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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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Artist impression of S5-HVS1 ejection by Sagittarius A
Wednesday, 13 Nov 2019
  • News

A star is travelling at more than six million km/h through the Milky Way after being flung from the centre of our galaxy by a supermassive black hole.

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Aerial photo of smoke clouds over Australia's coastline
Tuesday, 12 Nov 2019
  • Research story

Dr Marta Yebra is using remote sensing techniques to advise fire authorities about where to deploy firefighting resources.

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A wheat crop
Friday, 08 Nov 2019
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Clever detective work by an international team of scientists has uncovered how a deadly fungus came about through unusual breeding habits.

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Thursday, 07 Nov 2019
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Scientists have show that ice melt drives rapid and high sea-level rise, offering a forewarning of what to expect under human-driven climate change.

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A red deer with her calf
Wednesday, 06 Nov 2019
  • News

Red deer on a Scottish island are evolving to give birth earlier in the year as the climate warms.

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Brooke Roy, an apprentice at the Earth Sciences Engineering Workshop.
Tuesday, 05 Nov 2019
  • Research story

Where does an ANU researcher go when they need to get a meteorite cut?

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Monday, 04 Nov 2019
  • Student profile

A chance meeting changed Lachlan McKie’s direction unexpectedly towards the study of nuclear physics and dark matter.

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Thursday, 31 Oct 2019
  • News

Scientists at The Australian National University have found a way to better detect all collisions of stellar-mass black holes in the Universe.

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Wednesday, 30 Oct 2019
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The genetic history of a critically endangered songbird shows its best chance of survival is to protect its rapidly disappearing habitat.

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