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Islands are engines of linguistic diversity, study shows

Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from ANU that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.

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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

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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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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Thursday, 28 Jul 2016

The Australian National University (ANU) will receive $1 million from the NSW Government to protect the state's Swift Parrot population following the University's ground-breaking research that led to the iconic bird being listed as critically endangered.

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Thursday, 28 Jul 2016

A new resource from The Australian National University (ANU) dispels myths about how children are affected by domestic and family violence, and aims to help people who work with children to provide the best support.

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Monday, 25 Jul 2016
  • News

The University has celebrated the official opening of the refurbished Florey Building, which has a strong history in medical research.

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Thursday, 21 Jul 2016
  • News

A research project led by The Australian National University (ANU) has closed an important gap in the understanding of a fundamental process of life - the creation of proteins based on recipes called RNA.

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Tuesday, 19 Jul 2016
  • Research story

International research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found how plants, such as rice and wheat, sense and respond to extreme drought stress, in a breakthrough that could lead to the development of next-generation drought-proof crops.

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