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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 Council (ARC) Future Fellowships, supporting research across quantum technologies, climate and environmental resilience, food security, health, mathematics and the humanities and social sciences.

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31
Aug
2026

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…

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27
Sep
2026

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…

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27
Aug
2026

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…

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26
Aug
2026

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…

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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 #ANU80.

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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 stage of a personalised medicine program that has already delivered life-changing diagnoses and treatments for patients with complex autoimmune diseases.

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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 it may be needed.

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Professor Janine O’Flynn appointed to Board of ANZSOG

Professor Janine O’Flynn has been appointed to the Board of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG).

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ANU-led digital infrastructure projects secure $54 million in federal funding

Supercomputing technology used in medical research and climate modelling will be boosted as part of $54 million worth of Australian Government funding for ANU-led digital infrastructure capabilities.

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26
Aug
2026

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…

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21
Aug
2026

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.

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07
Aug
2026

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…

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05
Aug
2026

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.

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04
Aug
2026

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…

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04
Aug
2026

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…

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27
Jul
2026

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…

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15
Jul
2026

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…

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14
Jul
2026

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…

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