Science & Medicine at ANU

Tiny holes in a membrane help study the shapes of proteins in real time. Watch molecules squeeze through, you can tell the shape of a protein in solution!

First results achieved with tRNA, but opens up so many possibilities!
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🏔 Happy #WorldMountainDay!
Check out our latest article on @scienceanu.bsky.social students using AMRF's Mobile Laboratory, purchased with support from TERN, that's now a central part of ANU’s Advanced Field Studies in Functional Ecology course.

Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/reachin...

We were pleased to support the Research School of Physics in delivering the ANU Quantum Open Day. It was a great success: over 300 visitors attended talks by researchers, visited labs, engaged with our experiments, games, demonstrations, and plenty of N₂ ice cream 🍦 and holographic chocolate 🍫 !

Megavolts Ep14: There's a small sliver of outer space here in #Canberra, in @hia-accelerates.bsky.social playing a crucial role in getting Australia's technology off the ground, literally.
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Join us on campus & online on Monday, 8 December 2025 at 12.30pm for a RSB Director's Seminar by Professor Adrienne Nicotra, Group Leader in Ecology & Evolution at RSB & Director of the Australian Mountain Research Facility. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Justin Xia is in a blue suit and is receiving a medal and certificate from James McFaydon at an award ceremony.

Congratulations to Justin Xia for winning the Claire McLintock Medal from the Thrombosis & Haemostasis society of Australia and New Zealand. Justin’s PhD research at #JCSMR is on improving autologous stem cell transplantation outcomes.
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YouTube video by ACEAS Introduction to ACEAS

🌏 Happy Antarctica Day! ❄️

Today we celebrate global cooperation in protecting and understanding one of Earth’s most unique and fragile environments.

A huge thanks to all our researchers for driving this work forward every day.

🎥 Learn more in our new ACEAS video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGg3...

Quantum measurement of crashing black holes and neutron stars: A journey of the tiny ⚛️, the enormous 🌌, and in between 🚶
📅 ANU Quantum Open Day, Saturday 29 Nov
🕐 2:30 pm
🎙️ Dr Sheon Chua from ANU CGA

📘 Full program of talks & activities: physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/...

New #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode with Alison Kershaw chatting about science communication and generative AI 👇🏼

Listen anywhere you get your podcasts 🔗🔗

𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: open.spotify.com/show/2x2yNvU...

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r...

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: www.youtube.com/@Responsible...

Workshop: Commercialisation and IP Law, patents and funding opportunities Join the ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute in a informative session on Commercialisation and IP Law, patents and funding opportunities in the startup journey.

Join the ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute in an informative session on Commercialisation and IP, patents and funding opportunities:

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Ab initio electronic structure calculations of lanthanide single-molecule magnets; a practical guide Research into single-molecule magnetism lies at the nexus of challenging synthetic chemistry, spin physics and ab initio quantum chemistry. There are no “one-size-fits-all” textbooks and as such it ca...

Whether you're starting out in a theory project on molecular magnetism, or a synthetic chemist curious about how the magic happens, check out my new tutorial review: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @scienceanu.bsky.social @uomresearchit.bsky.social

MegaVolts 13 Asteroid strikes, ancient glaciers, landslides! UNSW Prof Tim Barrows uses HIAF’s AMS to reveal history of earth: scraped by glaciers, crumbled in landslides & pounded by asteroids

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Photo of a woman holding up an atomic model. Text reads: ANU Quantum Science Open Day, Saturday 29 November, Research School of Physics, 160 Mills Rd, Acton

Celebrate the International Year of Quantum with us.

@physicsanu.bsky.social @hia-accelerates.bsky.social

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Read the book: 'The best Australian science writing 2025' unsw.press/books/the-be...

Read the original story: 'The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements' on our website: science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

A woman in a bright dress is smiling outside.

Congratulations to science writer @tabithacarvan.bsky.social for winning the prestigious UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing 2025 🎉

Her writing was recognised for taking readers down the emotional rabbit hole that is PhD acknowledgements.

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Researchers develop highly sensitive method to detect hotspots in the environment eg bushfires or military threats by harnessing the focussing power of metaoptics to collect & process infrared radiation

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Join us on campus & online on Monday, 24 November 2025 at 12.30pm for a RSB Director's Seminar by Honorary Professor Russell Reinke, Pogson Group at RSB & Industry Fellow at the Agri-food Innovation Institute. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

We’re thrilled to celebrate Julian Greenwood, awarded the GRDC Mid-Career Fellowship for his innovative work on improving blackleg resistance in canola through advanced transient assays.
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#cropscience #innovation #canola #synbio
@scienceanu.bsky.social

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The @ncig2013.bsky.social team are working with Indigenous communities on the ethical and respectful use of information held within DNA.

Our video & story explore why NCIG is changing the story of medical research for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Associate Professor Azure Hermes outside a university building.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Azure Hermes for winning the Traditional Knowledge Innovation Award from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

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A group of medical students with fake injuries.

A woman adds fake blood to a medical dummy.

Emergency service workers fight a car fire.

Movie magic brings an emergency simulation to life as ANU medical students show off their acting skills.

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#emergencymedicine #medicaltraining #medicine #ruralmedicine

🌡️ A new report states that globally, failure to curb the warming effects of climate change has seen the rate of heat-related deaths surge 23% since the 1990s

Experts from @scienceanu.bsky.social @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @csu.edu.au respond

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#science #climatechange

Science-lovers, are you looking for an inspiring way to celebrate Halloween (and Dark Matter Day)?

Join us for a livestreamed tour of the Stawell Underground Physics Lab in Australia and Boulby Underground Lab in the UK on Friday.

Register for free at: dmd-stawell-boulby.eventbrite.co.uk 🧪

Exciting news for the ANU School of Medicine and Psychology and Thompson Brain & Mind Healthcare. We look forward to working together to help transform the way we understand and treat mental health conditions.
tbmh.org.au/tbmh-and-anu...

Professor Susanne von Caemmerer and Professor Graham Farquhar are receiving an award.

Plant scientists Professor Graham Farquhar and Professor Susanne von Caemmerer transformed the world's understanding of photosynthesis, and now they have been jointly awarded the Royal Medal (Biological) from The Royal Society, at a ceremony in London.

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Throwing away data is the surprising way to make quantum comms systems 3x more secure. And it's useful in space too! Nice work Ozlem Erkilic, Biveen Shajilal, Dept QST, CQC2T & A*STAR
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Thanks also CSIRO Data 61, Quintessence labs
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🌳 The trunks and branches of trees in Australia's tropical rainforests – also known as woody biomass – have become a net source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, say @westernsydneyu.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social @jcuofficial.bsky.social

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#science #research #carbon #co2

🦠 Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, says the WHO, and @mcri.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social @unimelb.bsky.social @petermaccc.bsky.social @uni-newcastle.bsky.social @thekidsau.bsky.social experts respond to the report

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#antimicrobialresistance

Mountain scene with telescopes at dusk with golden sky.

Siding Spring Observatory and the Warrumbungles sure know how to put on a show.
If you're in the Coonabarabran (NSW) area this long weekend, join us for StarFest from 3 – 4 October.
www.starfest.org.au