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Magpies, flat Earth theories, and super villains: Future Science Talks comedy edition

16 Jul 2025

Catch up on the recent Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition shows, where ANU experts Crys Clitheroe (CPAS), Dr Ian Le (MSI), and Associate Professor Peter Hoefner (Computing) use humour to discuss their research.

The ANU College of Systems and Society 2025 3MT final PhD candidates and judges. Back row from left to right: Anjalie Edirisooriya (School of Engineering PhD candidate), Sharmin Akter (Fenner PhD candidate), Buddhi Kothalawala (School of Computing PhD candidate), Lachlan McGinness (School of Computing PhD candidate), Dr Richard Greene (Fenner judge), and Dr Ehsan Nabavi (CPAS judge). Front row from left to right: Shoshana Rapley (Fenner PhD candidate), Professor Valeska Ting (College Interim Associate Dean HDR), Samantha Shippley (Fenner PhD candidate), Dr Bea Velasco (School of Engineering judge), Associate Professor Pascal Bercher (School of Computing judge), and Rachel Clarke (Fenner judge).

Communicating complex ideas, in just three minutes: our 2025 3MT candidates

9 Jul 2025

Imagine condensing an 80,000-word thesis into a three-minute presentation. That’s exactly the challenge faced by PhD students in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at the recent College final.

Redefining engineering: Dr Elizabeth Williams is shaping safer tech and industry practices for everyone

8 Jul 2025

You may have heard the maxim ‘think outside the box’. But when it comes to engineering, Dr Elizabeth Williams wants to redefine the box by making technology with diverse people in mind....

ANU Associate Professor Juan Felipe Torres (L) says conventional reverse osmosis desalination technology is a costly, energy-intensive process. Photo: Jamie Kidston/ANU

ANU start-up offers green solutions for extraction of valuable materials

8 Jul 2025

A simple and cost-effective method developed by scientists in the ANU School of Engineering could make the process of extracting valuable resources from brine deposits more environmentally friendly.

The ANU Solar Racing team with their new vehicle

ANU students unveil their most advanced solar car yet

4 Jul 2025

The student-led ANU Solar Racing team have unveiled their fourth and most advanced solar car ahead of a mammoth 3,022-kilometre, cross-country endurance race.

Australia should invest in new environmental monitoring systems: ANU expert

3 Jul 2025

A new report led by ANU examines 25 years of changes to Australia’s environment and biodiversity.

Developing fuel moisture sensing satellites for fire management with Indigenous knowledge

1 Jul 2025

A pilot project is combining advanced satellite technology with Aboriginal and Māori knowledge to improve fire management and support more effective, ethical fire preparedness.

Professor Katherine Daniell joins the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions to talk about the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2025.

Convergence, trust, technology and cybernetics at the World Economic Forum

24 Jun 2025

ANU expert Professor Katherine Daniell, from the School of Cybernetics, joins the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions to talk about emerging technologies.

Dr AnYao Liu, Dr Elizabeth Williams, and Dr Karthika Prasad from left to right.

Celebrating women in engineering at ANU

23 Jun 2025

On International Women in Engineering Day, we honour and celebrate the women reshaping the world through engineering.

Western science can support cultural burning to deliver benefits across cultures and for nature. Pictured: Aunt Lilian Bell on Ngunnawal Country near Boorowa, NSW. Photo: ANU/Jamie Kidston

Colonisation cleared 95% of these woodlands – Indigenous cultural burning is bringing it back

18 Jun 2025

New research details the results of a Indigenous-led cultural burning program in critically endangered woodlands in NSW - showing how Western science can support cultural burning to deliver benefits across cultures and...