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A new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) could help us understand how our planet was formed. Associate Professor Hrvoje Tkal'i? and PhD Scholar Than-Son Ph'm are confident they now have direct proof the earth's inner core is solid. They came up with a way to detect shear waves, or "J waves" in the inner core - a type of wave which can only travel through solid objects.

A new infrared telescope designed and built by astronomers at ANU and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the US will be the first of its kind to monitor the entire northern sky in search of new cosmic events. The agile robotic telescope, called Gattini-IR, will scan the northern sky once every night, from the Palomar Observatory in southern California, allowing astronomers to observe and study fast-changing transient and variable events with unprecedented speed and accuracy.

A population health scientist from The Australian National University (ANU) warns that the current drought affecting parts of Australia could lead to a spike in gastro cases around the country, based on the results of a new study. The study found that reported cases of the gastro bug, cryptosporidiosis, rose significantly in parts of Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory along the Murray Darling Basin during the Big Drought that ended in 2009.

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to cancel out the noise produced by things like motors and air conditioning units, providing some much-needed relief to anyone working or living in a noisy environment. Professor Thushara Abhayapala from the Research School of Engineering says it's a similar concept to the technology used in noise cancellation headphones - but on a much bigger scale.

Engineers at ANU have invented a semiconductor with organic and inorganic materials that can convert electricity into light very efficiently, and it is thin and flexible enough to help make devices such as mobile phones bendable. The invention also opens the door to a new generation of high-performance electronic devices made with organic materials that will be biodegradable or that can be easily recycled, promising to help substantially reduce e-waste.

Research from ANU has found a bit of humour at work can help employees deal with workplace aggression and stressful situations. Lead researcher Dr David Cheng of the ANU College of Business and Economics said workplace aggression and bullying is a widespread problem which impacts the mental health of victims and the ramifications can be expensive for organisations.

An ANU archaeologist has discovered primary evidence of ritualistic practices involving turtles in French Polynesia described in accounts by missionaries in the 19 th Century. Pacific Archaeologist, Dr Guillaume Molle of the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology excavated three sites on the ring-shaped coral atoll of Fakahina in the Tuamotu Archipelago, uncovering two open-air ceremonial sites, one containing the remains of ritual offerings of turtles.

It may sound futuristic, but researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) and Tohoku University in Japan have found a new way of dealing with space junk - and it involves a new type of satellite powered by superheated gas. Space debris orbiting the earth has become a major problem in recent decades.

New research led by The Australian National University (ANU) could hold the key to unlocking the power of enzymes, allowing them to potentially be used to break down toxic pollutants or heal wounds faster. Enzymes can help speed up - or catalyze - chemical reactions, making them an essential part of every living organism.

Economic modelling from ANU has found the Australian Labor Party's proposal to end cash refunds for excess imputation credits will result in a significant hit to the hip pocket of retirees, and that the effect would be similar to reducing the average superannuation fund balance at the point of retirement by up to nine per cent.

Scientists from ANU and overseas have discovered molecules of fat in an ancient fossil to reveal the earliest confirmed animal in the geological record that lived on Earth 558 million years ago. The strange creature called Dickinsonia, which grew up to 1.4 metres in length and was oval shaped with rib-like segments running along its body, was part of the Ediacara Biota that lived on Earth 20 million years prior to the 'Cambrian explosion' of modern animal life.

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered a previously unconfirmed population boom across South East Asia that occurred 4,000 years ago, thanks to a new method for measuring prehistoric population growth. Using the new population measurement method, which utilises human skeletal remains, they have been able to prove a significant rapid increase in growth across populations in Thailand, China and Vietnam during the Neolithic Period, and a second subsequent rise in the Iron Age.

Most Australians are familiar with the 'slip, slop, slap' message, but new research suggests we're not taking sun safety seriously enough. Currently, health agencies recommend that sun protection is used when the UV Index - which measures the intensity of UV radiation - is three or higher. But researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) and New Zealand's National Institute of Water & Atmosphere Research (NIWA) have found there needs to be a greater focus on how long we're spending outdoors.

A researcher from The Australian National University (ANU) believes she may have solved one of English literature's most enduring mysteries - the author's inspiration for the 'Yahoo' characters in Jonathan Swift's iconic 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels . In the book the Yahoos are a race of human like creatures encountered by the book's protagonist Lemuel Gulliver.

New algorithms developed at the Australian National University (ANU) have found bots on Twitter were around two-and-a-half times more influential than humans during the first US Presidential debate in 2016. The researchers from the ANU Research School of Computer Science and School of Sociology also discovered there were far fewer bots than previously thought, but they had a disproportionate level of influence relative to their number.

Scientists at ANU have engineered tiny carbon-capturing engines from blue-green algae into plants, in a breakthrough that promises to help boost the yields of important food crops such as wheat, cowpeas and cassava. Lead researcher Dr Ben Long from ANU said the discovery was a major leap forward in improving the way crops convert carbon dioxide, water and sunlight into energy - a process called photosynthesis, which is one of the main limitations to crop yield.

An international research team, led by Professor Peter Collignon from The Australian National University (ANU) Medical School, has found we need to take a much broader approach than simply focusing on antibiotic usage, when it comes to fighting the spread of "superbugs". Superbugs - or strains of bacteria that have adapted after coming into contact with antibiotics - are a major global problem, causing increased deaths and suffering.

A study on dramatic changes to Earth's vegetation as it emerged from the last ice age and temperatures rose has offered clues on the kinds of transformations that will occur to landscapes with similar increases in temperature anticipated over just the next 150 years. ANU was part of the international research team that found two-thirds of the world's vegetation underwent significant changes from 21,000 years ago until the pre-industrial era, when the Earth warmed by 4-7 degrees Celsius.

Research led by the Australian National University (ANU) sheds new light on the rapid decline of the once-common regent honeyeater, offering new opportunities to help save the bird from extinction. Lead researcher Ross Crates and his colleagues from the Difficult Bird Research Group at the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society surveyed more than 5,000 sites between 2015 and 2017 to locate this extremely rare and highly mobile species.

A new study led by The Australian National University (ANU) has found government policies around the world that aim to reduce water consumption through improved irrigation efficiency in agriculture may actually be having the opposite effect. Lead researcher, Professor Quentin Grafton of the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy, said the research shows increases in irrigation efficiency have actually reduced water availability, and increased water consumption in many countries.