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Farm dam

Better dams offer major benefits to farmers and livestock

Managing the water quality of farm dams is critical to the health of livestock as well as boosting crop production, according to new research from the ANU Sustainable Farms group.

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Monday, 17 Oct 2016
  • News

The Australian National University (ANU) has partnered with Humboldt University in Berlin (Germany) to deliver a dual PhD program aimed at crossing boundaries to fight malaria.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Monday, 17 Oct 2016
  • Analysis and opinion

Australia's energy security needs to be reviewed in the face of new threats from climate change, cyber hacking and greater complexity in the energy system, an expert forum hosted by the ANU Energy Change Institute and Engineers Australia has found.

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Sunday, 16 Oct 2016

A class of biology students travelled to the Kioloa Coastal Campus for the weekend to study the functional diversity of plants. In this video hear from the participants and see what the trip involved.

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Friday, 14 Oct 2016

Research led by The Australian National University (ANU) is helping to develop food crops with bigger yields and greater ability to cope with drought compared with today’s plants.

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Thursday, 13 Oct 2016

An urban environment expert at The Australian National University (ANU) is among leading scientists calling for a greater say on a new international plan for cities of the future, ahead of a major United Nations conference next week.

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Wednesday, 12 Oct 2016
  • Student blog

When I discovered that the average amount of time that I would be in class per week was something like 15-20 hours, I was absolutely shocked.

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Friday, 07 Oct 2016
  • News

Professor Ken Baldwin, has called for a big-picture approach to the COAG Energy Ministers meeting tomorrow which will consider the national implications of the recent electricity events in South Australia.

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Friday, 07 Oct 2016
  • Research story

Any cyclist with a passing familiarity with the science precinct at ANU would know about The Magpies of Linnaeus Way. They are so famous that they even get capital letters, as all celebrities should.

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Thursday, 06 Oct 2016
  • News

ANU Medical School alumna, Dr Nicole Rodrigues, has become the first ACT recipient of the Gordon Gordon-Taylor Prize, awarded for the highest mark in a surgical entrance examination.

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