An internationally-recognised scientist who has designed instruments for observatories around the world has been appointed the new Director of the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at Mount Stromlo.

There aren’t many science careers that let you research pretty much whatever you want, wherever you want. Welcome to the life of a science communicator. It’s a tough job, but Dr Will Grant just has to do it.

One of the many unique things about the ANU is its strong connections to business, government and universities alike.

The habitats of more than 90 per cent of Australia's gum tree species will on average halve in size, and 16 eucalypt species are likely to become extinct, over the next 70 years due to global warming, a new international study has found.

Scientists are a step closer to using Australia's iconic gum trees to develop low-carbon renewable jet and missile fuel.

There is a crippling disease slowly spreading through central and east Africa. It's called konzo and it attacks mainly young women and children, quite suddenly, causing irreversible paralysis of the legs.

ANU PhD student Joshua Chu-Tan has won the 2016 ANU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and is now looking ahead to competing in the Asia-Pacific final.

ANU has won $500,000 in new funding for innovation in the 2016-17 CBR Innovation Development Fund.

Three ANU academics have been recognised among Australia's best teachers, winning Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.