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Islands are engines of linguistic diversity, study shows
Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from ANU that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.
Read the articleANU congratulates Professor Jenny Graves AO, one of Australia’s leading evolutionary geneticists, on winning this year’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.
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.
A new science program for people with intellectual disabilities has delivered great educational, social and economic benefits to students.
ANU has welcomed this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for the ground-breaking work to detect gravitational waves.
A study led by ANU has warned that Melbourne and Sydney should prepare for 50 degree Celsius days under the Paris Agreement global warming limit of 2 degrees.
Associate Professor Rowena Ball shares her experiences of working with students in remote Queensland communities for the STEM Professionals in Schools program.
But for around 18% of Australians, Spring brings another kind of fever… hay fever. The culprit? Pollen.
Days after the Government announced a new Australian Space Agency, ANU has signed a new agreement with the German space agency and space Centre DLR.
ANU will lead a new project announced by the federal government to enhance Australia’s defence capability.