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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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Wednesday, 24 Apr 2019
  • News

An international research team led by ANU has made a new type of silicon that better uses sunlight and promises to cut the cost of solar technology.

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Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

It’s time to recognise logging for short-lived wood products is a poor use of native forests.

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Thursday, 18 Apr 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

Recent temperature trends and extremes have changed the growing conditions experienced by trees and are placing autumn displays at risk.

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Thursday, 18 Apr 2019
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The research team used a low frequency radio telescope to crack the long-running lightning mystery.

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Monday, 15 Apr 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

Evidence from around the world shows that public investment in STEM can advance a strong economy, a healthy population and a sustainable environment.

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Tuesday, 09 Apr 2019
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A new ANU initiative is connecting futuristic technology to the real world of medicine through a systems thinking approach.

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Tuesday, 09 Apr 2019
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A collection of chemical compounds is breaking down barriers to research.

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Tuesday, 09 Apr 2019
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The four-year project will quantify the biodiversity, productivity and mental health gains farmers enjoy when they invest in dams.

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Monday, 08 Apr 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

Environmental news is rarely good. But even by those low standards, 2018 was especially bad.

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