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Two scientists working in the lab
Friday, 28 Feb 2025
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Researchers have discovered a powerful “weapon” used by many disease-causing fungi to infect and destroy major food crop staples could offer new strategies to bolster global food security.

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Honey bees
Friday, 28 Feb 2025
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We’ve all heard honeybees are in trouble – but what’s going on and what can we do about it? Beekeepers could have the answers.

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man with fish tanks
Wednesday, 26 Feb 2025
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New ANu research suggests intelligence in fish isn't only driven by their need to find food or avoid predators, but also their desire to find love.

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Wednesday, 19 Feb 2025
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For an ANU biologist, what started as a routine glance at a butterfly specimen has ended with the discovery of a masterful deception, decades in the making.

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Monday, 17 Feb 2025
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ANU scientist Professor Caitlin Byrt is harnessing the power of plants to create a sustainable future for people and the planet.

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Thursday, 30 Jan 2025
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Researchers from ANU will partner with Rio Tinto to ensure First Nations cultural knoweledge and perspectives are central to the global energy transition.

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Thursday, 12 Dec 2024
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Four stellar ANU scientists have been recognised as STEM Superstars.

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Thursday, 14 Nov 2024
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Everyday mobile phones could be the key to a cheaper and more relibale way of tracking animals for ecology and conservation research, according to a new study from ANU.

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Njanjma Ranger, Ursula Badari shares knowledge with students in Arnhemland, near Gunbalanyah, NT. Photo credit: Greg Williams
Monday, 11 Nov 2024
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Travel grants offered by RSB and Medical School to undergraduate students to undertake an exchange program at Charles Darwin University in Darwin during July 2022.

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Thursday, 07 Nov 2024
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Are these desert-dwelling gecko clones thriving or just surviving?

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Friday, 06 Sep 2024
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Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from ANU that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.

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Friday, 23 Aug 2024
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Despite thriving in diverse environments for hundreds of millions of years, little was known about the darkling beetles evolution. Scientists at ANU and CSIRO have uncovered the truth.

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