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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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Tuesday, 08 Dec 2015
  • Career story

Joe Duggan didn’t just study a Master of Science Communication Outreach, it’s like he actually is the master.

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Monday, 07 Dec 2015

Distinguished physics Professor Chennupati Jagadish and his wife Vidya have kickstarted a new endowment fund to bring science students and academics from the developing world to study and do research at The Australian National University (ANU).

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Friday, 04 Dec 2015
  • News

Associate Professor Kirk urged Australians to take care when preparing food.

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Thursday, 03 Dec 2015
  • News

A remarkably detailed animation of the movement of the densest and coldest water in the world around Antarctica has been produced using data generated on Australia’s most powerful supercomputer, Raijin.

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PhD student, Donna Belder
Monday, 30 Nov 2015
  • Student profile

Besides being lovely to have around, birds fulfil critical roles in ecosystems, so I see their ongoing decline in Australia and elsewhere as a matter of utmost concern.

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Friday, 27 Nov 2015
  • News

The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) doubles the risk of breast cancer in menopausal Australian women, our new research shows.

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