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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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Thursday, 10 Mar 2016
  • Academic profile

Dr Maja Adamska is flipping through a textbook, and stops to show a photo of what looks like a lumpy blob.

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Thursday, 10 Mar 2016
  • Academic profile

“Before you go travelling next time, make sure you come to me for some tips.”

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Tuesday, 08 Mar 2016
  • News

A team of international scientists has quantified the threat that climate change poses to nine staple food crops in sub-Saharan Africa and outlined actions and timelines needed to adapt to head off the risk of crop and food shortages.

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Tuesday, 08 Mar 2016

The University has used International Women's Day to strengthen its commitment to gender equity.

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Monday, 07 Mar 2016
  • News

A culture that is overtly anti-sexist can still implicitly associate science with masculinism, according to CPAS academic Lindy Orthia and anthropologist Rachel Morgain.

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Monday, 07 Mar 2016
  • News

Scientists developing fusion energy experiments have solved a puzzle of why their million-degree heating beams sometimes fail, and instead destabilise the fusion experiments before energy is generated.

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Portrait of Karina Tuveng, Earth Science student
Monday, 07 Mar 2016
  • Student profile

“For my research project, I’m part of a team looking at climate change that took place 40 to 50 million years ago, when the Earth transitioned from ‘greenhouse’ to ‘icehouse’.

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Saturday, 05 Mar 2016
  • Academic profile

Professor Gordon Lister is a tectonicist and structural geologist. In other words, a rock-whisperer.

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Saturday, 05 Mar 2016
  • Career story

Imagine having a smash-hit YouTube channel with millions of viewers who tune in to watch you talk about your passion.

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