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Two women in a lab

Nanoscale tent makes diabetes breath test a reality

A new breath-testing device, developed at ANU, could supersede the finger-prick that is a daily burden for people with diabetes, who need to monitor their blood glucose.

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Climate protesters at a rally
Friday, 02 Feb 2024
  • News

The 2024 ANU Climate Update takes place online and in-person from 3-6pm on Monday 5 February.

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David Lindenmayer in forest
Monday, 22 Jan 2024
  • News

Disturbing natural forests with activities such as logging and prescribed burning can make them more flammable, landmark research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University has found.

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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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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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Fish on a reef
Friday, 24 Nov 2023
  • News

Marine animals across the world and land animals living in tropical climates are being pushed to their physiological limits as they struggle to adapt to rising temperatures sparked by human-caused climate change.

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Man next to a plant
Thursday, 23 Nov 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

Colombian scientist Professor Luis Miguel Renjifo fills us in on his 40-year-long career in bird conservation.

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bright sun
Friday, 17 Nov 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

With an El Niño declared and global temperatures rising, meteorologist Clem Davis explains what weather might be in store for Australians this summer.

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Burnt plantation
Tuesday, 14 Nov 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

The amount of timber-producing forest burning each year in severe wildfires has increased significantly in the past decade, and threatens industries such as timber milling and paper manufacturing.

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A black bird with a curved beak and red eyes
Friday, 10 Nov 2023
  • Research story

The white-winged chough is one of the weirder birds out there.

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