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Professor Peter Solomon. Image Stuart Hay, ANU
Thursday, 19 Sep 2019
  • Research story

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have shown how Australian wheat crops would cope if a destructive disease that’s yet to hit our shores ever made it into the country.

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Monday, 16 Sep 2019
  • Research story

Dr Caitlin Byrt explores strategies for advancing water filtration.

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Professor Barry Pogson. Image: Lannon Harley, ANU
Thursday, 12 Sep 2019
  • News

Professor Barry Pogson, from the ANU Research School of Biology, was awarded $2.9 million to create higher-yielding and more resilient 'smart plants' for good and bad seasons.

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Tuesday, 06 Aug 2019
  • News

A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown the impact phosphate mining is having on our coral reefs.

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Thursday, 01 Aug 2019
  • News

New research from Australia and Finland could help explain one of nature's strangest quirks - why some animals forego mating to help other animals procreate.

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Thursday, 01 Aug 2019
  • Academic profile

Learn more about forest ecologist Helen Bothwell.

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Tuesday, 23 Jul 2019
  • News

A recent study found that juvenile blue-tongue lizards have adult-like learning ability which might give them the edge they need to survive all by themselves.

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Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019
  • Academic profile

Meet Dr Jennie Mallela, and of course she’s clever enough to have a PhD.

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Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019
  • News

Distinguished Professor Graham Farquhar has been honoured with a tapestry representing his life's work, including his Kyoto Prize, unveiled at University House.

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Tuesday, 11 Jun 2019
  • News

Professor Geoff McFadden has been awarded the Ralph Slatyer Medal for research in understanding the malaria parasite.

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Tuesday, 28 May 2019
  • Academic profile

Dan Noble and his research group explore how early developmental experiences impact physiology and metabolic function, and subsequently life history, using model lizard species.

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Thursday, 23 May 2019
  • Academic profile

David Duchêne uses phylogenomics to study the diversification of Australian marsupials.

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