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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.
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A study led by ANU has solved the 168-year-old mystery of how the world's biggest and most active volcanoes formed in Hawaii.
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ANU biologists have named an unlikely pair of plants after Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, the stars of the 1988 movie Twins.
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The Australian National University (ANU) and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are helping make science more exciting and accessible across Africa.
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A goddess with curves better than any beauty queen. I call her Sully, our own Miss World.
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A symposium of energy experts has called for a national discussion on nuclear options, including mining, power generation and waste storage.
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A new study on UHT milk is helping scientists to better understand Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and type 2 diabetes
We were delighted to see alumni & friends at the recent ANU Science Public Lecture and Dinner at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.
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The first satellites built in Australia in the past 15 years have been launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida
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Like most graduates, Ellen Miech was worried about finding a job after she finished her degree. Turns out she needn’t have been.