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Australia could become voice for global vaccine equality
An expert from The Australian National University (ANU) is urging Australia to support international calls at the World Trade…
Ancient star death unlocks 13-billion-year space mystery
In a world-first, astronomers from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered evidence of a massive explosion that…
Important information for a safe return to campus
Message to students returning to campus from Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong or Shellharbour. Dear…
Important information for a safe arrival to ANU
Message to students commencing on campus from Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong or…
Former ASIO head and Commonwealth Secretary join ANU
Two of Australia's leading national security and intelligence experts, Dr Heather Smith and Major General Duncan Lewis, have…
ANU researchers win nation’s most prestigious funding award
The fate of galaxies, building health equity for all and making new materials from "crystal chemistry" will be the focus of three…
Mercury pollution significantly higher in Victoria
"Historically lax" regulations around pollution control have led to much higher levels of …
Researchers zero in on longer lockdowns to crush COVID-19
The NSW Government faces a high-pressure decision this week about whether to relax current restrictions because of the latest…
Professor Schmarotzersindwunderbarhausen’s class act
Professor Bruno von Schmarotzersindwunderbarhausen in his idiosyncratic attire is not something you…
Setting the record straight: vaccines and the Delta variant
Just a few weeks ago I wrote about increasing evidence that the virus is seasonal and hits hardest in the cooler months. Now, we…
The designer who never retired
Amy Jarvis pays tribute to Derek Wrigley - a designer who left his touch on almost every part of the ANU campus. Derek Wrigley…
A PhD forged in the fire of life
Postgraduate research of any kind is a huge life undertaking, but no one warns you that it may be just…
VC's update – face masks and July graduations
Hello everyone I have been acting VC while our Vice-Chancellor is on some well-deserved leave. We have experienced a big shift…
ANU at core of steeling industry for a cleaner future
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) are at the core of a national program to transition Australia's…
A mental health check-in
If the last couple of weeks have left you with a sense of 'here we go again', you're not alone. More than a year into the…
National app maps COVID alerts across Australia
Researchers have developed a new contact tracing web app for COVID‐19 that pulls together current contact tracing alert locations…
Black holes swallow neutron stars like "Pac-Man"
Scientists have for the first time detected black holes eating neutron stars, "like Pac Man", in a discovery documenting the…
Shock find brings extinct mouse back from the dead
An Australian mammal thought to have been wiped out over 150 years ago can now be crossed off our list of extinct animals,…
History of Antarctic ice sheets holds clues for our future
A new study from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) on how the world's largest ice sheet developed also…
Accolades for alumna's book that grapples with gender
"I knew I would one day write about it, but it wasn't until we separated that I had the time and space to do so." Emma Batchelor…