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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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Thursday, 26 Aug 2021
  • Career story

Science journalism is a dream career for many people with a passion for science and flair for writing. For ANU graduate Ellen Phiddian, that dream is now a reality.

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Dr Andrew Horsley is standing in a lab with blue light and electronic equipment behind him
Thursday, 26 Aug 2021
  • News

ANU spin-out company Quantum Brilliance has hit another major milestone in its mission to deliver the world's first room temperature quantum computer.

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Building on campus with trees.
Tuesday, 24 Aug 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Business and governments across the world are embedding carbon abatement considerations into their trade negotiations and relationships. As an industry dependent on exporting, Australian agriculture must be ready to adjust to a more carbon-conscious trading future.

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Two galahs in a eucalypt hollow
Monday, 23 Aug 2021
  • Research story

PhD student Cara Parsons is calling for citizen scientists to collect data on mature eucalypts as part of her research into the dangers of falling branches.

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Milky Way over Siding Spring
Wednesday, 18 Aug 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

From movie suggestions to self-driving vehicles, machine learning has revolutionised modern life. Experts are now using it to help solve one of humanity’s biggest problems: climate change.

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David Lindenmayer stands in front of a car with a forest in the background
Monday, 16 Aug 2021
  • Media release

Logged forests near regional and rural towns and settlements are at increased risk of increased fire severity, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

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Dr Noelia Martinez Rey is standing inside the ruins of a telescope destroyed by bushfire.
Friday, 13 Aug 2021
  • Research story

Dr Noelia Martinez Rey creates artificial stars in space using lasers to correct for the twinkling effect of atmospheric turbulence. “When you see a star twinkle, that twinkle is created by turbulence in our atmosphere,” she explains.

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Tuesday, 10 Aug 2021
  • News

The world may warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius by the early 2030s, a climate change expert from The Australian National University (ANU) warns.

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Tuesday, 10 Aug 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Earth has warmed 1.09℃ since pre-industrial times and many changes such as sea-level rise and glacier melt are now virtually irreversible, according to the most sobering report yet by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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