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Dr Kerry Schott AO and Dr Marnie Shaw field questions at the second ANU Future of Neighbourhood Batteries Conference on 29 November 2023. Dr Shaw remarked is twice the size from last year.
Energy experts gather to plan future of neighbourhood batteries in Australia
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School of Computing PhD student Mahsuum Daiiani is seeking your help to understand how video games can engage people around climate change and environmental issues. Mahsuum’s research will use a mixed-method approach —that...

Susruth Nadimpalli (left) and Jaskaran Gulati made the 2022 Forbes 30 under 30 list based on a tech start-up they launched while students at ANU.
Student start-up lands on Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Susruth Nadimpalli and Jaskaran Gulati, cryptocurrency pioneers who met while students at The Australian National University (ANU), have been listed on the...

ANU and Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) executives celebrate the new honours cohort with the Co-Lab managment team.
Co-Lab celebrates Honours Grant recipients
One of the keystone partnerships at The Australian National University (ANU), the ANU ASD Co-Lab, has welcomed and celebrated its inaugural cohort of 2022...
Space nerd gets a boost from new engineering scholarship
Josie Bates felt a bit daunted when she first arrived on The Australian National University (ANU) campus. “Coming to ANU from a rural background,...
TechLauncher projects impress at Technology Showcase
Our student teams presented in-person and virtually at TechLauncher's hybrid ANU Technology Showcase on 24 May 2022.

Tyra Petersen, a proud Wuthathi women from the North Eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula with connections to Badu and Moa Islands in the Torres Strait.
Know our history
This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme is “Be brave. Make change”. We sat down with Tyra Petersen, a proud Wuthathi women from the North Eastern coast of Cape York Peninsula with connections to Badu and Moa Islands in the Torres...
School of Computing to slash energy costs by half
The School of Computing at ANU is set to reduce its energy costs by up to 51 per cent following an agreement with software firm Dug McCloud. The Australian-based company, with physical infrastructure in Western Australia, will deliver...
Securing your vote
For some of us, rolling up to a polling booth to publicly exercise our democratic rights on election day is part of the joy of voting. But with more and more people now electing to cast postal votes — a growing trend that emerged before...
Dr Liu awarded for her ground-breaking research in solar cell technologies
Dr AnYao Liu from the School of Engineering was recently awarded the Ulrich Gösele Young Scientist Award for her pioneering work on removing metallic impurities from silicon solar cells using deposited thin films. “Impurities,...

Foreground, nominee Lavinia Kanagandran, and her family in 2016. Background: nominees Geoff Huston AM and Peter Elford in 1990.
Celebrating 50 years of teaching computer science at ANU
Tonight The Australian National University (ANU) School of Computing will host esteemed members of Australia’s tech community to celebrate 50 years of teaching computer science at...
PhD research sets world record for solar-to-hydrogen efficiency
Even as power grids and passenger vehicles transition to renewable energy, the fact remains that one third the world’s CO2 emission comes from more energy-intensive...
NASA stops at ANU on way to moon and Mars
Badri Younes, a NASA engineer serving as Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) and SCaN Program Manager, spoke at the Birch Innovation Space about his job building next generation technologies to...
Managing disease with smart technologies
Imagine if your smart watch could monitor chronic health conditions such as heart disease and relay that information securely to your doctor? The idea that data captured by genomics, sensors, and wearable technologies could one day lead to...
Australia can lower CO2 emissions in Asia Pacific by 8.6%
Australia could drastically lower carbon emissions in the Asia-Pacific region by exporting zero-carbon commodities such as electricity, green hydrogen and green metals, according to new research by experts at The Australian National...

Of the ten winners of the Vietnam Outstanding Young Faces Award, Dr Hieu Nguyen is the only one who resides outside of Vietnam. Photo by Lannon Harley.
Hieu Nguyen wins Vietnam Outstanding Young Faces Award
Dr Hieu Nguyen, a Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS), has won a Vietnam Outstanding Young...
Scholarship winner to donate funds to Indigenous design summit
Charli Fell, winner of the 2022 Natasha Linard Scholarship for Women in Engineering and Technology, has promised to dedicate half of its funds to the continuation of a Local Design Summit that will benefit the ACT’s Indigenous and...
New record signals bright future for solar tech
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have broken their own record to create a more efficient solar cell. ...

The ANU research team with Graphite Energy COO, Byron Ross, in the purpose-built sodium lab. From left: Associate Professor John Pye, Associate Professor Joe Coventry, Dr Ahmad Mojiri, Mr Byron Ross, and Dr Mahdiar Taheri.
ANU team reaches new highs in thermal energy storage
ANU researchers have reached a ground-breaking temperature of 800 degrees Celsius for a new thermal energy storage technology. Optimising storage of renewable energy is a crucial component in the transition away from fossil fuels.
University Medal winner reflects on ANU Engineering journey
Ruth Kravis graduated with a University Medal for outstanding scholarship and had life-changing experiences studying abroad, but it was the connections she...