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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.
Read the articleThe issue of AI authorship is now clearly on the minds of commercial academic publishers. Many have asked whether ChatGPT could be considered an academic author.
ANU is mourning the loss of one of Australia's most influential and respected climate scientists, Emeritus Professor Will Steffen.
Scientists from ANU are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.
New research published in Nature Physics, outlines a way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers. This could prove useful in a huge range of next-generation technologies, including biomedical sensing, laser ranging and quantum communications.
Dr Jürgens has the “beautiful and challenging” task of combining the two very different academic cultures of science and humanities.
New research led by a team of ANU scientists has outlined a way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers.
As campus takes a break, we have a look at some of the science which never stops – and the people who keep it running, every day of the year.
Earth’s water cycle is clearly changing. Globally, the air is getting hotter and drier, which means droughts and risky fire conditions are developing faster and more frequently a new report on the global water cycle concludes.
The African savanna elephant is listed as endangered. If the situation doesn’t change, Africa – indeed, the world – may lose one of its most iconic animal species.