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Ultra-precise ANU coatings help power the next generation of gravitational wave detectors
Making the advanced optics inside the most sensitive measurements of gravitational waves ever recorded.
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Distinguished scientist and ANU Professor Graham Farquhar AO leads the list of ANU community members nominated for the ACT 2018 Australian of the Year Awards.
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ANU has played a leading role in the discovery of a new species of orangutan, the Tapanuli orangutan.
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Like many Earth Science students, my passion for geoscience began with a simple fascination in volcanoes and earthquakes.
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A new study led by ANU has helped explain how our snakes and lizards descended from creatures that have emigrated from Asia over the past 30 million years.
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Third year medical student Lissy McLinton talks about her placement in the Northern Territory.
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A new study led by ANU has mapped priority areas around the world to protect thousands of mammal species.
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The physics and engineering Makerspace has played a key role in designing and producing the newly unveiled Australian of the Year trophies.
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From an early age, Professor Fred Chow wondered how plant science could be used to solve famine.
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Three researchers from ANU have been honoured for their contributions to science and health in the ACT Tall Poppy Awards for 2017.