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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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Tuesday, 03 Nov 2015

ANU has welcomed the announcement by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr MLA to support the future of Australia's space industry at Mount Stromlo.

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Monday, 02 Nov 2015

A group of ANU students recently travelled to the University of Tsukuba in Japan to complete a course on biodiversity and biotechnology. The course, Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Applications, was partially funded by the New Colombo Plan mobility grant.

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Monday, 02 Nov 2015
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Did you remember to exercise today?

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Wednesday, 28 Oct 2015
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Chemists have created a star-shaped molecule previously thought to be too unstable to be made.

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Wednesday, 21 Oct 2015

Distinguished ANU Professor Graham Farquhar has won Australia's top science prize for his work on water-efficient crops and for helping the world understand the impacts of climate change.

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Wednesday, 21 Oct 2015
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Academic staff, professional staff and recent or soon to be PhD graduates preparing for an academic career, may register for one or more modules.

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Monday, 19 Oct 2015
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“We can definitely say that time travel into the future is possible and in effect has been done before," says physicist Dr Peter Riggs.

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