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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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Kangaroos grazing
Monday, 23 Oct 2023
  • News

Making better use of kangaroos as a red-meat alternative could help farmers reduce their emissions and make their grazing land more productive, a new report shows.

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Headshot of a man in front of trees
Tuesday, 03 Oct 2023
  • News

The dire state of mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests in Victoria’s Central Highlands has been brought to light in a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) and the World Wide Fund for Nature – Australia (WWF - Australia).

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A landscape with wind turbines
Thursday, 21 Sep 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

To shake us out of business as usual, we have to fast-track regulatory change, upskill the workforce, future-proof national infrastructure, embed a zero-waste approach to supply chains and massively boost business investment. Here’s how.

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earth
Wednesday, 20 Sep 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

In six out of nine vital life support systems, we have blown well past the safe zone. And we’re now in the danger zone, where we – as well as every other species – are now at risk.

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Dr Joëlle Gergis is standing on a path in a rainforest. She is looking up to the sky whilst beams of sunlight break through the rainforest foliage.
Friday, 15 Sep 2023
  • Research story

For award-winning researcher Dr Joëlle Gergis, climate action is about protecting the people and places we love.

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Cat with native bird in mouth
Friday, 08 Sep 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released a draft feral cat management plan, experts explain how the plan could help prevent extinctions of Australian wildlife.

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Woman on a rock
Wednesday, 30 Aug 2023
  • Career story

“It is a strange thing being so intimately part of something but also not understanding what will happen, and the secrecies involved in it,” says ANU alumna and Alone Australia contestant Kate Grarock.

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Woman EPR and optical lab Martyna Judd
Monday, 28 Aug 2023
  • News

Australian textbooks fail to mention the contributions of women in STEM and instead focus almost exclusively on a male-centric narrative.

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River landscape
Wednesday, 23 Aug 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

Federal Minister for Water Tanya Plibersek today announced a new agreement to restore Australia’s largest and most important river basin.

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