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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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Hands holding a brain that shows a network of ideas against a sunrise backdrop
Friday, 08 Mar 2024
  • News

In a first of its kind in Australia, ANU is offering a single degree program – a Bachelor of Philosophy, Neuroscience and Psychology (BPNP) – that provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to explore the complex relationships between mind and brain through a transdisciplinary lens.

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A woman writing equations on a whiteboard
Friday, 08 Mar 2024
  • News

"We physicists think we understand tunnelling well, but when you take a closer look, there are a lot of paradoxes – there’s so much more behind it."

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Dr Julia Ellyard. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/ANU
Friday, 01 Mar 2024
  • News
  • Research story

A new study has found that rare coding variants in a lupus risk gene could help understand how the immune system mistakenly targets the body's own tissues.

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Scientist with drag queen
Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024
  • News

ANU graduate and biologist 'WELI' knows more about kangaroos than most. He's hopped to the number one spot in the 2024 Dance Your PhD global contest with his quirky submission, ‘Kangaroo Time (Club Edit)’.

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John Curtin School of Medical Research Director Elizabeth Gardiner poses for photographs at ANU in Canberra.
Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024
  • Academic profile

“Researchers are great people, but they live and survive in a tough environment," Professor Gardiner said.

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First year PhD student, Yanran Fan, in her lab at the John Curtin School of Medical Research.
Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024
  • Impact story (giving)
  • News
  • Research story

Yanran Fan always thought she’d become a lawyer. Instead, she's pursuing a PhD.

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Two scientists in a lab
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2024
  • News

The heart of future quantum devices could be lit up by arrays of tiny glow-sticks, developed by ANU physicists.

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headshot of a man in a lab
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2024
  • News

Professor Alexander Maier, from the ANU Research School of Biology, has taken out the science category in the 2023 Awards for Teaching Excellence, announced by Universities Australia.

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Bee on hand
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

We have a small and vanishing window to collect bees before the inevitable rapid spread of the varroa mites, and the mass die-offs, occur.

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