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10
Feb
2023

Canberra’s superb parrots caught up in housing crisis

Just half a per cent of the available tree hollows in Canberra's woodlands are suitable nests for superb parrots. A new study by…

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09
Feb
2023

Victoria’s protection plan for Gliders falls short

Areas set aside by the Victorian Government as part of plan to conserve 35 threatened species fall well short in their goal to…

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08
Feb
2023

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµsolar pioneer wins Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

An internationally renowned expert in solar energy from ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) who helped transform the…

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01
Feb
2023

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…

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31
Jan
2023

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…

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25
Jan
2023

How plants can inspire new ways to extract value from waste

Scientists from ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to…

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13
Jan
2023

New techniques for accurate measurements of tiny objects

New research led by a team of scientists at ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) has outlined a way to achieve more…

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10
Jan
2023

Ecosystems in Victoria and Tasmania feeling the heat

A new study led by researchers at ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) has shown that ecosystems in western parts of…

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15
Dec
2022

New tool to help maximise nation's solar and wind potential

A new tool developed by researchers from ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) shows the best locations around Australia…

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14
Dec
2022

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµand Korean firm set sights on finding cure for blindness

Korean biotech company MDimune Inc. and scientists from the Clear Vision Research Lab at ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (…

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30
Nov
2022

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…

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29
Nov
2022

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµto 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…

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29
Nov
2022

What is Cybernetics?

Cybernetics is not just about robots and artificial intelligence (AI), and whether humans will become cyborgs or if computers…

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25
Nov
2022

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…

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23
Nov
2022

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…

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22
Nov
2022

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµresearchers win PM's science prizes

Two leading researchers from ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) who are battling catastrophic climate change and killer…

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22
Nov
2022

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµto map Australia's telecommunications resilience

A first-of-its kind project led by ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) will holistically map the resilience of Australia's…

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21
Nov
2022

Study shows the cost of captivity

Animals bred in captivity can experience significant changes to their bodies, behaviour and health, which affects their chances…

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18
Nov
2022

ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµinnovation boosting green and manufacturing revolutions

A new training centre hosted by ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) is upskilling the next generation of researchers in…

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11
Nov
2022

Extra 1,500 pumped hydro sites could bolster energy grids

Researchers from ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ (ANU) have released a detailed study outlining 1,500 additional locations…

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