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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Science’s equivalent of the Oscars, the Eureka Prize has singled out two ANU scientists for their work in trying to answer the million-dollar question: how did the world’s first life form evolve...

A major study led by biologists at The Australian National University (ANU) and ETH Zurich in Switzerland provides a new explanation for why you won’t find kangaroos, koalas and other Aussie marsupials in Indonesia, but you will find many groups of animals that originated in Asia, such as goannas, rodents and kookaburras in Australia.

ANU will build a world-leading national health precinct housing the latest treatment and research on its campus in Canberra City under a new plan announced today.

In a bid to tackle sexual assaults and sexual harassment, the Australian National University is planning to invest in professionally-trained staff to improve student safety at on-campus residences. In 2022, the ANU received...

ANU scientists have discovered a “lost world” of ancient organisms that all humans can trace their ancestral lineage back to. This family reunion of sorts is thanks to former ANU PhD student...