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Disease detectives: a new frontier in genetic mutations
In hospitals around the globe lay seven patients from six unrelated families. Separated by thousands of kilometres across 4…
Fishing in tandem brings benefits for people and dolphins
Dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil catch more fish by working together, a new study by an international team of…
How plants can inspire new ways to extract value from waste
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to…
New techniques for accurate measurements of tiny objects
New research led by a team of scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) has outlined a way to achieve more…
2022 water report: global warming changing the water cycle
The third La Niña year in a row intensified existing droughts in the Americas, while causing floods in parts of Asia and Oceania…
Ecosystems in Victoria and Tasmania feeling the heat
A new study led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shown that ecosystems in western parts of…
New tool to help maximise nation's solar and wind potential
A new tool developed by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) shows the best locations around Australia…
ANU and Korean firm set sights on finding cure for blindness
Korean biotech company MDimune Inc. and scientists from the Clear Vision Research Lab at The Australian National University (…
How ocean currents helped Dr Adele Morrison find her path
Oceanographer Dr Adele Morrison is working on the frontline of the climate crisis. Her research is crucial to our understanding…
ANU to shape a safer tech future with new cybernetics school
How Australia and the world can safely navigate and steer the profound impact new technologies, including artificial intelligence…
What is Cybernetics?
Cybernetics is not just about robots and artificial intelligence (AI), and whether humans will become cyborgs or if computers…
Big brains bring change: inside the social life of spiders
For anyone with arachnophobia, the only thing worse than finding a lone spider dangling in a doorway or resting on your rear-view…
World’s oldest meal offers food for thought
The contents of the last meal consumed by the earliest animals known to inhabit Earth more than 550 million years ago has…
ANU researchers win PM's science prizes
Two leading researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) who are battling catastrophic climate change and killer…
ANU to map Australia's telecommunications resilience
A first-of-its kind project led by The Australian National University (ANU) will holistically map the resilience of Australia's…
Study shows the cost of captivity
Animals bred in captivity can experience significant changes to their bodies, behaviour and health, which affects their chances…
ANU innovation boosting green and manufacturing revolutions
A new training centre hosted by The Australian National University (ANU) is upskilling the next generation of researchers in…
Extra 1,500 pumped hydro sites could bolster energy grids
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have released a detailed study outlining 1,500 additional locations…
Children’s book helps power clean energy transition
Renewable energy researcher at The Australian National University (ANU) and 2022 Tall Poppy recipient Dr Bjorn Sturmberg can now…
Aussie skygazers to witness blood moon in all its glory
Attention space lovers: cancel your plans on Tuesday evening because you're in for a treat. A blood moon will grace our skies,…
