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This game-inspired innovation is empowering collaboration across Australia
The research-backed initiative Cobeo is helping make teamwork the dream work.
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Spooky quantum helium atoms give hope for a Theory of Everything
In a new quantum physics experiment, ANU researchers have shown that matter can experience entanglement – an effect Einstein dismissed as ‘spooky action at a distance’.
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Australia’s environment is improving but climate change is ‘accelerating’ damage to ecosystems and wildlife
Australia’s environment experienced above average conditions for the fifth consecutive year in 2025, but climate change continues to inflict “serious and accelerating damage” on marine ecosystems while driving more species toward extinction, according to the 2025 Australia’s Environment Report, led by The Australian National University (ANU) in collaboration with TERN.
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AI has entered the chat
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing every aspect of modern life, and dating is no exception.
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ANU secures more than $11 million in 2026 ARC DECRA and LIEF grants
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have been awarded more than $11 million in new funding through the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) and Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) schemes. This investment supports emerging research leaders and strengthens collaborative, cross-disciplinary projects spanning social sciences, public policy, humanities and cultural studies, Indigenous studies, advanced biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and engineering.
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