Research Research stories Discover how science research at ANU is shaping our future. - Any -Astronomy & AstrophysicsScience CommunicationPhysicsEarth & Marine SciencesEngineeringChemistryBiologyEnvironment & SustainabilityMathematics Thrusters engaged: meet the team propelling ANU technology into space Go behind the mission to get a new mothball-fueled satellite thruster to space. Read the article Science over summer As campus takes a break, we have a look at some of the science which never stops – and the people who keep it running, every day of the year. Read the article Uncovering the oddities of Australian orchids Dr Tobias Hayashi studied a delicate little native orchid with a cool and clever adaptation to attract pollinators. Read the article How to grow plants on the moon Not content with the challenging conditions for crop production here on Earth, Associate Professor Caitlin Byrt is lending her expertise to an ambitious space mission to grow plants on the moon. Read the article It’s arguably the cutest Australian animal, so why have most of us never heard of it? Here's why the greater glider deserves more hype. Read the article Under her wing: thirty years observing the secret lives of superb fairy wrens Helen Osmond has watched the ins and outs of one superb fairy-wren population for three decades. Read the article Why glass is critical for the future of secure communication Dr Francis Bennet is pushing the boundaries of glass for secure satellite communication. This new technology aims to optimise communication across Australia, especially during natural disasters and health crises. Read the article Move over science fiction. Can quantum physics help solve very practical present-day problems? If you look at a map of the most water-stressed nations on Earth, India is coloured red, placing millions of people's lives and livelihoods in danger. But could advances in quantum physics actually be part of the solution? Read the article New horizons: what can a biologist bring to the study of language endangerment? The biologists and the linguists at ANU might sit on different sides of the campus, but Professor Lindell Bromham from the ANU Research School of Biology says it wasn’t difficult to see the benefits in the two disciplines coming together. Read the article Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page › Last page »