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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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Friday, 12 Aug 2016
  • Research story

Dr Graham Walker has just returned from 11 weeks in Africa, where his Science Circus Africa education outreach program was seen by a staggering 41,000 people across five countries.

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Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016
  • Research story

ANU chemistry researchers have been awarded for their work on an important milk protein, which is leading to a better understanding of the biochemical processes underlying diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.

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Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016
  • News

New research into the winter migration of Tasmania's swift parrots has found the population migrates up to 1,000 kilometres further north from their central Victorian habitats during drought years to concentrate on the coast of New South Wales.

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Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016
  • News

Health researchers predict that the transmission of dengue could decrease in a future warmer climate, countering previous projections that climate change would cause the potentially lethal virus to spread more easily.

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Tuesday, 09 Aug 2016
  • News

Open any office door at ANU, and you never know quite what you’ll find inside.

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Monday, 01 Aug 2016
  • Career story

From lizard island to ministerial briefs, Jessica’s taken up every opportunity at ANU. I work in the Terrestrial Species Conservation Section within the Protected Species and Communities Branch of the Department of the Environment. My job involves listing species and making or adopting recovery plans for their conservation.

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Monday, 01 Aug 2016
  • Career story

Science careers: Find out how Laura used her Bachelor of Science degree to land her a job as the Operations Manager for Southern Innovation

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Friday, 29 Jul 2016
  • Career story

Eloise has since graduated from ANU and is headed for Oxford to start a PhD in mathematics.

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Friday, 29 Jul 2016

The Australian National University (ANU) and the CSIRO have opened a new collaborative research centre to focus on environment, agriculture and global food supplies.

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