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Doughnut-shaped region found inside Earth’s core deepens understanding of planet’s magnetic field

A doughnut-shaped region thousands of kilometres beneath our feet within Earth’s liquid core has been discovered by ANU scientists, providing new clues about the dynamics of our planet’s magnetic field.

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Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018
  • Academic profile

During the drought that dominated Australian life at the start of the 21st Century, Dr Virginia Marshall noticed something was missing.

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Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018
  • News

A research team has detected electrons outside of their regular orbits, a phenomenon that could be harnessed to develop next-generation electronics.

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Thursday, 15 Mar 2018
  • News

Scientists at ANU are helping to improve understanding of how rocks in Earth’s hot, deep interior enable the motions of tectonic plates.

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Tuesday, 13 Mar 2018
  • News

A team of astronomers involving ANU has discovered that a mysterious gamma-ray signal from the centre of the Milky Way come from 10 billion-year-old stars.

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Thursday, 08 Mar 2018
  • News

A new study from ANU has challenged the notion that some nations’ citizens are happier than others.

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Dr Lara Malins
Wednesday, 07 Mar 2018

What better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to take a look at the successes and discoveries of some of our female researchers and students?

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Tuesday, 06 Mar 2018
  • Career story

Dr Nicky Bruce is using her scientific skillset to run her bakery in Albury, NSW.

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Thursday, 01 Mar 2018
  • News

An environment expert at ANU has warned city councils to address climate change, in the absence of an evidence-based systems approach, can have consequences.

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Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018
  • News

Research led by ANU has drilled down to the molecular level to find similarities across six pharmaceutical drugs, to find a way to reduce unwanted side effects.

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