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.

An international study led by The Australian National University (ANU) will help underpin the development of next-generation medical treatments and industrial applications such as removing pesticides from waterways.

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.

The Australian National University (ANU) has opened a new visitor’s centre at Mount Stromlo with interactive astronomy exhibits, including one that replicates flying into a wormhole in space, and a new café with stunning views across Canberra.

A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found that symbolic play in toddlers, which involves use of the imagination, is more beneficial to language development than functional play like puzzles, blocks or drawing.

ANU will lead Australia's next wave of research into the Universe and the formation of the basic elements, using new 3-D technology to explore the Universe.

ANU will establish an international research program to improve ways to store renewable energy that can be integrated into the electricity grid under a new $8 million partnership with the ACT Government.