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The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements

The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements

After reading hundreds and hundreds of PhD theses, we accidentally discovered how to write the perfect PhD acknowledgement: it's a kind of poetry.

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A burnt landscape
Thursday, 11 Jan 2024
  • News

Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows.

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Dark sky stars
Tuesday, 09 Jan 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years.

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Representation of nanoflower
Tuesday, 02 Jan 2024
  • News

In the search for optimum hydrogen production researchers have found decorating their electrodes with tiny metal flowers boosts the process significantly.

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Astronomers detect seismic ripples in ancient galactic disk
Friday, 22 Dec 2023
  • News

A new snapshot of an ancient, far-off galaxy could help scientists understand how it formed and the origins of our own Milky Way.

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Rocket launching at nighttime
Monday, 18 Dec 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

A new report shows what the Australian public thinks about Australia’s investment and activities in space and the results are eye opening.

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A woman standing among some trees smiling at the camera
Wednesday, 13 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

Isobel Bender is graduating with a PhB (Honours) having made what her supervisor Professor Jamie Pittock calls “an unprecedented impact on the public good as an undergraduate researcher”.

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Man in front a green garden
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

“I see maths as more of an art than a science,” Grover Lancaster-Cole says.

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Headshot of a man
Tuesday, 12 Dec 2023
  • Student profile

Dr Matt Nurse shares an insight into his research on dissemination of misinformation and his aspirations for a future where science communication is more crucial than ever.

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Astrophysicist at work
Wednesday, 06 Dec 2023
  • News

A new optical ground station launched by The Australian National University (ANU) will help NASA and other major space agencies safely reach Mars.

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