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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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Monday, 30 Jan 2017
  • News

Three ANU postgraduate science students have received a financial boost that will enable them to do further research into their areas of expertise for the next three years.

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Friday, 27 Jan 2017
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ANU warmly welcomes the appointment of physicist Dr Robert N. Shelton as the new President of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization.

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Friday, 27 Jan 2017

Distinguished ANU professors and high-profile alumni have been recognised for their contribution to Australian society in the 2017 Australia Day Honours.

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Wednesday, 25 Jan 2017
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Crabs that invade smaller crab species’ habitat overpower and evict incumbents from their burrows, but the two species ultimately co-exist.

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Tuesday, 24 Jan 2017

ANU physicists have invented a tiny device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved.

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Monday, 23 Jan 2017
  • Analysis and opinion

People collapse, buildings collapse, economies collapse and even entire human civilizations collapse.

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Friday, 20 Jan 2017
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Researchers at ANU have called for the transition from native timber harvesting to plantation forests with the biggest mainland sawmill in Australia under threat of collapse.

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Thursday, 19 Jan 2017
  • Career story

It takes a really good teacher to know that they could be doing more, not only for their students but also for themselves.

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Monday, 16 Jan 2017
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ANU has received a $2 million grant from The Ian Potter Foundation to find ways to improve environmental management of farmlands.

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