| Congratulations Associate Professor Michael Sherburn | Nov 20, 2008 |
 Congratulations to Associate Professor Michael Sherburn winner of the A. J. Birch Medal for 2008, the premier award of the Organic Division of the RACI. |
Mick will receive his medal and present the Birch Medal lecture on the 11th of December 2008 at the ORGANIC08 conference in Hobart. |
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| Innovation and Excellence in Service Quality Award | Nov 20, 2008 |
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The Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe (SHRIMP) Team from the Research School of Earth Sciences, were one of the winners of the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Service Quality. Congratulations to Dr John Foster, Dr Peter Holden, Mr Ben Jenkins, Mr Peter Lanc, and Mr Nom Schram. |
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| Innovation and Excellence in Service Quality Award | Nov 20, 2008 |
| Congratulations to Karen Jackson, the Colleges’ new Research Office Manager. Karen was presented with the Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Innovation and Excellence in Service Quality for her work in the Office of Commercialisation. |
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| Career Achievement Awards | Nov 20, 2008 |
 Of the 4 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Career Achievement, three were awarded to staff members from the Research School of Physics and Engineering: Laura Walmsley, Director’s Office; Maryla Krolikowska, Laser Physics Centre; Ken Staples, Stores Office. |
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| Tall Poppy Awards | Nov 13, 2008 |
 Two researchers have won Young Tall Poppy Awards from the Australian Institute of Policy and Science. Dr Ajay Narendra from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Vision Science was acknowledged for his work on the vision systems used by insects for navigation. Dr Mal McLeod from the Research School of Chemistry won for his work synthesising organic compounds, with a view to develop better drugs. |
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| Christoffel Plantin Medal | Nov 13, 2008 |
 Professor Patrick De Deckker from the Research School of Earth Sciences has been awarded the Christoffel Plantin Medal. This is offered annually to a Belgian citizen living abroad whose cultural, artistic or scientific activities contribute to the prestige of Belgium. |
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| Chemistry Soccer Rules! | Nov 05, 2008 |
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Congratulations to the Chemistry Soccer Team who recently won the ANU Purple Shins Soccer Competition!
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| Mathematical Sciences Institute celebrates ARC Discovery Grant | Oct 31, 2008 |
 Dr. Conrad Burden and Professor Susan Wilson of the Centre for Bioinformation Science, located within the Mathematical Sciences Institute have been awarded an ARC Discovery Grant to commence in 2009 for their project “Statistical and Mathematical Analysis of Sequence and Array Data”. |
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| School of Biology: ARC grant funding 2009 | Oct 29, 2008 |
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Congratulations to the following School of Biology members who have won ARC Discovery Grants to commence in 2009 with a combined value of over $4.2 million: A/Prof Dean Price; Dr Spencer Whitney; Dr Ajay Narendra; A/Prof Owen Atkin; Prof Rob Saint; Dr Paul Waters; A/Prof Scott Keogh; Prof Michael Crisp; Dr Megan Higgie; Dr Ian Wallace; Dr Ian Searle. |
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| School of Biology: NHMRC funding 2009 | Oct 29, 2008 |
 Congratulations to the following School of Biology members who have won NHMRC Project Grants to commence in 2009 with a combined value of over $1.8 million: A/Prof Michael Ibbotson (x2); Prof Rob Saint; Prof Stephan Broer. |
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| RSC secures over $5,000,000 in latest ARC Discovery Project round! | Oct 28, 2008 |
| The Research School of Chemistry at the Australian National University has been awarded over $5 million in the latest Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project Round, the results of which were announced today. |
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| 2008 RACI Inorganic Award (Burrows Medal) | Oct 28, 2008 |
 Congratulations to Professor Mark Humphrey on the award of the 2008 RACI Inorganic Award (Burrows Medal), recognising the most outstanding contribution to inorganic chemistry over the previous 10 years by a chemist from Australia or New Zealand. |
The award will be presented at IC08 in Christchurch, NZ, in December 2008. |
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| ANU in Good Company | Oct 28, 2008 |
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The Times Higher Education QS World University Rankings 2008 were released today with ANU maintaining its rank of 16th for the third year in a row.
