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Infinite plastic recycling facility coming to Queanbeyan

Enviro-tech startup Samsara Eco will open the R&D facility at the Poplars Innovation Precinct, Jerrabomberra, in late 2024.

ANU: Australians doing it tough during inflation crisis

Fewer Australians are earning enough to meet their needs than before the pandemic, according to ANU research.

Python parasite found in woman’s brain in world first

Doctors have pulled a live and wriggling eight-centimetre parasite from an Australian woman's brain after she caught it from a carpet python in an apparent world first.

ANU: Women scientists missing from STEM textbooks

Australian textbooks fail to mention the contributions of women in STEM, and instead focus almost exclusively on a male-centric narrative.

ANU: El Niño and La Niña events could last for years

Australia could see more multi-year El Niño and La Niña events, due to shifts in atmospheric patterns above the Pacific Ocean.

ANU scientists establish Canberra’s first brain cancer biobank

ANU researchers have established Canberra’s first Brain Cancer Biobank with an ACT Health Research Innovation Fund grant.

Australian Wind Symphony brings striking performance to ANU

The third performance of the Australian Wind Symphony’s 2023 season offers an electrifying, colourful and passionate concert of contemporary classical music.

Fourteenth Chief Justice of Australia appointed

Justice Stephen Gageler AC, an ANU graduate, has been appointed the fourteenth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Hope blooms as Daffodil Day funds cancer research

Daffodil Day, on Thursday 31 August, is the Cancer Council’s annual fundraising campaign, giving hope to cancer sufferers and their families

Grease, the word, the motion takes the stage at ANU

Grease is the word this month as the ANU Musical Theatre Collective presents the classic show with a more contemporary makeover.

ANU’s Dr Aparna Lal is ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year

Interdisciplinary public health scientist Dr Aparna Lal received the award for her work exploring resilience to environmental crises.

Afternoon siestas gain backing from ANU researchers

The afternoon siesta has been practised in hot climates around the globe for centuries and now it has scientific backing from ANU researchers.

ANU researchers reveal mental health impacts of bushfires

ANU experts say we must rethink how we measure the impact that bushfires have on our mental health and wellbeing.

ANU builds beginner’s guide to speaking ‘strine’

Perhaps Canberra can add the words “Brindies” and “the Moose” to the dictionary in response to the Australian National Dictionary Centre’s call-out for contributions. They are, after all, part of Ken Behrens’ lexicon...

ANU archaeologists find two-thousand-year-old curry

What could be Southeast Asia’s earliest curry was found in Vietnam. The spices are still used today - but is the curry itself edible?

ANU: Australian police must prepare for bushfires

As Australia enters another El Nino cycle, police must prepare for more frequent and severe bushfires, ANU researchers argue. 

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