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Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility

Crompton Award helps student research the nearly-magic

PhD Student Aditya Babu wants to revisit one of the earliest puzzles of nuclear physics: why are some nuclei more stable than others?

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Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility
Wednesday, 18 Dec 2024
  • News

PhD Student Aditya Babu wants to revisit one of the earliest puzzles of nuclear physics: why are some nuclei more stable than others?

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Lily (Lil) Logan @ANU MakerSpace
Tuesday, 17 Dec 2024
  • Student profile

Lily (Lil) Logan is pursuing a Master of Science Communication postgraduate degree at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.

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illustration of mountain landscape
Tuesday, 17 Dec 2024
  • Research story

When scientists observed snow gums dying in huge numbers, they immediately suspected a beetle might be the culprit. The next step seemed easy: catch some beetles. But this is a story about what it’s like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.

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Four headshots
Thursday, 12 Dec 2024
  • News

Four stellar ANU scientists have been recognised as STEM Superstars.

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Woman with a dog
Thursday, 12 Dec 2024
  • Research story

Protecting their pack is what these dogs have been bred to do.

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Jade Suaesi
Wednesday, 11 Dec 2024
  • Student profile

Jade Suaesi is pursuing a Master of Science Communication postgraduate degree at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.

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Woman looks at robot through glass
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

The right to science can serve as a spark for human imagination and curiosity. And this is where its true power resides.

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Headshot of a man
Monday, 09 Dec 2024
  • News

Nobel Prize-winning astronomer Professor Brian Schmidt reflected on a century of science and progress in an interview with ABC journalist Annabel Crabb.

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Australian National University
Friday, 06 Dec 2024
  • News

Remarkable ANU staff have been celebrated for their achievements at the annual Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor awards ceremony.

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