2 Mar 2021

An impressive body of evidence published this week reveals the answer to a mystery that has puzzled plant scientists for more than 30 years: the role of the...

12 Feb 2021

A team of scientists have measured the relative importance of the different obstacles that carbon dioxide (CO2) encounters in its voyage from the atmosphere to...

3 Feb 2021

Increasing food production is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The Australian Academy of Science has produced a video featuring researchers...

28 Jan 2021

Threatened Australian animal and plant species have been given a major lifeline, thanks to new funding for a new database that contains 100-years of flora and...

23 Aug 2020

Research into the self-destruction of cells in humans and plants could lead to treatments for brain diseases and the development of disease-resistant plants.

15 Aug 2020

Professor Owen Atkin is a Group Leader at RSB Plant Sciences, the Vice Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Professor at ANU, and the Director of the Centre for...

14 Jul 2020

Research led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production.

24 May 2020

Researchers have a new understanding of the genetic makeup of a fungus that causes the disease Wheat Stripe Rust, one of the most destructive wheat diseases...

3 Dec 2019

Research that could transform global rice production by increasing yields from the world’s number one food crop has been boosted by five more years of funding.

26 Nov 2019

Esteemed senior ANU biologist and mentor, Professor Barry Pogson, has been awarded the highest accolade for staff, the 2019 Peter Baume Award.

9 Nov 2019

Some clever detective work by an international team of scientists has uncovered how a deadly fungus - a stem rust called Ug99 - came about through some unusual...

16 Oct 2019

Australian research could help breeders develop more drought-resilient crops that can produce more food and more profit with less water.