News & events News Find out about the latest news, announcements and stories about science at ANU. Scientists discover ‘lost world’ of early ancestors in billion-year-old rocks The discovery of a “lost world” of ancient organisms that lived in Earth’s waterways at least 1.6 billion years ago could change our understanding of our earliest ancestors. Read the article - Any -Astronomy & AstrophysicsScience CommunicationPhysicsEarth & Marine SciencesEngineeringChemistryBiologyEnvironment & SustainabilityMathematics Thursday, 08 Jun 2023 News Scientists discover ‘lost world’ of early ancestors in billion-year-old rocks The discovery of a “lost world” of ancient organisms that lived in Earth’s waterways at least 1.6 billion years ago could change our understanding of our earliest ancestors. Read the article Wednesday, 07 Jun 2023 Analysis and opinion Stars, songlines and quoll spots: a Ngunnawal Night Tour at Mulligans Flat The Indigenous science and stories behind Mulligans Flat. Read the article Monday, 05 Jun 2023 Research story Good dog or big bad wolf?: It's time to consider the shades of grey Pele Cannon lived with wolves in Colorado: here’s what she learned. Read the article Monday, 05 Jun 2023 Analysis and opinion We can’t just walk away after the logging stops in Victoria’s native forests. Here’s what must happen next Now begins a long and difficult process to recover vast areas of forest after more than 50 years of clearfelling and other destructive logging practices. It’s a huge job, but it can be done. Here's an outline of what’s needed. Read the article Thursday, 01 Jun 2023 Analysis and opinion It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly This is the first time an assessment of boundaries has quantified the harms to people from changes to the Earth system. Read the article Thursday, 01 Jun 2023 News 3D data enables cheap quick life changing surgery for bone trauma A customised bone plate was implanted into a patient after a collaboration between ANU, Canberra Hospital and the M3D ARC training centre, helping to heal a decades-old injury to the patient’s thigh bone. Read the article Thursday, 25 May 2023 News ANU to boost the global hunt for gravitational waves A new facility at ANU will help scientists detect some of the most extreme events in the universe and put Australia "front and centre" of the exciting field of gravitational wave science. Read the article Thursday, 25 May 2023 News Lighting up Internet cables to help better prepare for earthquakes A first-of-its-kind experiment led by ANU researchers could help make sure communities around the world are better prepared to deal with earthquakes. Read the article Wednesday, 24 May 2023 Analysis and opinion Australia is in a unique position to eliminate the bee-killing Varroa mite. Here’s what happens if we don’t While Australia is the last continent to be invaded by the vorroa mite, it has an opportunity to be the first to eradicate it. Read the article Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page › Last page »