The Australian National University is now the highest ranked outside of the USA or the UK, between Cornell and Stanford universities. ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said ANU was in good company. “One of the outcomes of these rankings systems is not so much the number attributed to you, but who your neighbours are. We’ve been put into that neighbourhood based on the same indicators and measures, and if on those indicators you’re rubbing shoulders with universities like that you can be pleased.” |
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| ARC Professorial Fellowship | Oct 28, 2008 |
Congratulations to Prof. Mark Humphrey on his third consecutive ARC Professorial Fellowship.
This achievement follows on from the award of the Burrows Medal 2008 for his outstanding contribution to Inorganic Chemistry, in particular, in the field of Organometallic Chemistry. |
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| 2008 Young Tall Poppy Science Award | Oct 28, 2008 |
 Congratulations to Dr Mal McLeod who attended a ceremony at the NSW Parliament House in Sydney on the 23 Oct where he was presented with a 2008 Young Tall Poppy Science Award. I am sure you will join me in congratulating him on this well-deserved recognition of his scientific achievements. |
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| ANU Giant Magellan Telescope Proposal | Oct 28, 2008 |
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ANU's Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics is one of fourteen universities to move forward to the second stage of the 2009 funding round for investments in capital and research facilities. |
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| Science Alumni in the News | Oct 24, 2008 |
 Ever wondered what our Alumni get up to in the real world? Read some recent newspaper clippings about graduates of the ANU College of Science: |
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| ANU Early Career Scientist Recognised | Oct 24, 2008 |
 Dr Vinuesa leads a team at the ANU's John Curtin School of Medical Research that has revealed key steps in how our immune system produces high quality, long lasting antibodies to fight disease. |
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| Fenner School ranked in top 20% | Oct 21, 2008 |
 The ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society ranked among the top 20% of the world's environmental and ecology research institutions. |
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| A more efficient, carbon-friendly sugar industry - sweet! | Oct 21, 2008 |
 Can Australia's sugar industry boost its productivity and profits, reduce fertiliser use and help the environment at the same time?
It would seem a tough ask, but ANU Fenner School's Dr Bennett Macdonald thinks it can be done. |
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| ANU PhD students judge Garran Primary School Science Fair | Oct 17, 2008 |
 3 PhD students recently lent an expert hand to Garran Primary School and helped judge their annual Science Fair.
See a sample of the questions Garran Primary students sought to explain through their colourful and eye-catching entries. |
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| Science student spends global summer at Oxford | Oct 17, 2008 |
 Fenner School of Environment and Society student Sarah Vann-Sander recently spent time at Oxford University as part of the IARU Global Summer Program. |
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| Science Shop Launched | Oct 07, 2008 |
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You can now pay online with VISA or Mastercard at Science Shop. |
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| Fenner School releases new Digital Elevation of Australia | Sep 25, 2008 |
 Understanding how Australia’s precious water drains across the surface of the continent will be dramatically improved thanks to a new national Digital Elevation Model (DEM). |
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| Vietnam Field School | Sep 24, 2008 |
 Every January for 3 weeks ANU offers the Vietnam Field School. The course immerses students in exploring environment and society issues in Vietnam. |
A key part of the course has been the active engagement of students from Da Nang university in the course. As well as hosting the Australian students in a home stay a number of these Vietnamese students have accompanied us into the field to work as translators for the Australian student research projects.
