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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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Wednesday, 25 Oct 2017
  • News

Three researchers from ANU have been honoured for their contributions to science and health in the ACT Tall Poppy Awards for 2017.

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Wednesday, 25 Oct 2017
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The physics and engineering Makerspace has played a key role in designing and producing the newly unveiled Australian of the Year trophies. 

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Wednesday, 25 Oct 2017
  • Academic profile

From an early age, Professor Fred Chow wondered how plant science could be used to solve famine.

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Friday, 20 Oct 2017
  • Academic profile

Dr Aude Fahrer's 'wake-up call' to the immune system could fight many types of cancer.

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Wednesday, 18 Oct 2017
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Scientists from ANU have launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help protect the critically endangered swift parrot from sugar gliders.

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Wednesday, 18 Oct 2017
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ANU congratulates Professor Jenny Graves AO, one of Australia’s leading evolutionary geneticists, on winning this year’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

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Tuesday, 17 Oct 2017
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Scientists from ANU and around the world have detected for the first time gravitational waves from the collision of two stars about 130m light years away.

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Wednesday, 11 Oct 2017
  • Research story

A new science program for people with intellectual disabilities has delivered great educational, social and economic benefits to students.

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Wednesday, 04 Oct 2017
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ANU has welcomed this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for the ground-breaking work to detect gravitational waves.

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