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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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"I had been focusing on battery storage in my studies, and I really believe that without undertaking this as part of my Masters, I wouldn’t have the knowledge to do the role."
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Five per cent of the Australian population suffer from autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and lupus
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On James Ross Island, off the northern Antarctic Peninsula, Dr Nerilie Abram from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences stands in the path of the battering westerly gales, and collects an ice core.
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ANU has an amazing academic atmosphere and advanced scientific instruments
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Rebecca Davies is a Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) student at the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics.
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Experimental physicist Dr Bram Slagmolen has created a tool that measures with unimaginable precision
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It took a mathematician to find an answer to how life on Earth actually began, and to discover the answer in the most surprising place: the hairdresser’s.
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I have a bachelor degree in science education and have experience teaching science but I didn’t like the way I communicated with the students. It seemed quite boring.
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It might be hard to believe, but scientists currently rely on one type of coral found in one place only—the Bahamas—as a source of the ingredients to make important anti-cancer and anti-malaria drugs.