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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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Monday, 05 Jun 2017
  • News

Two ANU chemists have been awarded prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowships from the Australian Research Council (ARC).

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Friday, 26 May 2017
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Parasitologists at RSB, JCSMR and the Centre for Advanced Microscopy are celebrating a new dual PhD program that pairs ANU with Humboldt University in Berlin.

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Friday, 26 May 2017
  • Student blog

‘Why?’ I asked, unable to hide my curiosity. Is he going to ask me out on a date?

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Friday, 26 May 2017
  • Analysis and opinion

Researchers at ANU are calling for location data to be withheld from research publications to help protect some rare and endangered species.

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Friday, 26 May 2017
  • Research story

Online volunteers have helped astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU) find a star that exploded 970 million years ago

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Tuesday, 23 May 2017
  • Research story

A team of international astrophysicists led by The Australian National University (ANU) has shown how most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms.

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Tuesday, 23 May 2017
  • Analysis and opinion

A climate policy expert at The Australian National University (ANU) says the world would be better off if the US withdraws from the global climate agreement

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Monday, 22 May 2017

Science communicators from eight African countries created a pop-up interactive science exhibition on Monday 22 May.

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Friday, 19 May 2017
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An ANU physicist has been enlisted into an international network of scientists working to build a sustainable future with fusion energy.

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