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Farm dam

Better dams offer major benefits to farmers and livestock

Managing the water quality of farm dams is critical to the health of livestock as well as boosting crop production, according to new research from the ANU Sustainable Farms group.

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Large multi storied building on university campus.
Thursday, 23 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

We know the climate changes as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, but the exact amount of expected warming remains uncertain.

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Quoll being released
Thursday, 23 Jul 2020
  • News

An experimental research project led by researchers from ANU has found a new way to boost the survival rates of eastern quolls reintroduced to the Australian Capital Territory.

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Lead author Dr Siva Karuturi
Monday, 20 Jul 2020
  • Research story

Researchers at The Australian National University have achieved a new efficiency record for hydrogen cells that can convert water into hydrogen.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Friday, 17 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed human activity all over the world. People are working from home, schools are closed in many places, travel is restricted, and in some cases only essential shops and businesses are open.

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Optical gyroscope
Thursday, 16 Jul 2020
  • News

Australian researchers and industry partners are joining forces to develop, design and manufacture the next-generation of optical gyroscopes for high-precision autonomous navigation in a new $8.7 million project.

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Square brick building behind a garden
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

The wild western end of the island, once a vast mallee woodland peppered with wildflowers and mobs of roaming roos, had been completely erased. An immense dune field covered with sharp blackened sticks now stretched beyond the horizon, to the sea, hollow and quiet.

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Potato Rubisco catalysis showing plant, roots and computer generated protein structure.
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020
  • News

Research led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production.

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University avenue through Kambri precinct with buildings and trees.
Friday, 10 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

It's painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming's demands. There's another way – but it involves accepting nature's limits.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Friday, 10 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

After the bushfires, we went looking for endangered corroboree frogs. Normally, they respond to our calls. But at some sites, the ponds were silent.

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