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Farm dam

Better dams offer major benefits to farmers and livestock

Managing the water quality of farm dams is critical to the health of livestock as well as boosting crop production, according to new research from the ANU Sustainable Farms group.

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Siding Spring at night
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
  • Analysis and opinion

About once a week, I’m the one to gently explain that the star name bought to honour someone's memory is not officially recognised.

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Friday, 25 May 2018
  • News

Citizen scientists in every state and territory have helped ANU smash its own stargazing Guinness World Records title

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Thursday, 24 May 2018
  • News

Dr Brad Tucker from ANU has congratulated everyone who participated in the attempt to break the University's stargazing Guinness World Records title

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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
  • News

ANU invites citizen scientists to join the University's search for exploding stars called supernovae, which help astronomers to measure the Universe.

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Aerial view of Canberra showing buildings and shine dome.
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
  • Analysis and opinion

The phrase “sold out stadium shows” is not often synonymous with science. Unless of course you are Professor Brian Cox.

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Wednesday, 23 May 2018
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ANU scientists have helped design new satellite instruments that are part of a mission launched into space today to study changes in water levels on Earth.

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University campus showing building, trees and sculpture of giant silver ball.
Monday, 21 May 2018
  • Analysis and opinion

While urbanisation presents a number of opportunities, it also poses a number of complex challenges.

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Wednesday, 16 May 2018
  • News

ANU have found the fastest-growing black hole known in the Universe, describing it as a monster that devours a mass equivalent to our sun every two days.

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Friday, 11 May 2018
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A study led by ANU has shed new light on the mystery of how our solar system formed in a cloud of gas and dust in space billions of years ago.

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