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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.
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…
Heatwaves will be worst for rural parts of Africa – new model shows tens of millions face dangerous warming by 2100
Ask people where heatwaves hit hardest and most will probably say cities, which trap heat in concrete and metal and generate warmth from traffic and…
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…
Study links higher concentration of pokie machines to increase in family and domestic violence
Greater accessibility to Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs), or ‘pokies’, is driving higher rates of police-reported family and domestic violence…
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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Record-breaking image uncovers turbulent web of gas at the Milky Way’s centre
A team of international astronomers including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have observed the central region of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail, revealing an intricate, turbulent network of cosmic gas filaments.
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Hundreds of iceberg earthquakes detected at the crumbling end of Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier
Glacial earthquakes are a special type of earthquake generated in cold, icy regions. First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice fall from glaciers into the sea.
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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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In the Australian outback, we’re listening for nuclear tests – and what we hear matters more than ever
Tyres stick to hot asphalt as I drive the Stuart Highway from Alice Springs northward, leaving the MacDonnell Ranges behind. My destination is the Warramunga facility, about 500 kilometres north – a remote monitoring station I’ve directed for the Australian National University for nearly 19 years, and one of the most sensitive nuclear detection facilities on Earth.
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Screening blitz could achieve cervical cancer elimination among Indigenous communities within a generation
Research from The Australian National University (ANU) and The University of Sydney (USYD) reveals cervical cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Three new rock monitor lizard species discovered in northern Queensland
Three striking new species of rock-dwelling monitor lizards have been formally described from the savannas of north-eastern Queensland, revealing a…
Rising CO₂ levels are reflected in human blood. Scientists don’t know what it means
Humans evolved in an atmosphere containing roughly 200–300 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide (CO₂). Today, that figure sits above 420 ppm,…
Analysis of ancient parrot DNA reveals sophisticated, long-distance animal trade network that pre-dates the Inca Empire
New analysis of ancient parrot DNA has revealed vibrant Amazonian parrots were transported alive across the Andes to coastal Peru centuries before…
Scientists rescue lost song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Taronga Conservation Society Australia have successfully restored the lost…
Record-breaking image uncovers turbulent web of gas at the Milky Way’s centre
A team of international astronomers including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have observed the central region of the Milky…
People are overconfident about spotting AI faces, study finds
Most people believe they can spot AI-generated faces, but advances in technology mean it’s becoming harder to tell what’s real and what’s not,…
Discovery of tiny RNA fragments unlock giant potential for new autoimmune disease treatments
Extremely short, or tiny, fragments of RNA – working copies of our genetic code – play a critical role in keeping the immune system in check,…
ADHD prescriptions are up tenfold, with the wealthiest kids most likely to be medicated
The number of young people in Australia prescribed medication for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased more that tenfold in 20…
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