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Star-forming galaxies are responsible for creating gamma-rays that until now had not been associated with a known origin. Star-forming galaxies are responsible for creating gamma-rays that until now had not been associated with a known origin, researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have confirmed.

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a system to transport data using atomically-thin semiconductors in an extremely energy efficient way. The breakthrough could one day help power next-gen computers and smartphones that consume less electricity than current devices.

Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed extremely powerful microscopic lasers that are even smaller than the wavelength of the light they produce. So called 'nanolasers' have a huge variety of medical, surgical, industrial and military uses, covering everything from hair removal to laser printers and night-time surveillance.

Experts say a new treatment option for young people with depression and loneliness is showing promising benefits, especially during COVID-19 lockdowns. Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) say the new treatment, Groups 4 Health (G4H), focuses on social connection rather than symptoms of mental illness.

Could a few bad apple choices tell us if we're all rotten?   Apparently so. A new international study that asks participants to choose apples has helped researchers figure out which nations are the kindest. In the study, more than 60 researchers examined the "social mindfulness" of more than 8,300 participants from 31 industrialised countries and regions.

It's estimated that a quarter of the world's population is infected with tuberculosis (TB). Now these people are being given a fighting chance to avoid long-term disability caused by the disease thanks to world-first research undertaken at The Australian National University (ANU) in partnership with the World Health Organization.

Researchers have found "no evidence of airborne transmission of COVID-19 within public washrooms", in a new study led by The Australian National University (ANU). In a systematic review, published in Science of Total Environment , researchers looked at the risk of transmission of various viral and bacterial infections through inhalation, surface contact and faecal-oral routes in public toilets in studies published over 20 years from 2000 to 2020.

Researchers have found "no evidence of airborne transmission of COVID-19 within public washrooms", in a new study led by The Australian National University (ANU). In a systematic review, published in Science of Total Environment , researchers looked at the risk of transmission of various viral and bacterial infections through inhalation, surface contact and faecal-oral routes in public toilets in studies published over 20 years from 2000 to 2020.

Researchers have found "no evidence of airborne transmission of COVID-19 within public washrooms", in a new study led by The Australian National University (ANU). In a systematic review, published in Science of Total Environment , researchers looked at the risk of transmission of various viral and bacterial infections through inhalation, surface contact and faecal-oral routes in public toilets in studies published over 20 years from 2000 to 2020.

Experts are calling for broader police reforms after new analysis from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Waterloo in Canada raised serious questions about the effectiveness of body-worn cameras (BWCs) at preventing police wrongdoing. The international team of experts analysed studies that captured the impact of BWCs on police violence around the world.

In a world-first, astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU), working with NASA and an international team of researchers, have captured the first moments of a supernova - the explosive death of stars - in detail never-before-seen. NASA's Kepler space telescope captured the data in 2017.

Australians living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) could know five years in advance whether they are at high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease - the most common form of dementia - according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). Until now, experts did not have a practical way of linking a patient's deteriorating brain health and the likelihood of them getting Alzheimer's disease.

A clever piece of detective work by an international team, including a researcher from The Australian National University (ANU), has helped solved the mystery of which plants a population of crows on New Caledonia use to craft tools. The crafty crows are well known for making their own stick tools with hooked tips to retrieve invertebrate prey from small holes and crevices.

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered how a DNA-binding protein sustains Hodgkin lymphoma. The world-first discovery has the potential to help treat the rare cancer with the development of therapeutics that target cells once they become cancerous. The findings are published in EMBO Reports .

In a world-first, astronomers from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered evidence of a massive explosion that led to the destruction of a rapidly spinning, strongly-magnetized star. The so-called "magneto-rotational hypernova" occurred around a billion years after the Big Bang and was 10-times more energetic than a supernova.

Scientists have for the first time detected black holes eating neutron stars, "like Pac Man", in a discovery documenting the collision of the two most extreme and enigmatic objects in the Universe. The collisions occurred one billion years ago. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US and the Virgo gravitational-wave observatory in Italy have captured the gravitational waves from the death spiral and merger of a neutron star with a black hole, not once but twice.

A new study from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) on how the world's largest ice sheet developed also provides vital clues about climate change tipping points. Forty million years ago, Antarctica grew massive ice sheets for the first time. The ANU study shows how these ice sheets stayed low, wet and relatively warm for millions of years.

If you've ever wondered how your beloved pet pooch came to look so different from its wild relatives, biologists now have another piece of the puzzle.

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed new technology that allows people to see clearly in the dark, revolutionising night-vision. The first-of-its-kind thin film, described in a new article published in Advanced Photonics , is ultra-compact and one day could work on standard glasses.

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have designed a new type of space-craft propulsion system as part of an ambitious international project that aims to explore the worlds surrounding our second nearest star, Alpha Centauri. The Breakthrough Starshot project calls for the design of an ultra-lightweight spacecraft, which acts as a light-sail, to travel with unprecedented speed over tens of trillions of kilometres to the star about four lightyears away, reaching the destination within 20 years.