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From Australia to the Andes, we’re discovering new biodiversity hotspots worldwide
We share our planet with millions of plants and animals.
This variety of life is known as biodiversity, a term encompassing everything from…
20 ANU researchers awarded $23.4m in ARC Future Fellowships
Twenty researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have been awarded a total of $23.4 million in the latest round of Australian Research…
A chemist’s quest to design new disease-fighting molecules
Professor Christoph Nitsche is on a mission to develop new proteins and peptides to fight infections and cancer.
A chemist by training, his…
Breaking the glass ceiling: Research reveals how countries can foster women’s leadership in politics
Only seven countries across the world have as many or more women than men serving in their national parliaments.
Australia, despite being…
From Kashmir Mountains to ANU: Shamsa Yousaf to build communities' resilience in a climate-challenged world
After working in the humanitarian and development sector for a decade, Shamsa Yousaf pursued a Master of Climate Change at the Crawford School of…
From evidence to practice: Building better systems to support breastfeeding
Mothers are often made to feel personally responsible for breastfeeding, but making breastfeeding possible is a public health issue whose outcomes…
From the coasts to the plains, bird flu could threaten not just birds – but their homes
Bird flu doesn’t just threaten birds and mammals – it could well affect entire ecosystems, explains ornithologist Penny Olsen.
When the body can't cool down: What are the risks of extreme heat?
Headlines about how Europe’s brutally hot summer has resulted in thousands of deaths have probably got your attention lately. But do you know why…
Poor communication in hospitals is putting Australians at risk. Researchers are fighting back
The ANU Institute for Communication in Health Care is on a mission to improve the safety and quality of patient care in hospital contexts.
Scientists react to 80 years of history at ANU
A rare glimpse into an extraordinary 80 years of science and medicine captured on film. Our community reflects on where it all began as we celebrate…
Indigenous-led conservation helps save endangered cockatoo
An Indigenous community in Indonesia has found a way to protect one of the world's rarest cockatoos without abandoning a centuries-old sacred…
Help where you can: Professor Kamalini Lokuge on why research must serve humanity
From the Ebola outbreak to the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Kamalini Lokuge has been driven to provide humanitarian health care wherever in the world…
Not the greatest glider: first study puts Australia’s biggest glider to the test
Australia’s largest gliding marsupial may not be the country’s best glider after all, according to new research from The Australian National…
All fired up: how the original shock tunnel came back to ANU
When Professor Sean O’Byrne was asked to dismantle the machine he’d built his career on, he had other ideas. Twenty years later, the T2 free piston…
The ANU Centre for Personalised Medicine launches to transform how complex autoimmune diseases are diagnosed and treated
The Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) has officially launched at The Canberra Hospital, marking the next…
Verses of reconciliation: Elfie Shiosaki’s poetry is helping Australia heal
Family means everything to Associate Professor Elfie Shiosaki. Her own family has been held together by unconditional love and extraordinary…
Nature’s ‘eco-gold’: how poo can save the earth
The planet is in crisis. While science turns to satellites, artificial intelligence, and gene editing for salvation, a most unlikely hero steps…
Scientists uncover molecular secrets of how we see colour
A global team has cracked a decades-old mystery, revealing the atomic structures of the molecules in our eyes that allow us to see colours.