Research stories
Discover how science research at ANU is shaping our future.
See how ANU PhD candidate Susanne Ilschner goes beyond the diagnosis and clinical data, using abstract paintings to give voice to the unspoken pain of women living with endometriosis.
Professor Christoph Nitsche is on a mission to develop new proteins and peptides to fight infections and cancer.
Headlines about how Europe’s brutally hot summer has resulted in thousands of deaths have probably got your attention lately. But do you know why extreme heat is so dangerous?
Should we stop viewing ignorance only as a problem? In his new book, Emeritus Professor Michael Smithson explores why psychology needs to pay more attention to what we don't know. Arguing that ignorance can not only be bliss, but also an important part of what makes us, us.
As Australia expands its ambitions in nuclear technologies, Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams says the country is grappling with a question that doesn’t have a simple answer.
Professor Lan Fu is using nanotechnology to develop a medical device to detect signs of diabetes.
Scientists have discovered the rare radioactive isotope, iron-60, which is formed in the interiors of massive stars and ejected into space when they explode, in Antarctic ice.
A new nanoscopy technique developed at ANU has uncovered hidden networks used for communication between cells, opening new ways to understand human diseases.
An Australian Laureate Fellowship is helping Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić explore the hidden interiors of Earth, the Moon and Mars, to reveal new insights into how planets evolve and what it takes to sustain life.