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Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet

New research shows that teeth contain a week-by-week climatic history of their owner’s childhood.

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016
  • Career story

From some, an international environmental negotiation might seem like an incomprehensible acronym, but for Dr Luke Kemp, it’s as gripping as Game of Thrones.

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016
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Scientists have developed a new material based on graphene that could drive a revolution in medical implants and lightweight heat-resistant materials for car and aircraft engines.

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Friday, 12 Aug 2016
  • Student profile

How can Ruby Dixon, who hasn’t even graduated yet, already call herself an experienced research scientist? Because as part of her PhB program.

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Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016
  • Research story

ANU chemistry researchers have been awarded for their work on an important milk protein, which is leading to a better understanding of the biochemical processes underlying diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

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Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016
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New research into the winter migration of Tasmania's swift parrots has found the population migrates up to 1,000 kilometres further north from their central Victorian habitats during drought years to concentrate on the coast of New South Wales.

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Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016
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Health researchers predict that the transmission of dengue could decrease in a future warmer climate, countering previous projections that climate change would cause the potentially lethal virus to spread more easily.

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Tuesday, 09 Aug 2016
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Open any office door at ANU, and you never know quite what you’ll find inside.

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Tuesday, 02 Aug 2016
  • Research story

"Have you ever seen the blue light flash in the corner of your phone? And when you looked at the phone there were no new messages?"

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Monday, 01 Aug 2016
  • Career story

From lizard island to ministerial briefs, Jessica’s taken up every opportunity at ANU. I work in the Terrestrial Species Conservation Section within the Protected Species and Communities Branch of the Department of the Environment. My job involves listing species and making or adopting recovery plans for their conservation.

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