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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 new study is looking for young Australians aged 18-25 years who worry about their weight and body shape to take part in a six-week online program to improve body image.
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Humans are causing the climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces, new research co-led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found.
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Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have controlled wave-generated currents to make previously unimaginable liquid materials.
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The ANU, the ACT Minister for Health and the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) have launched a new robotic system to fast-track the development of new drugs to fight cancer and other diseases.
ANU physicists are set to play a prominent role in a revolution in medical scanning.
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People who work more than 39 hours a week are putting their health at risk, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.
The ANU has been named in the top 10 of the world's most international universities
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Victoria's faunal emblem the Leadbeater's Possum and other species will become extinct within about 30 years unless clear-fell logging stops in Victoria's Mountain Ash forests, new research based on 30 years of monitoring the forests has found.
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ANU researcher Dr Sarang Kim has received the Hazel Hawke Research Grant in Dementia Care from the Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Foundation for her project Dementia Stigma Reduction