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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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Friday, 06 Jan 2017
  • Career story

ANU alumnus Joseph Vile has volunteered for an environmental organisation in Hanoi.

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Thursday, 05 Jan 2017
  • Career story

Dr Lauren Du Fall’s career path has been filled with surprises—most of all for herself.

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Friday, 23 Dec 2016
  • Student profile

If you want to be the best at what you do, you’re going to have to learn from the best. In the world.

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Thursday, 22 Dec 2016
  • News

The Australian National University (ANU) has celebrated the achievements of Professor Nicholas Glasgow in leading the ANU Medical School as Dean since 2008.

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Sunday, 18 Dec 2016
  • Career story

When graduating from ANU last year, Harriet Farlow wasn’t faced with the job hunting stress of most of her classmates.

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Thursday, 15 Dec 2016
  • Student profile

A science PhB graduate who has just completed Honours at the Research School of Physics and Engineering (RSPE) has won the prestigious Tillyard Prize for 2016.

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Wednesday, 14 Dec 2016
  • News

General practitioners (GPs) can and should do more to tackle the obesity epidemic in Australia, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.  

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Tuesday, 13 Dec 2016
  • Research story

A new study has shown that the female Superb Fairy-Wren has the ability to change the size of the eggs it lays in a biological feat which could buffer against the effects of climate change.

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Tuesday, 13 Dec 2016
  • News

There is no doubt that 2016 has been a record-breaking year for Earth's climate.

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