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ANU: Australia's national university
As the nation’s university, ANU delivers research and scholarship that contributes to advancing Australia and the region. To support this unique mission, the National Institutes Grant (NIG) has been provided by the Australian Government to ANU since its foundation in recognition of the role the University plays as a resource of national significance.
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01
Oct
2020
New partnership to help stop catastrophic bushfires »
Optus and The Australian National University (ANU) have joined forces to develop a revolutionary national system that aims to detect bushfires early and put them out within minutes.
Announced today...
30
Sep
2020
E-cigarettes 'gateway' to smoking for non-smokers »
Using e-cigarettes triples the chance of a non-smoker taking up cigarettes and there is "insufficient" evidence that they help smokers quit, according to a new report submitted to the Government. ...
24
Sep
2020
Fire and logging reduce homes for threatened mammals »
Fire and logging are substantially reducing the number of hollow-bearing trees that threatened and critically endangered Australian mammals can use as homes, a new study from The Australian National...
24
Sep
2020
Australians say health workers should get COVID jab first »
Australians say frontline healthcare workers and aged and disability carers should be the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU...
22
Sep
2020
Health messages to help stop patient harm in hospitals »
A new global research group led by The Australian National University (ANU) will help tackle communication breakdowns in hospitals that contribute to over 450,000 people per year suffering from an...
16
Sep
2020
How to train a machine to see 3D in the dark »
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new way to create an almost perfect hologram in near darkness.
Optical holograms are a clever way of producing a 3D image of...
14
Sep
2020
Chinese investment in Australia plummets to $2.5 billion »
Chinese investment in Australia dropped by over 47 per cent, from $4.8 billion in 2018 to $2.5 billion in 2019, according to new data released by The Australian National University's Chinese...
09
Sep
2020
Investing in early fire detection could save $8 billion »
Early bushfire detection could save the Australian economy $8.2 billion over the next 30 years, according to new modelling from The Australian National University (ANU).
The research, led by the ANU...
08
Sep
2020
Help complete Australia’s longest daily weather record »
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) are launching a new citizen science project to create Australia's longest daily weather record beginning in 1838.
The researchers are...
04
Sep
2020
People power key to getting through COVID-19 pandemic »
The strength of connections, be it human connections within cities, or collaborative networks between cities, has been a key factor in determining how effectively the world's biggest cities have been...
