of the world's seafood, with new research suggesting the nation's heavy reliance on imports is shifting environmental and social costs to other countries. Full story: shorturl.at/VdnzU
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New @jcuofficial.bsky.social research has used highly sensitive environmental DNA (e-DNA) techniques to find two species of threatened frogs in places they’ve never been seen before - and find another still struggling to recover from past disease outbreaks. Read more👉🏾 tinyurl.com/y2jtd6an
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@jcuofficial.bsky.social will welcome high school students onto its Townsville campus this October to learn from experienced and knowledgeable brain-science experts and participate in engaging hands-on workshops. The free NeuroSTEM program is on 17 October. Enrol here 👉🏾https://tinyurl.com/26vncxnx
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The King’s Birthday long weekend in Queensland will bring a literary treat, with top authors discussing conservation at the North Australian Festival of Arts in Townsville before an intensive writing workshop gets under way on scenic Yunbenun/Magnetic Island. Full story: shorturl.at/TdZnq
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Far North Queensland high school students have gone behind the scenes of tropical science and research as part of JCU's Heroes in Science program. 🏫🌳🔬 Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/4fXLBB
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Women in rural and remote Queensland are facing major barriers to fertility care that are making an already difficult fertility journey even harder, new James Cook University research has found. 👩‍🍼👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ Read the full story here 📰👉 bit.ly/4wwW1gK
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
JCU is this week hosting a group of high school students from New Caledonia as they work alongside North Queensland students and academics on an engineering project. 🤝🇳🇨🇦🇺🏫 Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/4g3qFIk
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A study by a JCU researcher has found that using artificial intelligence detection software in student assessment is fundamentally unreliable and risks undermining, rather than protecting, academic integrity. Full story: shorturl.at/esZfB
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
JCUVet is putting the call out for man’s best friend to become regular blood donors and help save the lives of other pets in need. 🩸🐶 Read the full story here 📰👉https://bit.ly/4xpZMFu
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
JCU and QIMR Berghofer have strengthened their strategic partnership to create one of Australia's leading collaborations in tropical health research and accelerating the development of new vaccines. Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/3TDJXMS
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Queensland has abundant rare earth mineral deposits - close to the surface and well-suited to extraction using JCU's newly developed and more environment-friendly processing options. @jcuofficial.bsky.social Read more here 👉🏼 tinyurl.com/2mesh9nb
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
James Cook University has helped showcase Mackay as an emerging centre for advanced regional medicine, research and healthcare innovation, hosting the first-ever AMAQ Junior Doctors Conference in the Whitsunday region. Read the full story here 📰👉 shorturl.at/7s2Cv
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A James Cook University study is challenging the belief that the greatest cost of going to court is losing a case, arguing the legal process itself can leave lasting psychological scars. 👨‍⚖️⚖ Read the full story here 📰👉 shorturl.at/stiks
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
James Cook University and the Australian Army Cadets have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formally recognise the leadership and skills gained by Cadets as part of their training. 🖊📝🪖 Read the full story here 📰👉 bit.ly/3TlGfY9
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
James Cook University is opening up two keynote lectures at its mental health symposium to the public this weekend, with leading experts set to explore two important topics. 🗣🧠 Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/3TB1YLE
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
James Cook University is inviting the community to explore its Cairns Nguma-bada campus (Smithfield) this Friday, July 24, with Open Day offering an inside look at the University's teaching and student experience. Read the full story here 👉📰https://bit.ly/44KcGlq
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Analysis of three million toad calls from across Australia gives rare insights into toad breeding behaviour - and offers new hope for halting their advance. @jcu ecology researchers discovered the best conditions for toad calling. tinyurl.com/yc4yeccr
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Leading international scientists, policymakers and Indigenous leaders will converge on James Cook University’s Bebegu Yumba campus in Townsville between July 21 to 23, for a global summit on Coastal Resilience and Habitat Restoration. Read the full story here 📰👉 bit.ly/4vxebyd
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
After previous plans failed to deliver the necessary improvements, @jcuofficial.bsky.social scientists Dr Jon Day and Dr Ron Cole outline their concerns around the latest Australian Federal and QLD State Government proposals for improving water quality. theconversation.com/water-pollut...
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Water pollution has long been a threat to the Great Barrier Reef - plans to fix it aren’t up to the task
There’s one big threat facing the Great Barrier Reef which Australian authorities can solve. But will they?
