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06
Feb
2015
Interim Director appointed to the ANU Climate Change Institute »
The University has appointed leading climate scientist Dr Mark Howden as Interim Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute.
Dr Howden,...
06
Feb
2015
ACT wind auction to boost ANU clean energy research »
The outcome of the ACT Government’s wind energy auction will boost energy research and education.
06
Feb
2015
Nobel scientist makes first donation to new ANU-US foundation »
Nobel laureate Professor Brian Schmidt has made the first donation to a new United States-based ANU charitable foundation.
05
Feb
2015
Shaping 2015: Social services need more than short-term fixes »
By Peter Whiteford, Australian National University
Scott Morrison’s appointment as minister for social services in late December 2014 has...
05
Feb
2015
Scientists predict Earth-like planets around most stars »
Planetary scientists have calculated that there are hundreds of billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy which might support life.
05
Feb
2015
Warm past points to sea level rises »
Scientists have for the first time constructed a detailed record of carbon dioxide fluctuations from the Pliocene epoch, around three...
05
Feb
2015
ANU honours accidental academic »
The Australian National University (ANU) has honoured one of Australia’s greatest international relations thinkers, the late Coral Bell AO...
05
Feb
2015
Can Islamic State be vanquished? »
Professor Amin Saikal, Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, discusses the rise of the so-called Islamic State (IS) on vast...
04
Feb
2015
Fixed astronomical clock vital for galactic history »
Scientists have settled a long running debate on one of the fundamental time measures for galactic history - the half-life of a radioactive...
04
Feb
2015
Ian Young to retire as Vice-Chancellor of ANU in 2016 »
The Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University, Professor Ian Young AO, today announced that when his present term as Vice-...
04
Feb
2015
Review: Jan Senbergs' paintings are a brilliant shock to the senses »
By Sasha Grishin, Australian National University
Jan Senbergs, who turned 75 last year, is one of the great veteran artists in the...
03
Feb
2015
When it comes to language, size matters »
New research has found languages with many speakers gain new words faster than languages with fewer speakers.
The research, led by the ARC...
03
Feb
2015
Why the big bang went bang »
People from all over the world have enrolled in the Cosmology massive open online course (MOOC), the latest edX offering from ANU.
03
Feb
2015
What will a hotter Australia be like? The past gives us some clues »
By Andrew Glikson, Australian National University
The latest climate projections released last week by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO...
02
Feb
2015
RBA ought to keep rates steady in February: Shadow RBA »
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should keep interest rates on hold after its February board meeting, with a fall in global oil prices...
02
Feb
2015
Just not cricket – how climate change will make sport more risky »
Sport is fundamental to Australia’s society, culture and economy. But how would we cope when the heat threatens some of our pastimes?
02
Feb
2015
Interest rates decision could boil down to oil: RBA Shadow Board »
By Timo Henckel, Australian National University
The CAMA RBA Shadow Board is a project by the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis,...
30
Jan
2015
Mount Stromlo ruin rises from the ashes »
One of the most iconic ruins of the 2003 Canberra bushfires, the Mount Stromlo Observatory Director’s Residence, has re-opened.
30
Jan
2015
US plan to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels raises troubling questions »
By Rodger Shanahan, Australian National University
The United States' reluctance to become decisively committed to the complex quagmire in...
29
Jan
2015
Why a single online ID would be dangerous »
Dr Adam Henschke looks at the Federal Government plan to introduce a single digital identity for Australians.
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