Chemistry

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Engineers have invented tiny structures inspired by butterfly wings that open the door to new solar cell technologies and other applications.

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Scientists have discovered a way to solve a problem that has baffled humans for so long it is in the Bible

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ANU scientists say the early Earth was likely to be barren, flat and almost entirely under water with a few small islands

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A study led by ANU has solved the 168-year-old mystery of how the world's biggest and most active volcanoes formed in Hawaii.

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ANU biologists have named an unlikely pair of plants after Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, the stars of the 1988 movie Twins.

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A new study on UHT milk is helping scientists to better understand Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and type 2 diabetes

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The first satellites built in Australia in the past 15 years have been launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida

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We don't yet know what could happen to these cute little amphibians should temperatures continue to climb, and they in turn run out of mountainside to climb.

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The Australian National University (ANU) is launching a search for a new planet in our Solar System, inviting anyone around to lend a hand.

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