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A study led by researchers at ANU could lead to new treatments for combating drug-resistant malaria, as well as boost existing drugs.
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Analysis and opinion | 17 Jul 2020
Australian cities are quiet during lockdown. Earthquake scientists are making the most of it
Our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed human activity all over the world. People are working from home, schools are closed in many places, travel is restricted, and in some cases only essential shops and businesses are open.
News | 16 Jul 2020
Next-generation navigation technology developed in Australia
Australian researchers and industry partners are joining forces to develop, design and manufacture the next-generation of optical gyroscopes for high-precision autonomous navigation in a new $8.7 million project.
Analysis and opinion | 14 Jul 2020
Fire-ravaged Kangaroo Island is teeming with feral cats. It’s bad news for this little marsupial
The wild western end of the island, once a vast mallee woodland peppered with wildflowers and mobs of roaming roos, had been completely erased. An immense dune field covered with sharp blackened sticks now stretched beyond the horizon, to the sea, hollow and quiet.
News | 14 Jul 2020
Back to the future: new study could lead to bumper crops
Research led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production.
Analysis and opinion | 10 Jul 2020
Our field cameras melted in the bushfires. When we opened them, the results were startling
After the bushfires, we went looking for endangered corroboree frogs. Normally, they respond to our calls. But at some sites, the ponds were silent.
Analysis and opinion | 10 Jul 2020
Intensive farming is eating up the Australian continent – but there's another way
It's painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming's demands. There's another way – but it involves accepting nature's limits.
News | 9 Jul 2020
Lead engineer of Australia’s planet hunter receives national award
ANU researcher, Dr James Gilbert has been named one of Australia’s most innovative engineers.
News | 8 Jul 2020
Professor Loeske Kruuk awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship
Professor Kruuk will receive $3.3 million in funding from the ARC to pursue research into the effects of changing environments on wild animal populations.
Analysis and opinion | 7 Jul 2020
How COVID-19 undermines sustainability
Amid the dire consequences of COVID-19, some consider the pandemic to the best news the environment has received in a long time.
Academic profile | 6 Jul 2020
Can physics explain our experience of ‘corona time’?
You might have heard that it’s July now. The year is, apparently, already half over. But how can this be possible? We turn to Dr Peter Riggs for answers.
