Plant scientist Professor Ute Roessner to join ANU
Professor Ute Roessner AM will join the new Research Initiatives and Infrastructure (RII) team in the R&I portfolio as Academic Director on March…
Where students share their bright business ideas
A bioplastic made from coffee grounds and an app providing peer-to-peer tutor matching were the business ideas that topped the latest round of the…
Farmers add space tech to their toolboxes
Australian primary producers may soon look to the skies with more than just an eye on the weather thanks to Australian National University (ANU)…
Seeking Muslim communities’ guidance to help at-risk youth
Australian-first ethnographic research into hard-to-reach Muslim communities is paving the way for programs that will help address anti-social and…
Ecosystem approach to food insecurity a first for Australia
Victorian social enterprises that are working together to redress food insecurity, hunger and nutrition issues in a culturally appropriate way in the…
Culture grows social cohesion beyond economic incentives
Social enterprises looking to build social cohesion in communities may find economic logic a useful starting point in program design, but for long-…
Professor Emily Banks to chair new impact committee
Professor Emily Banks been appointed inaugural Chair of NHMRC's Health Research Impact Committee. With 30-plus years of expertise in public health…
Democratic values in AI: ANU-led research seeks answers
Finding ways to safeguard human rights and democratic values when artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled products and systems increasingly operate…
Plant-based vaccines for COVID-19 closer with ANU help
An Australian plant may hold the key to rapidly producing vaccines for Ebola, COVID-19, influenza and other viruses as Australian National University…
Belonging can drive better pandemic health practices
A feeling of belonging, to their neighbourhood and to Australia is key to motivating people to adopt physical distancing and good hand hygiene…
ANU research creates satellite maps for emergency help
First responders would be furnished with almost-instant satellite maps of the natural disasters they are tackling thanks to a new algorithm that…
Do you have what it takes to work in cryptography?
If you look at the original design for the Hanna Neumann Building on University Avenue, it has four floors, which is more than enough space to house…