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Research

Yogesh Sridhar and Sean Hodgman are working in a physics laboratory. There are lots of cords and metal equipment

In a new quantum physics experiment, ANU researchers have shown that matter can experience entanglement – an effect Einstein dismissed as ‘spooky action at a distance’.

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This repository shows a sample of science, health and medicine research at ANU. Visit our research school websites for more detail.

A grey monitor lizard on a rock, with orange colouring on its head, neck and shoulders
Thu, 12 Mar 2026

Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of north-eastern Queensland, revealing a previously unrecognised evolutionary lineage.

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Four people are on stage seated on chairs.
Thu, 12 Mar 2026

An opera singer, a vet and a winemaker walked onto a stage. It sounds like the start of a joke. Instead, what unfolded was a thoughtful discussion about curiosity, collaboration and the unpredictable path to scientific discovery.

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A man is holding up a tennis ball and a cylinder / pipe in a research laboratory
Fri, 13 Feb 2026

New research is helping to define the quality of quantum measurements.

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Clinical research careers for PhD students
Wednesday, 15 Apr 2026, 11am

Interested in clinical research and wondering what careers in clinical trials actually look like?

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Friday, 17 Apr 2026, 9am

Are you interested in data wrangling, visualisation, analysis, and presentation design? The Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics will be holding an American Statistical Association DataFest from April 17 - 19.

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