News & events News Find out about the latest news, announcements and stories about science at ANU. Why do black holes twinkle? We studied 5,000 star-eating behemoths to find out To find out why black holes twinkle, researchers piggy-backed on NASA’s asteroid defence effort to watch more than 5,000 of the fastest-growing black holes in the sky for five years. Read the article - Any -Astronomy & AstrophysicsScience CommunicationPhysicsEarth & Marine SciencesEngineeringChemistryBiologyEnvironment & SustainabilityMathematics Friday, 03 Feb 2023 Analysis and opinion Why do black holes twinkle? We studied 5,000 star-eating behemoths to find out To find out why black holes twinkle, researchers piggy-backed on NASA’s asteroid defence effort to watch more than 5,000 of the fastest-growing black holes in the sky for five years. Read the article Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 Research story Thrusters engaged: meet the team propelling ANU technology into space Go behind the mission to get a new mothball-fueled satellite thruster to space. Read the article Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 Analysis and opinion Fishing in tandem brings benefits for people and dolphins Dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil catch more fish by working together, a new study by an international team of researchers has shown. Read the article Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 Analysis and opinion Major publishers are banning ChatGPT from being listed as an academic author. What’s the big deal? The issue of AI authorship is now clearly on the minds of commercial academic publishers. Many have asked whether ChatGPT could be considered an academic author. Read the article Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023 News ANU pays tribute to Emeritus Professor Will Steffen ANU is mourning the loss of one of Australia's most influential and respected climate scientists, Emeritus Professor Will Steffen. Read the article Wednesday, 25 Jan 2023 News Scientists use plants to seed solutions for recycling valuable metals and minerals Scientists from ANU are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater. Read the article Wednesday, 18 Jan 2023 Analysis and opinion Physicists have used entanglement to ‘stretch’ the uncertainty principle, improving quantum measurements New research published in Nature Physics, outlines a way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers. This could prove useful in a huge range of next-generation technologies, including biomedical sensing, laser ranging and quantum communications. Read the article Tuesday, 17 Jan 2023 Academic profile Dr Anna-Sophie Jürgens walks the tightrope between pop culture and science Dr Jürgens has the “beautiful and challenging” task of combining the two very different academic cultures of science and humanities. Read the article Friday, 13 Jan 2023 News New techniques for accurate measurements of tiny objects New research led by a team of ANU scientists has outlined a way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers. Read the article Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page › Last page »