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Researchers have developed new technology that could usher in the "next-generation" of thinner, higher-resolution and more energy efficient screens and electronic devices. The international team from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom, The Australian National University (ANU) and UNSW Canberra has created nanoparticles called "metasurfaces" that perform better than current displays like LCDs and LEDs.

Data captured from seismic waves caused by earthquakes has shed new light on the deepest parts of Earth's inner core, according to seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU). By measuring the different speeds at which these waves penetrate and pass through the Earth's inner core, the researchers believe they've documented evidence of a distinct layer inside Earth known as the innermost inner core - a solid 'metallic ball' that sits within the centre of the inner core.

Data captured from seismic waves caused by earthquakes has shed new light on the deepest parts of Earth's inner core, according to seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU). By measuring the different speeds at which these waves penetrate and pass through the Earth's inner core, the researchers believe they've documented evidence of a distinct layer inside Earth known as the innermost inner core - a solid 'metallic ball' that sits within the centre of the inner core.

Just half a per cent of the available tree hollows in Canberra's woodlands are suitable nests for superb parrots. A new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and the ACT Government has found the search for a suitable nesting site can have a big impact on how many offspring the superb parrots are able to produce.

Areas set aside by the Victorian Government as part of plan to conserve 35 threatened species fall well short in their goal to stop the extinction of the state's most at-risk wildlife, according to a study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The authors of the paper say the Immediate Protection Areas (IPAs) put in place in 2019 do not protect substantial amounts of important habitat for threatened species like the Leadbeater's Possum and Southern Greater Glider.

Baby milk formula companies are exploiting parents' emotions and manipulating scientific information and policymakers to generate sales at the expense of the health and rights of families, women, and children, argue an international team of scientists including experts from The Australian National University (ANU) and Deakin University.

In hospitals around the globe lay seven patients from six unrelated families. Separated by thousands of kilometres across 4 different continents, the patients were divided by language, culture, age and sex. However, they shared a rare similarity. They were united by a new and incredibly rare genetic mutation, one that might just change how we think about immune deficiencies.

Dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil catch more fish by working together, a new study by an international team of researchers has shown. According to the authors, it's a rare example of an interaction by two top predators that is beneficial to both parties. The study was led by Assistant Professor Mauricio Cantor from Oregon State University.

Children can often be overlooked in situations involving interparental coercive control, but the impact on them is significant, a new research review from The Australian National University (ANU) has found. Coercive control is a pattern of controlling behaviours and asserting dominance within an intimate relationship.

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have discovered that a protein, called Menin, contributes to abnormal deactivation of specific genes in cancer cells. One of the hallmarks of cancer is that the normal regulation of genes is disrupted, and this causes cancer cells to look and behave differently to normal cells.

New research led by a team of scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) has outlined a way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers - a step that could prove useful in a huge range of next-generation technologies, including biomedical sensing.

The third La Niña year in a row intensified existing droughts in the Americas, while causing floods in parts of Asia and Oceania, according to a first-of-its-kind report released today by the Global Water Monitor Consortium, led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The report found global warming is changing the water cycle across the planet, while also warning that events like flash droughts will become more frequent in the coming years.

A new study led by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has shown that ecosystems in western parts of southeastern Australia - including western Victoria and western Tasmania - may be most at risk of feeling the impacts of climate change in the coming decades. The study compared the traits of plants currently growing in southeast Australia to species that have existed in the region over the past 12,000 years.

Women are up to 75 per cent more likely to experience adverse reactions to prescription drugs than men because of a range of differences in traits between the sexes, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU). The researchers believe more should be done to take this into account when treating diseases.

The contents of the last meal consumed by the earliest animals known to inhabit Earth more than 550 million years ago has unearthed new clues about the physiology of our earliest animal ancestors, according to scientists from The Australian National University (ANU). Ediacara biota are the world's oldest large organisms and were first discovered in the Ediacara Hills in South Australia's Flinders Ranges.

Animals bred in captivity can experience significant changes to their bodies, behaviour and health, which affects their chances of survival when they're released into the wild, a new review from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. According to the study's authors, the conditions animals experience in captivity are often very different to what they'd face in the wild, which can cause them to change in a number of ways.

An increase in the efficiency of solar panels may be on the horizon, as research from The Australian National University (ANU) reduces their current limitations. ANU researchers have found a way to improve the performance of silicon photovoltaic (PV) or solar cells.

Korean biotech company MDimune Inc. and scientists from the Clear Vision Research Lab at The Australian National University (ANU) will join forces to develop new and more effective treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - the leading cause of blindness in the developed world and affecting one-in-seven people over the age of 50.

A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows how Twitter helped shape the Black Lives Matter movement. Lead researcher Professor Colin Klein said the immediacy of the social media platform allowed it to play a crucial role in spreading information and organising protests. It also become an important platform for right-wing reactions.

A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) will shed light on the full impact of the 2019/20 bushfires and outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic on young families. The study follows the ANU research team's 2020 Mother and Child survey (MC2020) but will focus on the partners of women who were pregnant or gave birth between November 2019 and December 2020.