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A new book on Korean nationalism has found young South Koreans are rejecting the future unification of North and South Korea.

The Australian National University (ANU) has won $4.7 million in new funding for renewable energy research, and more than any other university, in the latest round of industry-researcher collaboration funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

It's a bit like star trek. Researchers walking through a forest could use a tablet or augmented reality to view sensor data layered onto the actual trees An ANU scientist is helping set up an international network to use surveillance camera networks and drone data to spy on trees. The network will help make huge amounts of time-lapse image data accessible for scientists trying to understand how climate change will affect forests around the world.

Australians love going to the beach and spending time outdoors and Dr Tricoli's research has the potential to help people monitor their sun exposure and lower their chances of skin cancer. Nanoscientist Dr Antonio Tricoli has won a prized Westpac Research Fellowship for his pioneering work on wearable technology that can help fight skin cancer and melanoma.

Australia had no need to change interest rates in April with an absence of major economic news at home and abroad leading to an almost boring consensus on monetary policy, the ANU RBA Shadow Board has found.

With national elections looming, Australians have the chance to voice their opinions and tell politicians, business and community leaders about the issues that really matter to them by taking part in a major national survey on the future of the nation.

A new report into gambling in the ACT has found a significant drop over the past five years in the number of people gambling and how much money they spend on gambling. The report from The Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Gambling Research compared gambling trends from 2009 to 2014 after ing more than 7,000 ACT adults.

Photo: The Australian Crowd by Stephen Baxter (2014). Painted for the National Centre for Biography/Australian Dictionary of Biography on commission.

Astronomers have captured the earliest minutes of two exploding stars and for the first time seen a shockwave generated by a star's collapsing core. The international team found a shockwave only in the smaller supernova, a finding that will help them understand these complex explosions that create many of the elements that make up humans, the Earth and the Solar System.

Scientists have created the world's thinnest lens, one two-thousandth the thickness of a human hair, opening the door to flexible computer displays and a revolution in miniature cameras. Lead researcher Dr Yuerui (Larry) Lu from ANU Research School of Engineering said the discovery hinged on the remarkable potential of the molybdenum disulphide crystal.

..art can produce empathy between people and plays an important role in education and understanding about human rights issues. A new book to be launched at The Australian National University (ANU) shows the links between Asian artists, their works and human rights issues such as Indonesia's problems during the Suharto regime.

A team of international scientists has quantified the threat that climate change poses to nine staple food crops in sub-Saharan Africa and outlined actions and timelines needed to adapt to head off the risk of crop and food shortages.

Ecologists have found that Murray crayfish numbers plunged 90 per cent in a high country river after their habitat was lost.

Scientists have harnessed static electricity to control chemical reactions for the first time, in a breakthrough that could bring cleaner industry and cheaper nanotechnology. The team used an electric field as a catalyst for a common reaction, the Diels-Alder reaction, improving its reaction rate by a factor of five.

ANU is helping the eastern quoll make a comeback to mainland Australia after its disappearance more than 50 years ago.

You might be co-operative and seen as a model prisoner.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) had no need to move official interest rates in March, with an uncertain global outlook and a modest outlook for Australia's economy, The Australian National University (ANU) RBA Shadow Board has found.

This burst has enabled us to conduct a unique census of the Universe's matter content in a new, independent and direct way and in a sense weigh the Universe. Scientists have pinpointed the source of a rare burst of radio waves from the heavens for the first time, identifying the culprit as an elliptical galaxy six billion light years away.

Actor Alan Alda, best known for his starring role in the television series M*A*S*H, has teamed up with ANU to help promote science communication.

A new poll from The Australian National University (ANU) on ageing and money has found many Australians are worried about their retirement and ability afford a comfortable life after leaving the workforce.

The biggest body of Australian literary scholarship is now available online for the first time as The Australian National University (ANU) has become home to the journal Australian Literary Studies (ALS). Dr Julieanne Lamond of the ANU School of Literature Languages & Linguistics, who has become just the third editor in the journal's 53 year history, said the publication has had a major influence on the Australian literature landscape.

Researchers who have spent 10 years studying ground-nesting wasps have solved a mystery of how the insects make sure that they find their way home. Professor Jochen Zeil from The Australian National University (ANU) and a team of researchers found wasps gather views of their environment during learning flights each day with their focus always on their nest to ensure they know the way home after foraging.

The latest Australian Aid Stakeholder Survey has found a perceived decline in the effectiveness of Australian aid.

A team of students from the Australian National University (ANU) College of Law will travel to Washington, DC in March to represent Australia after winning this year's national round of the prestigious Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

To commemorate the Chinese new year, ANU Alumna Claire Tracey has created a 2.5 metre tall monkey.

A leading expert on hoarding disorder called for a major rethink in the way hoarding is managed in Australia.

A huge reservoir of carbon developed in the deep Atlantic Ocean during the last ice age, research led by ANU Research School of Earth Sciences has found. Lead researcher Dr Jimin Yu found that as ocean currents changed over 10,000 years, an extra 50 gigatonnes of carbon was stored at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Australia has the world's highest diversity of parrots, but a new analysis by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) has found the nation's record in conserving these beautiful birds leaves much to be desired.

I am committed to making sure the ANU School of Music works well, and that music remains an important part of the culture and community life of ANU.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should hold official interest rates steady in February despite the weakening global economic outlook and turmoil in global markets at the start of 2016, the ANU RBA Shadow Board has found.

All those wonderful materials were sitting there, some of them already in our lab cabinets, but we had not realised how useful they can be.

Astronomers studying a lonely planet drifting through space have found its mum; a star a trillion kilometres away.

An unprecedented global push to provide deworming tablets to the poorest people on the planet has only partially succeeded, says a health researcher from The Australian National University (ANU).

Life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly, say astrobiologists from ANU Research School of Earth Sciences.

Life on other planets would likely be brief and become extinct very quickly, say astrobiologists from ANU Research School of Earth Sciences.

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA have released their independent annual global analyses of temperature data for 2015.

The site of the Triabunna Barracks in Tasmania. As well as studying the historic buildings, the students and archaeologists will be digging on site.

ANU scientists are part of a group that has found a way to increase the resolution of MRI scanners, while at the same time making the procedure quicker and safer for the patient.

Some research suggests that being awake for 17 hours produces equivalent impairment to a blood alcohol content of. Road safety expert Dr Vanessa Beanland from The Australian National University (ANU) has warned drivers to beware of the dangers of fatigue during the holidays. "At this time of year everyone is driving somewhere to visit loved ones, to a holiday destination and travelling long distances," Dr Beanland said.

A review of discrimination laws in the ACT has recommended fundamental changes to help the community fully understand discriminatory conduct.

The temperature 3,000 kilometres below the surface of the Earth is much more varied than previously thought, scientists have found. The discovery of the hot and cold regions in the lower mantle where it meets the core, which are up to three times more varied than expected, will help scientists explain the structure of the Earth and how it formed.

An evolutionary biologist has analysed political opposition to evolution and found it has evolved. Dr Nick Matzke from the ANU Research School of Biology analysed the text in anti-evolution legislation using software for building genetic family trees. He found the different bills presented in different legislatures shared traits and relationships in a similar way to plants and animals.

ANU has secured five prestigious Future Fellowships for research into the origins of the stars, the origins of farming, fighting infectious diseases and effects of climate change on wildlife.

International Relations graduate Sam Davies believes his ANU experience has set him up for a career in Australia or abroad.