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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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Monday, 17 Dec 2018
  • News

A team has invented a device that could be developed into ultra-sensitive cameras for security screening which would not require people to queue at airports.

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Monday, 17 Dec 2018
  • Student blog

Alexandra Catling indulges in her passion for scientific research on a trip to south east Asian forests. And discovers leeches.

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Thursday, 13 Dec 2018
  • Student profile

Tegan Clark travelled 2,500 kilometres to start university, but for someone who spends her nights staring up at the stars, that hardly seems any distance at all.

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Thursday, 13 Dec 2018
  • News

The ANU College of Science has introduced a new Astronomy and Astrophysics major.

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Caitlin Sears
Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018
  • Career story

"I’m loving the job. It fits perfectly with what I’m interested in.”

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Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018
  • Student blog

Kate Holland takes us on a field trip to the Great Barrier Reef to learn how coral reefs are built and destroyed.

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Monday, 10 Dec 2018
  • Career story

Meet the Fenner School alumni who are now running Tasmania's first Christmas tree farm.

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Friday, 07 Dec 2018
  • News

Scientists will lead the design phase of a multimillion-dollar project for a new system on one of the world's most powerful ground-based optical telescopes

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Thursday, 06 Dec 2018
  • News

A chronic shortage of females in a critically endangered parrot species has led to love triangles, sneaky sex on the side, increased fighting between males.

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