Rare honour for futurist giving tech a human touch
26 Nov 2020
Can you make engineers poets and poets engineers? And if you can, how vital is this?
Researcher sets record for quantum chemistry calculation
17 Nov 2020
A researcher from The Australian National University (ANU) College of Engineering and Computer Science has used one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world to predict the quantum mechanical properties of...
To Pwn, or Be Pwned, that is the question
16 Nov 2020
To pwn, or be pwned, that is the question. Or in this case, the name of the winning team of this year’s Capture the Flag event, held virtually by the Australian Signals...
Historic ‘Satellite Selfie’ captures distinct moment in time
13 Nov 2020
From marriage proposals, to giant wildlife, blazing red poppies and rallying calls for the power of science, Australia’s largest ever selfie has captured some incredible images from the ACT and the Northern Territory.
ANU scientist launches children’s book about gravity
13 Nov 2020
A children’s story by ANU scientist Dr Niraj Lal about an emu - a flightless bird - running fast enough to ‘fly’ into Earth’s orbit has made it into print and will...
ANU student ventures awarded $50,000 in startup grants
29 Oct 2020
Five ANU student startup teams were awarded a total $50,000 worth of grants, and other startup support prizes, at the recent awards ceremony of the InnovationACT entrepreneurship program.
Pump down the volume: study finds noise-cancelling formula
23 Oct 2020
Noisy open plan offices full of workers hunched over desks while wearing noise cancelling headphones could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to new research from The Australian National University (ANU).
Australian Government to invest $3 million into ANU solar research
2 Oct 2020
The Australian Government has confirmed it will invest over $3 million in solar technology research at The Australian National University (ANU).
The power of battery storage recharged with cash splash
16 Sep 2020
Research to better unlock the potential of battery technologies has been given a vital funding boost as part of the latest round of the Australian Capital Territory’s renewable energy reverse auction.
How to train a machine to see 3D in the dark
16 Sep 2020
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new way to create an almost perfect hologram in near darkness.