Find out about the latest news, announcements and stories about science and medicine at ANU.

32 teeth

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.

Read the article
Tharika Liyanage
Friday, 08 Oct 2021
  • Student profile

Tharika Liyanage is going to make you excited about cheilanthanes - whether you know what they are or not.

Read the article
Friday, 08 Oct 2021
  • Research story

The brains behind a book aimed at inspiring children with a gravity-defying emu and the team helping to save endangered languages are among the winners of Australia's top science awards - the Eureka Prizes.

Read the article
Friday, 08 Oct 2021

A new study has shown for the first time how Australia's rich geological history is reflected deep below the Earth's surface.

Read the article
Tents pitched in Antarctica
Thursday, 07 Oct 2021
  • Research story

700 years of Māori land burning practices in New Zealand said to be the most likely cause of increased black carbon levels in Antarctic ice, new research shows

Read the article
Tuesday, 28 Sep 2021
  • News

A low-cost, non-toxic cancer treatment has been developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The treatment uses dead bacteria to help kick-start the immune system and shrink cancer.

Read the article
Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Tuesday, 28 Sep 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Technologies to harness the power of water are touted as crucial for a low-emissions future. But over many decades, the hydropower industry has caused serious damage to the environment and people’s lives.

Read the article
Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Thursday, 23 Sep 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Even though earthquakes happen all the time, we still can’t predict when the next one will strike, or where, or how big it will be. Unfortunately, we may never be able to make that kind of prediction.

Read the article
A researcher in a lab with a plastic bottle.
Tuesday, 21 Sep 2021

A new Australian enviro-tech start-up backed by ANU will "infinitely" recycle plastic to help solve the global plastic pollution crisis.

Read the article
Square brick building behind a garden
Friday, 17 Sep 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Many native species can all be found in vegetation along fences and roadsides outside formal conservation areas. And yet, the NSW government last week made it legal for rural landholders to clear vegetation on their properties, up to 25 metres from their property boundaries, without approval.

Read the article