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| New species of Pacific Iguana discovered | Sep 22, 2008 |
 In a new paper just published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Scott Keogh, Danielle Edwards and colleagues have described a newly discovered species of Fijian iguana, which they have named Brachylophus bulabula. |
They also have solved the riddle of how the ancestors of these iguanas got to the middle of the Pacific. All of their closest relatives are in the Americas and their ancestors rafted to Fiji up to 13 million years ago. It has made worldwide news. |
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| Bachelor of Genetics - New Undergraduate Program for 2009 | Sep 17, 2008 |
 The ANU is the first and only university in Australia to offer a named degree in Bachelor of Genetics. |
This new program is perfect for students who are aiming for a career in the exciting world of genetics. ANU brings together a range of geneticists from different areas, ensuring that ANU is uniquely placed to offer this degree. UAC Code: 138600 |
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| Science in the Media | Sep 10, 2008 |
 As part of 'Science in the Media', a CPAS undergraduate course, students are asked to go out 'on assignment' and cover National Science Week events. The best stories are published on the ANU College of Science news page. Click on the link to read about 'The Scientific Art of Brewing' and other interesting stories. |
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| New ANU National Merit Scholarship for prospective undergraduate students | Sep 05, 2008 |
 You have a dream, we can help you get there!
The ANU is proud to offer a new scholarship to current school leavers: The ANU National Merit Scholarship. |
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| ANU geoscientists go-to gurus for research | Sep 03, 2008 |
| If publishing influential scientific papers were an Olympic sport, the Earth Sciences team at the Australian National University would be our gold medallists. |
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SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTER
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| Saving the last Asiatic Cheetahs | Aug 27, 2008 |
 Dr Luke Hunter and his team spend most of their time in the sparse fields of the Bafgh National Park in Iran studying the elusive cheetah population. But last Wednesday Dr Hunter was at the Australian National University, presenting ‘The Last Cheetahs of Asia’, an event sponsored by the ANU College of Science. |
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| More rain with global warming, but scientist warns drought could continue | Aug 27, 2008 |
 Evidence shows that increasing global temperature will lead to greater rainfall. But does this mean a respite from the drought and water restrictions that have plagued many regions in this country over the last 10 years? |
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| Geology Department 50th Anniversary | Aug 22, 2008 |
 The Geology Department’s (now called Earth Sciences) 50th Anniversary is in March 2009. Dr Mike Rickard is preparing a history of the Department and would welcome receiving one or two paragraphs from graduates outlining their careers since leaving ANU. Please email mikejanrickard@bigpond.com. |
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| Postgraduate Opportunities in the Environment and Society | Aug 22, 2008 |
 We have an exciting postgraduate opportunity for Science graduates through the Fenner School of Environment and Society, which is the new name for the joint Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies and the School for Resources, Environment and Society. |
For more information on the Fenner School and its study opportunities please visit their website or email fennerschool@anu.edu.au. |
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| Science brews in the minds of enthusiasts – The Scientific Art of Brewing | Aug 21, 2008 |
 Sampling James Squire's finest Pilsener - if only all science could taste this good. |
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| Revolutionary rocket to commercialise space | Aug 21, 2008 |
 Adventure: University of Canberra student Dominic Lavers wonders what space might be like. |
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| Student sheds light on better communication | Aug 21, 2008 |
_65344f7e8720deef199bcc98d9259de0.jpg) Tarquin Ralph (left) of Tarcus Pty Ltd awards a cheque to the winner of Physics Students Uncovered Amrita Prasad (right) of the ANU Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering. |
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| Developing a Nose for Wine | Aug 21, 2008 |
_8c301276b4fb52037584ed67d5e46179.jpg) Dr Stephen Trowell, the theme leader in Quality Biosensors at CSIRO, spoke of the creation of Cybernose® during the panel discussion at “Science, Wine and Vine”. |
The Australian National University’s College of Science sponsored this National Science Week event held at the Lerida Estate winery. |
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| Benefitting from the good life | Aug 21, 2008 |
 Al Gore Ambassador Dr Karin Giselhart believes the challenges of current energy and climate issues can be overcome by creative solutions proven to benefit individuals and communities. Her lecture was an Australian National University College of Science event as part of National Science Week. |
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| Space tourism to pay tech dividends | Aug 18, 2008 |
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Wilson da Silva, one of the first Australian space tourists in waiting, says humanity is about to enter a golden age of sub-orbital travel, which could lead to innovations for space-based habitats and power stations. |
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| Science in the spotlight | Aug 18, 2008 |
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It was an epic battle with hula hoops, a king from far far away, a cat in a box and a diamond as big as a hand, but in the end there was one winner - Amrita Prasad.