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
JCU's Yeinie Building in Cairns has been officially opened marking an important milestone in the University's commitment to improving health outcomes across northern Queensland and the tropics. Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/4vz2B5N
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JCU officially opens Yeinie Building in milestone for northern health education
James Cook University’s Yeinie Building in Cairns has been officially opened marking an important milestone in the University's commitment to improving health outcomes across northern Queensland and t...
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Researchers at JCU have identified a promising vaccine candidate against hookworm, a neglected tropical disease that affects an estimated 470 million people worldwide. 🪱💉👩‍⚕️ Read the full story here 📰👉 bit.ly/4ynQivA
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A James Cook University marine geologist will serve as Chief Scientist on this week’s transit voyage of CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator, mapping the seafloor off Australia’s east coast and helping protect the environment and shipping. Full story: shorturl.at/mjpzn
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
JCU is inviting future students and the local community to discover its facilities, course offerings at their Mount Isa Open Day on Thursday, July 16. 🏫👨‍🏫👨🏾‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓 Read the full story here 📰👉 bit.ly/4gCMX5K
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Discover your future at JCU’s Mount Isa Open Day
James Cook University is inviting future students and the local community to discover its facilities, course offerings at their Mount Isa Open Day on Thursday, July 16.
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
New @jcuofficial.bsky.social research shows that improvements in tree, shrub, and grass plantings along the city streets of Queensland can substantially improve pedestrian’s thermal comfort. Read more here 👉🏼
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Well-designed urban street plantings provide relief from summer heat
New research shows that improvements in tree, shrub, and grass plantings along the city streets of Queensland can substantially improve pedestrian’s thermal comfort.
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The final shortlist for the prestigious $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award in 2026 has been announced, with six literary works left vying for the annual prize from James Cook University’s Foundation for Australian Literary Studies. Read the full story here 📰👉 bit.ly/4yfQehz
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
From across Australia, 90 students have taken part in James Cook University’s Indigenous Winter School - making new friends, exploring study options, building confidence and discovering they can succeed at university. “... can open doors to new opportunities." More 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/yr9m4k7c
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Groundbreaking new modelling has revealed that up to 220,000 Indigenous Australians may have died in a devastating smallpox epidemic that began in Sydney in 1789, shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet. Read the full story here 📰👉https://bit.ly/4fspFOH
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Citizen science is booming and could play a much greater role in tackling climate change, reef health, biodiversity and public health challenges by involving members of the public throughout the research process, according to a new study. Full story: shorturl.at/C0jID
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A James Cook University researcher is warning that an entrenched culture of perfectionism in medicine is placing both clinicians and patients at risk, driving burnout and undermining safe care. Full story: shorturl.at/O7gmQ
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
James Cook University’s Daintree Rainforest Observatory (DRO) has welcomed two new team members with the hatching of a couple of osprey chicks. Full story: shorturl.at/nVGMV
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Health researchers are calling for urgent action to improve support for nurses working in Australia’s health system, with emotional burnout in nurses’ first year identified as a key driver of early attrition. Full story: shorturl.at/g6L8f
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Extreme weather events in North Queensland are playing havoc with roads, dams, rivers and infrastructure, prompting the need for ‘local’ solutions. “As a community, we really need to raise our understanding and ability to manage these impacts.” read more 👉🏼https://tinyurl.com/3pac39ff
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
New JCU research has shown that AI can be used to help doctors differentiate between healthy people and people with schizophrenia, even when patients are stressed. “We need the AI model to explain why it can, or why it can’t, separate these two groups.” Read more 👉🏼 tinyurl.com/4tbjx3rx
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A new study shows AI working with an Australia-wide network of acoustic sensors has enormous potential to track threatened species activity through time and help protect them. Full story: shorturl.at/RTiTQ
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A JCU PhD student’s late-night solo survey has led to the first recorded sighting of a microwhip scorpion in the Daintree Rainforest. 🦂 Full story: shorturl.at/0rQCi
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Here from JCU Adjunct Professor in Marine Biology Dr Alastair Birtles in this fascinating BBC about how photographer Marcia Riederer captured the elegance and curiosity of the elusive dwarf minke whale. 🐋📸 Read the full story here 📰👇 shorturl.at/QYPT3
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'The moment I made eye contact with a whale'
In a series of striking photographs, Marcia Riederer captures the elegance and curiosity of the elusive dwarf minke whale.
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James Cook University @jcuofficial.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
A range of incredible books are among a longlist of 14 works selected for the prestigious $50,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award in 2026. 📖 Read the full story here 👉📰 bit.ly/4aAuTFj
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