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ANU research shows the key to academic success is to help students learn better, not try harder.

Antarctica is at risk of abrupt and potentially irreversible changes to the continent's ice, ocean and ecosystems.

A cosmic dance could be the future of the Milky Way as it tracks a course to collide with neighbouring galaxies, new research has found.

In a world facing complex challenges, engineers like ANU researcher Karthika Prasad play an important role in creating out-of-this-world solutions.

New study finds the gender earnings gap could be halved if we reined in long hours often worked by men A new study of heterosexual couples in Australia and Germany reveals the economic costs to women when their partners work long hours. Professor Lyndall Strazdins National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Dr Liana Leach National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Dr Tinh Doan National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health There are lots of reasons why people work extra hours.

The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is having a significant impact on the mental health and wellbeing of Australian women who migrated from directly impacted countries, or have family ties to the region, according to researchers from UNSW Sydney and The Australian National University (ANU). The study, published in Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific , is the first of its kind to examine the mental health impact of conflict occurring overseas.

ANU researchers and global partners are launching a clinical trial to improve treatment for Kaposi sarcoma, one of the most common and deadly cancers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Our electric vehicles (EVs) and hot water systems could become powerful assets for the electricity grid and help turn Australian cities into giant batteries, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.

Offering gifts with geographical symbolism is an ancient human practice that can be traced back to prehistory, new ANU research shows.

Hannah Dixon ANU Reporter Deputy Editor For some, the experience of the medical system is a saga. But rather than a tale of adventure and action, it is the infuriatingly cyclical 'diagnostic odyssey'.

A competitive workplace culture can add to feelings of "imposter syndrome" amongst employees, according to a new study.

These scientists can 3D-print living cells - a first step to printing our own organs. Back in 2015, chemist Professor Adam Perriman was hacking 3D plastic printers with his team at the University of Bristol, UK, looking for a way to print biological materials.