From animals that fight - or mate - to the death, to breakthroughs in nanotechnology, unmanned aerial vehicles and biofortified foods, 2014 was a bumper year for QUT experts and research in the news. Here are our top 15 stories that made headlines across the world.
CARRS-Q Professor Andry Rakotonirainy (pictured) warned that "car hacking" was a security threat to our vehicles.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic visit to QUT (pictured) saw him inspect The Cube and AgBot II and receive updates on various research projects. Prime Minister Modi was one of two world leaders to visit QUT during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane, with Indonesian Joko Widodo also exploring The Cube.
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QUT announced it would offer the world's first international masters in biofabrication, involving 3D printing of body parts, from 2015.
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Dr Paul Cunningham's research into Game of Thrones-style bee battles in Brisbane backyards broke QUT's record for social media coverage. The ScienceAlert and I Freaking Love Science Facebook posts attracted more than 3,290 'shares' and 18,500 'likes'.
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Car enthusiasts and sustainability advocates around the world were revving their engines over news that Professor Nunzio Motta, Dr Jinzhang Liu and PhD researcher Marco Notarianni made a nanotechology breakthrough that could soon see cars powered by their own body panels.
Dr Andrew Baker's discovery of a rare new species of antechinus, a mouse-like mammal with a fatal attraction, proved the popularity of cute animal stories and created a social media storm.
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Professor Duncan Campbell and his team at the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA) made a world-first breakthrough for small Unmanned Aircraft (UA), developing an on-board system that enables a UA to detect another aircraft using vision while in flight.
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Distinguished Professor Judith Clements' (pictured) ovarian cancer research paved the way to developing a drug to block enzymes in ovarian cancer tumours that make the cancer resistant to chemotherapy.
Distinguished Professor James Dale and his team's work on biofortified bananas put the plight of malnourished Ugadans in the limelight.
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Research by Professor Uwe Dulleck and Dr Markus Schaffner used economics to show that being stingy is more stressful than being generous.
Associate Professor Mark Lauchs was consistently sought out by media to offer insightful commentary on issues including the Queensland Government's VLAD laws, security at the G20 and the Senate inquiry into the State Government. His own research projects included finding that cigarette tax increases could create a booking black market in illegal tobacco.
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Professor Lidia Morawska and Associate Professor Adrian Barnett received extensive national and international coverage for their expert comments during and after the month-long Hazelwood coalmine fire that engulfed Morwell residents with toxic smoke.
The world's first comprehensive survey of the global and Australian Twitterspheres, led by Professor Axel Burns, clocked 2.8 million Australian Twitter accounts by September 2013.
Dr Gary Mortimer continued to be a respected voice in the retail industry, receiving national coverage on a range of retail-related issues including his research into why shoppers prefer to buy locally grown and made products.
Dr Stephen Hughes' timely explanation of a rare tetrad of lunar eclipses prompted people across Australia to watch the April and October blood moons. Dr Hughes' description of why the moon looks red during a lunar eclipse ignited the public's curiosity.
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