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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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Man holding bone plates
Thursday, 01 Jun 2023
  • News

A customised bone plate was implanted into a patient after a collaboration between ANU, Canberra Hospital and the M3D ARC training centre, helping to heal a decades-old injury to the patient’s thigh bone.

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Boardwalk in grass
Thursday, 01 Jun 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

This is the first time an assessment of boundaries has quantified the harms to people from changes to the Earth system.

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LIGO control room
Thursday, 25 May 2023
  • News

A new facility at ANU will help scientists detect some of the most extreme events in the universe and put Australia "front and centre" of the exciting field of gravitational wave science.

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Two scientists using equipment
Thursday, 25 May 2023
  • News

A first-of-its-kind experiment led by ANU researchers could help make sure communities around the world are better prepared to deal with earthquakes.

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Two people looking in coral reef tank
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

ANU is home to a surprising slice of tropical marine life.

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Bees in a hive
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

While Australia is the last continent to be invaded by the vorroa mite, it has an opportunity to be the first to eradicate it.

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Man in forest in front of car
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
  • Media release

The Victorian government’s announcement today that it will exit native forest logging in 2024, six years ahead of what it had previously planned, is a major win for the climate and economy, experts from The Australian National University (ANU) say.

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Man in lab
Friday, 19 May 2023
  • Student profile

From exploring the mysteries of dark matter, to planting the seeds of human life away from Earth, Lachlan McKie is using nuclear science to solve some of our most complex questions.

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Aerial shot of reef
Friday, 19 May 2023
  • News

ANU is home to one of the world’s most innovative nuclear science facilities and programs. This work is helping protect environmental treasures like the world’s largest coral reef, understand the origins of life on our planet and launch tech into space.

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