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Man next to large rock

Stormy waves traversing the Earth’s core provide new hints into future planetary exploration

The detection of energy signals from strong winter storms in the North Atlantic Ocean which travel through the Earth’s core could enhance understanding of our solar system, according to new ANU research.

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spliceosomes
Tuesday, 21 Jan 2025
  • News

New research provides insight into how cells identify and discard faulty molecular machines responsible for RNA splicing.

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Mars map
Monday, 20 Jan 2025
  • Analysis and opinion

A new study investigating how marsquake vibrations travel revealed evidence that the origin of the Martian dichotomy lies deep inside the red planet.

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Clinical Skills Team
Tuesday, 14 Jan 2025
  • Student profile

The ANU medical program integrates clinical and procedural skills across all years, ensuring students are well-prepared for real-world patient care.

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Group of wallabies eating
Monday, 06 Jan 2025
  • News

We need more fox-free safe havens and greater collaboration between government and landowners to ensure the survival of the Parma wallaby.

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Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility
Wednesday, 18 Dec 2024
  • News

PhD Student Aditya Babu wants to revisit one of the earliest puzzles of nuclear physics: why are some nuclei more stable than others?

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Lily (Lil) Logan @ANU MakerSpace
Tuesday, 17 Dec 2024
  • Student profile

Lily (Lil) Logan is pursuing a Master of Science Communication postgraduate degree at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.

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illustration of mountain landscape
Tuesday, 17 Dec 2024
  • Research story

When scientists observed snow gums dying in huge numbers, they immediately suspected a beetle might be the culprit. The next step seemed easy: catch some beetles. But this is a story about what it’s like to tackle an entirely new problem, so nothing is easy. Not even catching some beetles.

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Woman with a dog
Thursday, 12 Dec 2024
  • Research story

Protecting their pack is what these dogs have been bred to do.

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Four headshots
Thursday, 12 Dec 2024
  • News

Four stellar ANU scientists have been recognised as STEM Superstars.

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