Decades of searching and a chance discovery: why finding Leadbeater’s possum in NSW is such big news
3 Jun 2025
Decades-long research signals the importance of well-resourced biodiversity surveys in uncovering our most threatened species and their conservation.
Google is going ‘all in’ on AI. It’s part of a troubling trend in big tech
30 May 2025
Google recently unveiled the next phase of its artificial intelligence (AI) journey: “AI mode”.
Pairs of stars that orbit each other exhibit unexpected magnetic activity
28 May 2025
A new study published by ANU experts reveals that stars in close binary systems – pairs of stars orbiting each other at close range – can exhibit unexpectedly high levels of magnetic...
Marta Yebra: reimagining how Australia lives with fire
27 May 2025
World-class ANU scientists join the best of the best at the Academy
22 May 2025
Two eminent ANU scientists have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science, including Professor Rob Mahony from the School of Engineering.
Advancing a legacy: 2025 Natasha Linard scholars announced
12 May 2025
The Natasha Linard Scholarship for Women in Engineering and Technology was created to support outstanding female students at a pivotal time in their journey — their final year of undergraduate study. In...
ANU students take on rural Australia ahead of the World Solar Challenge
8 May 2025
Does building a solar-powered vehicle from scratch sound complicated? Try driving it across the country with 40 university students to host workshops for schoolkids.
CPAS welcomes largest new cohort of HDRs in its history
6 May 2025
The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) is proud and excited to welcome the most HDR students in its history. Our 2025 cohort will be studying a whole...
Engineering a more inclusive tomorrow
5 May 2025
Through philanthropy and leadership, ANU alumna Kim Jackson is paving the way for future changemakers in an industry still contending with gender imbalance.
Power of AI to help tackle genetic diseases
30 Apr 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered protein models combined with genome sequencing technology could help scientists better diagnose and treat genetic diseases, according to new research from ANU.