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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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A scientist stands in a lab, holding a fossil.
Thursday, 26 May 2022
  • Media release

For the first time since its discovery 130 years ago, one of the most mysterious fossil vertebrates has finally been classified, increasing our possible understanding of the first animals to crawl on Earth.

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An astronomer and a telescope
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
  • Media release

First Nations high school students are getting an 'out of this world' astronomy experience, thanks to a new hands-on program at The Australian National University's Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra.

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Wide river pictured at dusk with silhouetted trees and orange sunset in the background.
Monday, 23 May 2022
  • News

ANU researchers will help develop a more productive, resilient and sustainable Murray-Darling Basin as part of a new partnership worth $156.5 million.

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Three farm workers in Zimbabwe pictured in an agricultural landscape with irrigation pipes.
Friday, 20 May 2022
  • News

An innovative project involving researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) that is helping farming communities in Africa thrive has been recognised for its success.

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Professor Anna Moore
Monday, 16 May 2022
  • News

The Australian National University (ANU) will help propel Australia's space manufacturing capabilities and sector in a new research hub of national priority.

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An elder points to a carved tree trunk in a paddock, while a group of small children look on
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
  • Research story

The biologists and the linguists at ANU might sit on different sides of the campus, but Professor Lindell Bromham from the ANU Research School of Biology says it wasn’t difficult to see the benefits in the two disciplines coming together.

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Two smiling men wearing business attire
Monday, 09 May 2022
  • Career story

Good friends Rahul Ravindranathan and Aniruddha Deshpande didn’t know one another until they found themselves on the same journey from India to Canberra to study a Master of Energy Change at ANU.

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A woman stands in front of an autumn-coloured tree, facing the camera.
Monday, 09 May 2022
  • Student profile

Meet the PhD researcher exploring how bacterial proteins could hold the key to reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Three people sitting outside, smiling at the camera.
Monday, 09 May 2022
  • Media release

An ANU spin-out company whose technology will help future moon landings and could one day lead to flying cars has been bought out by one of Australia's leading navigation firms in a deal worth $40 million.

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