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"The scale and pace of urbanisation is simply unprecedented."
Dr Graham Walker has just returned from 11 weeks in Africa, where his Science Circus Africa education outreach program was seen by a staggering 41,000 people across five countries.
ANU chemistry researchers have been awarded for their work on an important milk protein, which is leading to a better understanding of the biochemical processes underlying diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
"Have you ever seen the blue light flash in the corner of your phone? And when you looked at the phone there were no new messages?"
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.