The arena was Physics Students Uncovered which started the University’s National Science Week activities. Five ANU PhD students gave 10 minute presentations in a test of their ability to explain science concepts to a non-scientific audience. |
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| ANU College of Science visits Cambodia for Teacher Training | Aug 16, 2008 |
 BaMBi's Sue Cossetto recently delivered a set of teaching workshops at the National Institute of Education in Phnom Penh. |
Secondary teachers from around Cambodia attended, gaining knowledge in teaching methods and current topics in biology.
Additionally, ANU College of Science donated prizes for the Teachers Science Fair where Sue was one of the evaluators. |
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| Cannabis DNA database launched | Aug 12, 2008 |
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The Australian Federal Police, ANU and the Canberra Institute of Technology have compiled a national genetic database of cannabis samples, to help law enforcement agencies track down cannabis suppliers.
BoZo’s Dr Rod Peakall said establishing links between the plants was a complex process but said the cannabis program had been a test case for forensic botany. |
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| Murray Batchelor awarded Honorary Professorship | Jul 18, 2008 |
 Congratulations to Murray Batchelor for being awarded an Honorary Professorship from Chongqing University. Professor Batchelor will provide mathematical physics expertise to the newly established Centre for Modern Physics which reports directly to the University President. The University currently has 60,000 students and is located within Sichuan Province. |
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| Michael Barnsley Radio Interview | Jul 18, 2008 |
 Prof Michael Barnsley is creating artwork using Fractals. The link is to a radio station on which Michael was interviewed on the 15 July 2008 about his upcoming lecture at Western Washington Uni. Clicking on "segment 2" on the page gives the audio for the interview. |
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| Presentation of the ARIA-Canberra Award for Science Collaboration | Jul 17, 2008 |
 The Awards were presented on June 1 2008 as part of the Italian National Day Festival held at the Italian Cultural Centre in Canberra. |
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| Grants for ANU researchers | Jun 27, 2008 |
 ANU College of Science researchers have secured funding for more than $2.2 million, won in the latest round of Linkage Grants from the Australian Research Council. |
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| Sustainability across the globe | Jun 25, 2008 |
 Alex Readford is one of three ANU students travelling halfway around the world to get hands-on experience in sustainability. |
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| BoZo wins place in Fresh Science | Jun 20, 2008 |
 BoZo's Dr Chris Fulton has won a place in Fresh Science - a national competition showcasing research by Australia's best and brightest early career scientists.
Chris will spend a week in Melbourne to present his research to the media, school students, the general public, scientists, government and industry. For more information see the Fresh Science website. |
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| ANU College of Science visits Japan | Jun 15, 2008 |
 The College visited Japan during June to showcase science with Austrade. |
As part of Study in Australia Week - JAPAN 2008 the College visited the Australian Embassy in Tokyo and four other major cities within Japan, from Fukuoka in the south, to Sapporo in the north. Meeting future postgraduate students and alumni of the college. As a result the ANU College of Science was invited to do an Industry presentation by the Embassy and plans to combine it with an Alumni social evening. |
Vist the Japan National Tourist Organization website.
See the Lonely Planet page on Japan.
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| Professor Jagadish Awarded AVS Fellowship | Jun 06, 2008 |
 Professor Jagadish, EME, has been awarded a Fellowship of the American Vacuum Society (AVS). The Fellowship was awarded to Professor Jagadish “For pioneering and sustained contributions to compound semiconductor optoelectronics and nanotechnology.” |
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| More Awards for Teaching Excellence in BoZo | Jun 01, 2008 |
 Dr Pat Backwell has been awarded the 2008 Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence. We congratulate Pat on this achievement.
