International research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found how plants, such as rice and wheat, sense and respond to extreme drought stress, in a breakthrough that could lead to the development of next-generation drought-proof crops.

Professor Michelle Coote wants to know how you like your polymers. If you could have a synthetic material with any properties you like, what would they be?

A bright energy future in Australia depends on greater policy agreement between all political parties, Ken Baldwin writes.

Scientists made headlines around the world earlier this year when they confirmed the existence of gravitational waves.

Researchers from around Australia testing satellites at the ANU Mount Stromlo ahead of a mass satellite launch from the International Space Station later this year.

The Universe is expanding faster than expected, a study involving ANU has found.

Scientists studying the genes that enable tropical butterflies to mimic each other's colourful warning markings find an egg-production gene, cortex, also controls wing colouring.

If we can say that most doctors derive satisfaction from successfully treating their patients, Dr Simon Jiang is taking job satisfaction to the next level.

Researchers at ANU have found a vital supply route that cancer cells use to obtain their nutrients, in a discovery that could lead to new treatments to stop the growth of tumours.