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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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Thursday, 11 Dec 2014
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International scientists have carried out the most detailed study of how specialised body cells can be reprogrammed to be like cells from the early embryo.

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Monday, 08 Dec 2014
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ANU Bachelor of Philosophy (Science) (Honours) student Ee-Faye Chong has won a scholarship to study at Tohoku University in Japan in 2015 as part of the Federal Government’s New Colombo Plan.

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Friday, 05 Dec 2014

The ANU and CSIRO have joined forces in a new collaborative precinct to help build a sustainable future for the environment, agriculture and global food supplies.

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Thursday, 04 Dec 2014
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I have studied fossils in South Australia, groundwater in the Lower Murrumbidgee and infiltration rates at Lake George

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Wednesday, 03 Dec 2014
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An ANU mathematician has developed a new way to uncover simple patterns that might underlie apparently complex systems, such as clouds, cracks in materials or the movement of the stockmarket.

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