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Firefighters in action

Our medical students do their own stunts

Lights. Camera. Action. Go behind the scenes as ANU medical students bring an emergency simulation to life.

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Headshot of a woman
Thursday, 29 Aug 2024
  • Academic profile

Climate scientist Dr Georgy Falster is demystifying what it's like to study and work in science, one letter at a time.

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Water flowing creek
Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

What types of chemicals are actually considered “forever chemicals”? And how should we deal with the escalating threat they pose?

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Aerial ANU photo
Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024
  • News

Researchers from ANU received a total funding of $8 million across 17 projects in the latest round of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.

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Stargazing at Parliament House
Monday, 26 Aug 2024
  • Student profile

ANU PhD scholar Peter Swanton is using Indigenous knowledge of our night skies to unlock the secrets of our universe, and inspiring young people along the way.

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Dr Si Ming Man from The John Curtin School of Medical Research
Friday, 23 Aug 2024
  • News

ANU immunologists give us advice on how to make sure the food in your kitchen doesn't leave you sprinting to the bathroom.

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Beetles
Friday, 23 Aug 2024
  • News

Despite thriving in diverse environments for hundreds of millions of years, little was known about the darkling beetles evolution. Scientists at ANU and CSIRO have uncovered the truth.

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Dr Teresa Bonello from the Genome Sciences and Cancer Division at JCSMR.
Thursday, 22 Aug 2024
  • Academic profile
  • Research story

Dr Bonello is exploring the crucial elements of the tumour microenvironment.

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Penguin antarctica
Thursday, 22 Aug 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

New research shows Antarctica’s coastlines more connected to land in the Southern Hemisphere than previously thought.

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Person in physics lab
Wednesday, 21 Aug 2024
  • News

Researchers have come up with a radical new algorithm to significantly boost the performance of quantum computers in certain problems, and also show that classical solutions can be just as good in other circumstances.

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