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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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Friday, 17 Jun 2016
  • News

You’re in a forest of the tallest flowering trees in the world, surrounding an ancient volcano. Sparkling waterfalls topple over its rim, against a backdrop of rocky, jagged peaks.

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Thursday, 16 Jun 2016
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A new national centre to research cognitive health, to be based at ANU, has been launched to help Australian researchers work to prevent cognitive decline.

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Thursday, 16 Jun 2016
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When Mae Noble was working on coral reef ecology in the sunny Caribbean, she probably didn’t foresee a future where she’d be snorkeling in the freezing Murray-Darling Basin, looking for endangered crayfish.

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Wednesday, 15 Jun 2016
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Researchers from around Australia testing satellites at the ANU Mount Stromlo ahead of a mass satellite launch from the International Space Station later this year.

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Wednesday, 15 Jun 2016
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Two volunteer astronomers have had a galaxy cluster named after them after finding the galaxy in an international citizen science project co-led by ANU.

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Tuesday, 14 Jun 2016
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A new study into pythons and boas has for the first time found the two groups of snakes evolved independently to share similar traits, shedding new light on how the reptiles evolved.

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Tuesday, 14 Jun 2016

Don’t get us wrong, you can learn a lot about environment management on campus. But getting your hands dirty at the National Arboretum Canberra gives you a whole new perspective.

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Tuesday, 14 Jun 2016

Prominent ANU academics and supporters have been recognised for their contribution to Australia in the latest Queen's Birthday Honours list, with Distinguished Professor of Engineering Brian Anderson receiving the nation's top honour.

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Friday, 10 Jun 2016

ANU PhD students claimed victory for designing an innovative concept where smartphones could be used to test water quality.

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