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Any tobacco company legal action against the Federal Government over proposals to introduce plain packaging to cigarettes could take months to settle and must first prove that there exists a dispute between the two parties, according to an ANU legal expert.

A simple tap from your finger may be enough to charge your portable device thanks to a discovery made at RMIT University and ANU. Dr Simon Ruffell from the ANU Research School of Physics and Engineering and Dr Madhu Bhaskaran and Dr Sharath Sriram from RMIT University have used nanotechnology to convert mechanical pressure into electricity.

ANU has won a $3.1 million grant from the Federal Government to help propel Australian satellite technology and exploratory missions into the furthest reaches of deep space.

After more than 3000 posts, 32,280 comments and many millions of web page hits, the ANU blog New Mandala is celebrating its fifth birthday.

All planets move around their stars in the same direction as the star spins'at least that's what we thought.

New accommodation facilities, officially opened today at Mt Stromlo, will provide much-needed housing for the growing number of students keen to carry out research at the ANU observatory.

Labor and the Coalition need to recognise that the Greens are part of political reality, writes Norman Abjorensen These are unusual political times.

The work of Apartheid-era South African black artists and the International artists that supported their struggle for democracy forms the basis of a powerful new exhibition opening at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery on Thursday 26 May.

Bees remember landmarks and read information from the sky to find their way home from an amazing 11 kilometres away and over several days? travel, a new study from The Australian National University shows. Vision scientists have found more reasons for the honeybee's incredible knack of navigating cross-country ' these creatures often rely on the position of the sun, the polarisation of light in the sky, the panorama view of the horizon and landmarks including towers, mountains or lakes.

It's misunderstood, distrusted and derided, but marketing can be a powerful tool for change. By STEPHEN GREEN .

The Centre for Mental Health Research (CMHR) at ANU has welcomed the Federal Government's commitment to establishing a national e-mental health portal but warned that sufficient ongoing funding must be allocated to ensure it is a success.

Thailand's royal family faces a divisive anniversary ahead of the next national election, writes Nicholas Farrelly.

The Australian National University has officially launched a new multi-million dollar fund to assist innovation, research and knowledge transfer at a ceremony in Canberra.

A new research project from The Australian National University will reveal for the first time the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have played in Australian war and peacekeeping.

The baffling question of why some animals help raise offspring which aren?t their own is closer to being answered, thanks to new research from The Australian National University.

The Australian National University continues to be at the forefront of national and international solar research thanks to funding provided by the Commonwealth via the Australian Solar Institute (ASI).

Increased use of the Internet is leading to a more politically engaged and socially inclusive society, according to the latest ANUpoll.

The lives of prominent and ordinary Australians who have come and gone will be resurrected in the digital afterlife through a new website being launched at The Australian National University today .

A study from The Australian National University has revealed for the first time how an animal sees and responds to predatory attacks in its natural environment.

A new study from The Australian National University has for the first time confirmed that long-term climate change has the potential to spin the Earth's tectonic plates. Dr Giampiero Iaffaldano from the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences and colleagues in France and Germany have established a link between the motion of the Indian plate over the past 10 million years and a specific climate change event over the same period: the intensification of the Indian monsoon.

Once a place is heritage listed, it's protected, right' Wrong. Politics and a flawed statutory regime are undermining the independence of the listing system, and threatening Australia's national treasures, writes Andrew Macintosh.

The Australia Dictionary of Biography has rightly been described as a national treasure.