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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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Friday, 21 Sep 2018
  • News

Molecules of fat discovered in an ancient fossil reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years ago.

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Monday, 17 Sep 2018
  • Analysis and opinion

The Australian renewable energy industry will install more than 10 gigawatts of new solar and wind power during 2018 and 2019.

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Friday, 14 Sep 2018
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An international team of researchers has invented a tiny camera lens, which may lead to a device that links quantum computers to an optical fibre network.

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Thursday, 13 Sep 2018
  • Student blog

As part of the Environmental Science Field School offered by the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU, we recently went to the Clonakilla vineyard.

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Wednesday, 12 Sep 2018
  • Student blog

Over the ANU winter break, I took a course called ‘The Future of Food: Health, Environment and Law’ at Yale University through the IARU Global Summer Program.

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Monday, 10 Sep 2018
  • Student blog

As a part of a Biodiversity Conservation course, we had the opportunity to spend a few days in the stunning Booderee National Park in Jervis Bay.

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Friday, 07 Sep 2018
  • News

Scientists from ANU Difficult Bird Research Group hope a specially trained dog named Zorro can save one of Australia's most elusive bird species.

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Wednesday, 05 Sep 2018
  • Research story

Dr Megan Head didn’t expect her interest in evolution and ecology to lead to her becoming the manager of a Beetle Love Hotel.

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Wednesday, 05 Sep 2018
  • News

Scientists engineered tiny carbon-capturing engines from blue-green algae into plants, in a breakthrough that promises to help boost the yields of food crops

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