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

Playing with piping hot plasma. Imagine that a nuclear fusion device is an above-ground swimming pool, and piping hot plasma is the water that fills the pool right to the brim. Now work out ways that you can double the volume of water without making waves, spilling it over the edge or causing the pool’s walls to rupture.

One of the most important things ANU did for my career was to give me space to enjoy and be fascinated by learning.