VC's update – Liquid Instruments and staff study discounts
Hi everyone Winter has truly arrived! I like winter except for the short days. I do hope everyone managed to get a break…
Heat spells doom for Aussie marsupials
When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in…
Funding boost to help Aussie tech survive in space
Australia's spacecraft and satellites will better survive damaging radiation and extreme conditions thanks to $2.5 million in…
Let there be light! New tech for night vision
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed new technology that allows people to see clearly in the…
Naomi Flutter’s long journey of reconciliation
"It was 2014 and at the age of 44, for the first time in my life, I was working alongside an Aboriginal Australian. Discovery…
“Great Dying” did not lead to uniform forest regrowth
A new study undertaken by an international research team including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU)…
Coming together to help make a better society for women
As part of National Reconciliation Week, the University brought prominent Indigenous and non-Indigenous women together…
Finding optimism in a fast-changing world
A common aspiration among university students, regardless of their discipline, is to forge a career that allows them to make a…
There is hope in action
Brian Schmidt outlines why he and another 125 Nobel Laureates are calling on G7 leaders to act on climate change. This…
Scientists lead ambitious study to reach infinity and beyond
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have designed a new type of space-craft propulsion system…
'Australia must regulate' child sex content online
Child sexual abuse content has flourished unabated on Australia's Cocos Keeling Islands' top-level internet domain and must be…
VC's update – National Reconciliation Week and vaccines
Hi everyone, It has been an incredibly busy few weeks on our campus with National Reconciliation Week, community forums and a…
A ‘treasure’ map of Indigenous history in Australia
A new project at The Australian National University (ANU) shifts from the Australian history told from our colonial beginnings to…
Australia leads project that will burst the Hubble bubble
Australian scientists will help construct one of the world's most powerful ground-based telescopes that promises to see further…
Powering ahead with community batteries
Community-scale batteries are already achievable in Australia, will complement existing household batteries and will allow more…
Gravitational wave search no humdrum hunt
The hunt for the never before heard "hum" of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars has just got a lot easier,…
Council News – Meeting: 28 May 2021
Council News Meeting 3/2021 28 May 2021 The ANU Council's third meeting of the year took place in the RC Mills Room,…
Most Australians support tax levy to improve aged care
The vast majority of Australians aren't confident in the country's aged care system, with more than one-in-10 saying they have no…
Threat of modern slavery still alive today
Geopolitical tensions could disrupt the global supply chain and provide opportunities for modern slavery to prosper, the Hon…
A new pathway to reconciliation with First Nations people
The Australian National University (ANU) is today launching its new Reconciliation Action Plan, to embed First Nations people,…