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Cholesterol is the key to tricking malaria parasites into ingesting a fatal dose of drugs and ridding patients of the potentially fatal disease, new ANU research has found.
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These parrots were spotted applying chewed pepper tree bark and shoots to their feathers and skin during preening. What are they up to?
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Australia’s ski industry is at risk of major disruptions and shorter seasons if the current level of climate pollution continues, according to new modelling from Protect Our Winters Australia (POW) and The Australian National University (ANU).
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What’s that in my nest? How the evolutionary arms race between cuckoos and hosts creates new species
In new research published in Science, biologists show how coevolution drives the creation of new species of cuckoos.
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Working on the Clever Cockie Project, Dr Julia Penndorf is tracking all the odd but fascinating behaviours that Sydney and Canberra cockatoos get up to in urban environments.
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The discovery of a new critical enzyme could help engineer climate resilient crops capable of sucking far more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a much more efficient way.
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Researchers from ANU have made a discovery about a little understood protein in the human body that could help treat diseases that cause seizures, including epilepsy.
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Three exceptional scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have been recognised for their world-leading work with our forests, marine megafauna and critical metals.
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Dr. Florence Danila of the Australian National University wins Thomas Davies 2024 grant from the Australian Academy of Science to support her work on plasmodesmata.
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ANU graduate and biologist 'WELI' knows more about kangaroos than most. He's hopped to the number one spot in the 2024 Dance Your PhD global contest with his quirky submission, ‘Kangaroo Time (Club Edit)’.
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Professor Alexander Maier, from the ANU Research School of Biology, has taken out the science category in the 2023 Awards for Teaching Excellence, announced by Universities Australia.