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Julian Assange may be in remand in the UK, but it could be many months before the completion of any extradition to Sweden, and he could then face a similar request from the USA, according to an expert in international law.

FRANK FENNER 21 December 1914 - 22 November 2010 By Peter McCullagh Frank Fenner was a member of The Australian National University over six decades.

Five ANU-led projects have been awarded a total of $1.6 million in the ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme (LIEF) grants which were announced today (Wednesday).

Scientists from The Australian National University have used supercomputers to reveal how plastic items like the humble clothes peg can be designed to withstand the sun for longer.

The University of Canberra and The Australian National University have joined forces to address the pressing sustainability issues facing Canberra and the surrounding region.

The psychological resilience shown by people confronted with the devastating news of a cancer diagnosis is the subject of a public lecture at The Australian National University today.

Women are much more likely to be persuaded to either eat healthily or undertake dangerous dieting by other women, not men, according to new ANU research.

The early identification of 'bio-markers' to aid in the fight against diabetes, depression and other epidemic diseases will be the focus of a new Australian-German centre launched today at The Australian National University.

Most Australians would be happy to visit nurse practitioners for prescription renewals and everyday health concerns such as colds and flus, according to preliminary results from a national study.

More than half of Australians want the country's population to stay at or go below current levels according to the latest ANU Poll.

ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb has congratulated all Australian Research Council (ARC) Major Grants recipients - especially those connected to the 105 ANU research projects announced today. Professor Ian Chubb said: ?ANU has received funding for 92 Discovery Project grants and 12 Linkage projects, as well one of only nine Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development grants, bringing the total for ANU researchers to $38.6 million in grants.

Australia needs to increase its national emission target from five to 15 per cent to meet its fair share of global action on climate change, according to new research from The Australian National University.

The influence of the world's oceans over carbon dioxide levels and climate change is better understood thanks to researchers from the University of Canberra and The Australian National University.

Endowment funding from ACTEW is helping one researcher extend his tree-ring study in Australia's alpine regions.

Andrew MacIntyre looks at the significance of Kevin Rudd's political rebirth as Australian Foreign Minister and the challenges he now faces in Asia.

Teenagers think mental illness carries much more stigma than it actually does, according to new research from The Australian National University.

New research shows that the Australian Government risks breaching international law if it does not fully protect wetlands listed under an international treaty in its forthcoming Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Researchers studying the eyes of Australian bull ants have found the first evidence of adaptation of visual structures within a single species to distinct light intensities. The research, led by Dr Ajay Narendra of the Division of Evolution, Ecology and Genetics at The Australian National University, found that the eye structure of the bull ants genus Myrmecia changed according to their role in the colony.

The human brain can see only up to three moving objects at a given instant, new research has found.

Scientists from ANU have developed a 'Superbowl' drug delivery system that promises more accurate doses of drugs with fewer side effects.

Science fiction has become fact at The Australian National University with researchers building a working tractor beam.

The Deputy Director of the National Institute for Rural and Regional Australia (NIRRA) has welcomed the package for rural and regional Australia announced by the government, but says more needs to be done to ensure long-term sustainability for regional communities.

Investors in pharmaceutical, medical and biotechnological industries should not be able to patent genes that are identical to naturally occurring sequences, according to an ANU biotechnology patent expert.