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Dr Lachlan Blackhall is the new Head of the ANU Battery Storage and Grid Integration program. Image: ANU.
ANU announces new leader of battery storage program »
Dr Lachlan Blackhall will lead an international research program to improve ways to integrate battery storage with the electricity grid.
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Professor Michael Cardew-Hall with members and supporters of Square One at the launch of the space.
ANU launches co-working space for student entrepreneurs »
Students at ANU will now have a dedicated space to develop their startups and other innovative projects, with the opening of the University's first student co-...
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Dr Charles Le Losq with natural volcanic pumice from the eruption of the supervolcano Toba in Indonesia that took place 74,000 years ago. Image credit: Stuart Hay, ANU
Shatter-proof mobile phone screens a step closer with ANU research »
An international study on glass led by ANU and the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in France could lead to the development of shatter-proof mobile phone...
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Skymapper telescope, ANU Siding Spring Observatory. Image: Stuart Hay, ANU.
ANU poised to play a key role in a national space agency »
The Australian National University (ANU) is poised to play a key role in a new Australian space agency, currently being considered by the federal government,...
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Professor Susanne von Caemmerer and Professor Dean Price from the ANU Research School of Biology. Image: Stuart Hay, ANU
ANU research to help boost food production to feed the world »
ANU will help to boost food production to feed a rapidly growing world population as part of a major international research collaboration supported by tens of...
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Associate Professor Andrey Miroshnichenko (L) and Dr Mohsen Rahmani demonstrate how the nano material can reflect or transmit light on demand with temperature control. Image: Stuart Hay, ANU
ANU invention may help to protect astronauts from radiation in space »
ANU scientists have designed a new nano material that can reflect or transmit light on demand with temperature control, opening the door to technology that...
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ANU ventures to benefit from investment agreement »
New start-up ventures developed out of ANU will benefit from a new $200 million investment agreement between London-listed IP Group Plc and Australia's leading...
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Associate Professor Arcos-Burgos (centre) with Dr Claudio Mastronardi and Dr Hardip Patel. Image Stuart Hay, ANU
Scientists isolate genes that delay Alzheimer's Disease »
If we delay onset by one year, nine million fewer people will have the disease in 2050.
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Quantum cryptography labs at ANU. Image Tim Wetherill
Australian cyber-security firm wins global award »
A high-technology company started by ANU physicists has won a major international award for its quantum cyber-security technology
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