All of BoZo is proud to have such an excellent and committed teacher in its ranks. In the past three years a third of the BoZo academic staff have won awards for teaching performance. |
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| BoZo student awarded prestigious prize | Jun 01, 2008 |
 Dr Karen Marsh a former student in the School of Botany and Zoology will be awarded the JG Crawford prize for academic excellence in Sciences for 2006.
The Crawford Prize is a highly prestigious University honour awarded annually to a postgraduate student for the academic excellence of his or her graduate research.
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| BoZo student wins research grant | Jun 01, 2008 |
 PhD student Jean Drayton of BoZo has been awarded a research grant by The Australian Geographic Society. She is funded to study the effect of inbreeding on male call attractiveness in the wild, and will conduct the fieldwork at Smith's Lakes next field season.
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| Twinkle, twinkle, any star - Sun not so special after all | May 21, 2008 |
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ANU astronomers have found there is nothing special about the Sun after conducting the most comprehensive comparison of it with other stars - adding weight to the idea that life could be common in the universe. |
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| Stellar rise for astronomer | May 19, 2008 |
 Brian Schmidt is one of five ANU researchers recently admitted to the prestigious Australian Academy of Science. He has also just been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences. And last month he was one of 10 top scientists to win a Thomson Scientific Citation Award recognising impact on international scientific research. |
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| BaMBi awards | May 13, 2008 |
 Kiaran Kirk has been awarded the annual ANU Vice-Chancellor's Award for excellence in research supervision. Adele Lehane, a PhD student in Kiaran’s lab, was awarded an Early Career Researcher poster prize at the recent 'Molecular Approaches to Malaria' meeting in Lorne. This meeting, held every four years, is one of the major international meetings in the area of malaria parasite biology. |
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| The Antennae Galaxies move closer | May 09, 2008 |
 An international team including RSAA astronomer Professor Gary S. Da Costa has been studying the Antennae Galaxies and has produced a surprising result. New research on the Antennae Galaxies using the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows that this benchmark pair of interacting galaxies is in fact much closer than previously thought - 45 million light-years instead of 65 million light-years.
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| J.G. Crawford Prize winner announced | May 07, 2008 |
 Congratulations to Dr Rian Dewhurst, formerly of the Research School of Chemistry. Rian completed his PhD studies on the synthesis of novel bi- and trimetallic complexes bridged by tricarbido ligands, and is currently a Research Associate at the University of Wurzburg. |
The Crawford Prize is the ANU's highest postgraduate honour in recognition of outstanding academic excellence. |
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| Professor Hugh O'Neill elected to the Australian Academy of Science | May 01, 2008 |
 Hugh O'Neill has been innovative and excellent in combining the thermodynamics of minerals with advances in experimental petrology, is a leading authority in fields that underpin much of igneous and planetary petrology and geochemistry. He is highly regarded for advancing fundamental research in a number of areas including the composition of the Earth, Moon and planetary interiors. |
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| Donations for the Chris Heyde Postgraduate Scholarship | Apr 23, 2008 |
 Professor Chris Heyde (1939-2008) contributed to many areas of Probability and Statistics. In his memory family and friends wish to establish a postgraduate scholarship in the field. We invite you to contribute and support future students. |
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| Advanced Gravitational Wave Observatory funded | Apr 14, 2008 |
 Physicists in the US and at the ANU Centre for Gravitational Physics have used the quantum nature of light to make an important step towards improving the sensitivity of kilometre-sized interferometers used to search for gravitational waves. By using light in a "squeezed state" they achieved a 44% improvement in sensitivity of a prototype gravitational-wave detector. |
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| Can I phone a friend? Physics learning made fun. | Apr 10, 2008 |
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Which of the following would you associate with game shows: a) Commerical television, b) Trivia nights or c) University lectures?
