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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, 29 Aug 2018
  • Academic profile

Professor Susanne von Caemmerer has devoted her career to plant science and won worldwide recognition for her research.

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Wednesday, 29 Aug 2018
  • Research story

Ningaloo Reef might be famous for its whale sharks and stunning seascape but for ANU researchers, the real star of the show is seaweed.

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Monday, 27 Aug 2018
  • News

Australians generally trust scientists and the work they're doing, according to a new survey by researchers at The Australian National University.

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Thursday, 23 Aug 2018
  • News

They say leaders are born not made, but it seems the opposite is true for queen bees, according to a new study by researchers from ANU

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University building.
Wednesday, 22 Aug 2018
  • Analysis and opinion

It’s been a year since ripples from a colliding pair of dead stars tickled the gravitational wave detectors of the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo facilities.

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Kambri university precinct at night with lights.
Wednesday, 22 Aug 2018
  • Analysis and opinion

The National Energy Guarantee appears to promise the certainty that experts have desperately sought for. But beware: there is a renewable energy train coming.

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Friday, 17 Aug 2018
  • News

Age-related decline, can occur subtly and slowly for some individuals, while for others it happens much faster. A researcher from ANU is trying to find out why.

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Thursday, 16 Aug 2018
  • News

Australian scientists have invented a new ultra-thin device that can turn invisible light into the visible and change the colour of light,

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Thursday, 16 Aug 2018
  • News

An academic at ANU has dated an ancient portrait of Henry VIII using specialised scanning technology and his expertise in annual tree-rings.

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