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The Matildas waltz in as Australia’s Word of the Year
The soaring popularity of the Australian women's soccer team after their semi-final run at this year's FIFA Women's World Cup…
AI faces look more real than actual human faces
White faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) now appear more real than human faces, according to new research led by…
World-leading atlas puts global tech policy on the map
The Tech Policy Design Centre at The Australian National University (ANU) has launched a major expansion of its world-leading…
New tech could create cheaper and thinner flat screens
Researchers have developed new technology that could usher in the "next-generation" of thinner, higher-resolution and more energy…
VC’s Update – Royal visit, parliamentarians and O-Week
Hi everyone, Students and Summer have finally arrived on campus this week, and I am loving walking around and feeling all the…
ANU to shape a safer tech future with new cybernetics school
How Australia and the world can safely navigate and steer the profound impact new technologies, including artificial intelligence…
What is Cybernetics?
Cybernetics is not just about robots and artificial intelligence (AI), and whether humans will become cyborgs or if computers…
Art school’s graduation exhibition makes long-awaited return
Graduating students from The Australian National University (ANU) School of Art and Design are finally able to showcase their…
Tech spin-out to power next-gen autonomous navigation
An ANU spin-out company whose technology will help future moon landings and could one day lead to flying cars has been bought out…
VC’s update – final blog for 2021
Hello everyone This is my final blog for the year! I think it is fair to say that the year certainly wasn't the one we had all…
VC’s update – ACT lockdown, ARC Future Fellows and Open Day
Hello everyone I hope you are all doing well on our first day of our snap lockdown. We all felt this might be coming for a while…
Vice-Chancellor launches the ANU 2025 Strategic Plan
Good morning everyone and welcome to the launch of our ANU 2025 Strategic Plan. Before we begin, I would like to invite Aunty…
Better behaving bots
ANU researcher Hanna Kurniawati is helping robots problem solve and care. Her work has not just shaped how AI works every day; it…
World’s first room-temp quantum computer set for release
The world's first room-temperature quantum computer is in the final stages of development and is set to be installed at the…
Major sum adds up to even better maths thinking
A $785,000 donation from the US-based Simons Foundation will go to Australia's only maths research in residence program, MATRIX…
Music meets AI: Could listening to Bieber be good for you?
An unexpected reaction to a Justin Bieber song has led to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) which could…
ANU entrepreneurs recognised at InnovationACT awards
Three teams led by ANU students were amongst the local start-ups recognised at the recent InnovationACT Awards Night. Civilise.ai…
