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Teeth record the hidden history of your childhood climate and diet

New research shows that teeth contain a week-by-week climatic history of their owner’s childhood.

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Ambulance workers at an accident
Wednesday, 14 Jun 2023
  • News
  • Research story

Tranexamic acid is commonly used to limit bleeding during surgery, but its usefulness in emergency settings as a pre-emptive strike in life-threatening bleeding is controversial.

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Professor Susan Scott
Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023
  • News

Two national teaching programs will "revolutionise" science education in Australian schools and generate the next generation of Aussie Einsteins, quantum gurus, and our future science and technology workforce.

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AI-generated image of eukaryotes
Thursday, 08 Jun 2023
  • News

The discovery of a “lost world” of ancient organisms that lived in Earth’s waterways at least 1.6 billion years ago could change our understanding of our earliest ancestors.

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ANU medical student Atul Sharma in Mutitjulu, near Uluru
Thursday, 08 Jun 2023
  • News
  • Student blog

Medical student Atul Sharma reflects on how a remote placement in Central Australia allowed him to explore his Australian-Indian identity, and embrace his name.

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Nurse holding the hand of an older patient
Wednesday, 07 Jun 2023
  • News

The life stories and personal preferences of individuals living with dementia in aged care facilities will be recorded as part of a four-year $1.35 million project to help provide them with more personalised care and support.

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Stars and people
Wednesday, 07 Jun 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

The Indigenous science and stories behind Mulligans Flat.

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Koala clings to tree
Monday, 05 Jun 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

Now begins a long and difficult process to recover vast areas of forest after more than 50 years of clearfelling and other destructive logging practices. It’s a huge job, but it can be done. Here's an outline of what’s needed.

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Professor Thomas Preiss in the lab
Monday, 05 Jun 2023
  • News

Decades of RNA research by ANU experts has helped crack the code of life and assist in the fight against viruses – but that’s just the beginning.

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Two wolves in snow
Monday, 05 Jun 2023
  • Research story

Pele Cannon lived with wolves in Colorado: here’s what she learned.

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