First year physics students at ANU don't need to phone a friend to know the answer. They're part of an experimental interactive environment where they electronically answer questions posed by the lecturer. |
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| Milky Way a galactic cannibal | Apr 07, 2008 |
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A stream of debris across the sky is the result of intergalactic cannibalism, researchers from ANU conclude, and it is not the first time our galaxy has had one of its neighbours for breakfast. |
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| BoZo researcher wins Jubilee Award | Apr 01, 2008 |
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Dr Howard Bradbury of the ANU School of Botany and Zoology has been presented with the Jubilee Award by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) at the annual awards in London, UK. |
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| $2.1 million in ARC funding for BoZo | Apr 01, 2008 |
 BoZo again performed superbly in the latest ARC Discovery round, with six successful grants worth a total of $2.13 million. |
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| Australian Society for Plant Scientists Goldacre Award | Mar 31, 2008 |
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The 2007 Goldacre medal, which is awarded yearly to an early career researcher in plant science, was awarded to Ulrike Mathesius during the annual ComBio Conference in Sydney, accompanied by a lecture about Ulrike's work on the molecular signals that control root-microbe interactions. This award was established in 1965 in recognition of the plant physiologist Peter Goldacre, and as an encouragement for young researchers. |
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| Royal jelly makes bee queens, boosts nurture case | Mar 28, 2008 |
 New research from Ryszard Maleszka's lab reveals the epigenetic mechanism that destines some honey bees to become workers and others queens. |
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| RSBS Scientist awarded fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science | Mar 28, 2008 |
 Prof. Murray Badger, a respected leader of research in photosynthetic CO2 acquisition and metabolism in aquatic and terrestrial organisms, has been elected to Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science. |
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| Workshops for Mums | Mar 01, 2008 |
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Canberra mums can now get some entertaining help with science homework thanks to a new program organised by ANU and run at Canberra’s Questacon. |
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| PhD Students Win Outreach Prize | Feb 29, 2008 |
 The Inaugural CUDOS Outreach Prize for outreach in 2007 has been awarded to Christian Rosberg, Amrita Prasad and Robert Fischer, members of the OSA Student Chapter at ANU, for their work on the ‘Optics in the Outback’ program. |
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| Science solves carbon puzzle | Feb 14, 2008 |
 ANU oceanographer Andrew Hogg has debunked one of the last arguments against global warming: that surges in CO2 levels have lagged behind warming at the end of ice ages, and thus the warming seen today cannot be blamed on the burning of fossil fuels. |
Andrew has shown "The end of the ice age was triggered by orbital variations which increased temperature, but carbon dioxide amplified the size of the temperature variation by a factor of ten." |
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| Head of Electron Microscopy Unit farewelled after 33 years | Feb 11, 2008 |
 The Research School of Biological Sciences farewelled and acknowledged the contribution of Sally Stowe, a 33-year member of the School and the Head of the ANU Electron Microscopy Unit. |
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| RSES Director honoured | Feb 01, 2008 |
 The Royal Astronomical Society in London has awarded its 2008 Gold Medal for Geophysics to Professor Brian Kennett, Director of the Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU. In the citation he is described as “one of the most complete seismologists of his generation”. |
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| Neil Trudinger awarded prize for mathematics | Jan 07, 2008 |
 Neil Trudinger has been awarded the prestigious American Mathematical Society's 2008 Leroy P Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his book Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order. |
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| Rodney Baxter's contributions recognized by Physical Review Letters | Jan 02, 2008 |
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Rodney Baxter's contributions to physics - by announcing significant discoveries and by initiating new areas of research - have been recognized by Physical Review Letters, during their 50th anniversary celebration. |
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| Xu-Jia Wang awarded medal for mathematics | Dec 17, 2007 |
 Dr Xu-Jia Wang has been awarded the prestigious 2007 Morningside Gold Medal of Mathematics. The award was presented to Xu-Jia at the 4th International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians, Hangzhou in December. |
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