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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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Dr Rocio Camacho Morales in physics lab, photographed leaning over a table with laser optics equipment.
Wednesday, 16 Jun 2021
  • News

Researchers from ANU have developed new technology that allows people to see clearly in the dark, revolutionising night-vision.

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Professor Kurt Lambeck in front of projection showing an image of the Earth from space.
Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021
  • News

A leading ANU researcher who helped make GPS a tool we all use each day has been awarded the top gong in the Order of Australia.

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Building with garden in foreground.
Friday, 11 Jun 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

One cold winter doesn't negate more than a century of global warming. We need the political leadership to set the world on a safer path. Ill-informed tweets by government senators won't help.

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Artist interpretation of laser light sail. Image shows space with lasers from Earth casting a large sail.
Tuesday, 08 Jun 2021
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Scientists from ANU have designed a new type of space-craft propulsion system as part of an ambitious international project that aims to explore the worlds surrounding our second nearest star, Alpha Centauri.

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Telescopes and night sky showing Milky Way
Wednesday, 02 Jun 2021
  • News

Australian scientists will help construct one of the world's most powerful ground-based telescopes that promises to see further and clearer than the Hubble Space Telescope and unlock mysteries of the early Universe.

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Friday, 28 May 2021
  • News

The hunt for the never before heard "hum" of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars has just got a lot easier, thanks to an international team of researchers.

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Wednesday, 26 May 2021
  • News

An ecological crisis overshadowed by the threats of mass species extinctions and climate change impacts could be just as serious to ecosystems and human society, according to a new study by an international team of scientists.

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Two side by side photos. One is a head shot of Dorrit Jacob, the other is Barry Pogson standing with plants.
Tuesday, 25 May 2021
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A plant biologist and geochemist from The Australian National University have both been recognised for their outstanding contributions to their fields of science.

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Blood red coloured full moon in night sky
Monday, 24 May 2021
  • News

If you cast your eyes to the skies this Wednesday night you're in for a celestial surprise - a rare Super Blood Moon.

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