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Earth

Mysterious doughnut-like structure found deep within Earth’s core

Amit Malewar

Deepens understanding of planet's magnetic field.

Ball phyton snake closeup head
Health

Python parasite found in Australian woman’s brain

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Human neural larva migrans Linked to ophidascaris robertsi Ascarid.

Protosterol Biota
Biology

A lost world of early ancestors discovered in billion-year-old rocks

Amit Malewar

It could change our understanding of our earliest ancestors.

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Health

Increasing your daily magnesium intake prevents dementia

Vidya Nagalwade

Mg intake increases brain volumes and WMLs in old age.

ANU scientists
Quantum Computing

New techniques for accurate measurements of tiny objects

Amit Malewar

A way to achieve more accurate measurements of microscopic objects using quantum computers.

Mars surface
Space

A new mathematical model predicts whether an astronaut can safely travel to Mars

Amit Malewar

Mars model provides a method for landing humans on Red Planet.

Image is illustration of black hole
Space

The fastest-growing black hole of the last nine billion years discovered

Amit Malewar

The black hole consumes the equivalent of one Earth every second.

Gamma ray sky
Space

Scientists offered an alternative explanation for the strange galactic signal

Amit Malewar

Spinning stars shed new light on a mysterious gamma-ray signal.

ANU Team
Quantum Physics

Most sensitive method ever for measuring the potential energy of an atom

Amit Malewar

Validating one of the most tested theories in physics.

Image showing surface of Mars
Science

Volcanic activity beneath Mars’ surface rock Red Planet

Amit Malewar

Magma in the Martian mantle is still active and is responsible for the volcanic marsquakes.

Image showing mountains, trees and birds
Science

Supermountains played vital role in the evolution of early life on Earth

Pranjal Malewar

The supermountains may also have boosted oxygen levels in the atmosphere, needed for complex life to breathe.

Small Magellanic Cloud
Space

A stunning image shows Milky Way’s closest neighbor in new detail

Amit Malewar

Stunning close-up reveals secrets of Milky Way's neighbor.

Laser light (red) propagates in a tapered optical fibre
Science

Generating quantum states of sound inside a microscopic device

Pranjal Malewar

Towards quantum states of sound.

Image showing two black holes merging
Space

Scientists unveiled the largest number of gravitational waves ever detected

Amit Malewar

A tsunami of gravitational waves.

Optimal blood pressure helps our brains stay younger
Health

Optimal blood pressure helps our brains stay younger

Pranjal Malewar

Too much blood pressure is aging our brains.

Image showing colorful laser light
Technology

New, powerful microscopic laser traps energy like noise-canceling headphones

Amit Malewar

So-called 'nanolasers' are smaller than the wavelength of the light they produce.

New album takes listeners on a cosmic and sonic journey through space
Space

New album takes listeners on a cosmic and sonic journey through space

Amit Malewar

It also includes the sound of the violent scene of supermassive black holes colliding.

the remnant of N132D
Science

The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth

Amit Malewar

Alien radioactive element prompts creation rethink.

earth wallpaper
Science

Scientists confirmed the existence of the Earth’s innermost inner core

Amit Malewar

Scientists dig deep to reveal Earth’s hidden layer.

Scientists created diamonds at room temperature in minutes
Science

Scientists created diamonds at room temperature in minutes

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature.

Predicting the quantum mechanical properties of large molecular systems
Quantum Technology

Predicting the quantum mechanical properties of large molecular systems

Amit Malewar

Record for quantum chemistry calculation.

The dark side of our galaxy
Space

The dark side of our galaxy

Amit Malewar

Why does the Milky Way look the way it does?

New technology can potentially tame lightning
Technology

New technology can potentially tame lightning

Ashwini Sakharkar

This technology may induce electrical discharge from passing lightning, helping to guide it to safe targets and reduce the risk of catastrophic fires

Supergiant Betelgeuse smaller, closer than first thought
Space

Betelgeuse is 25 percent closer than previously thought

Amit Malewar

It may be another 100,000 years until the giant red star Betelgeuse dies in a fiery explosion.

Earth is traveling through a massive dust cloud since 33,000 years
Space

Earth is traveling through a massive dust cloud since 33,000 years

Amit Malewar

Ancient star explosions revealed in the deep sea.

Mysterious gas detected near the center of Milky way
Space

Mysterious gas detected near the center of Milky way

Amit Malewar

This is the first time something like this has been observed in our galaxy.

Our galaxy is on collision course with nearby Andromeda galaxy
Space

Our Milky Way galaxy is on collision course with nearby Andromeda galaxy

Amit Malewar

The violent history of the big galaxy next door.

Australian men live longer than other men
Social Science

Australian men live longer than other men

Pranjal Malewar

Australian men on top when it comes to life expectancy.

The Toad Mountain harlequin frog is endangered and at risk from the Bd fungus.B. GRATWICKE / SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE)
Health

The worst disease ever recorded

Editorial Team

An international study led by ANU has found a fungal disease has caused dramatic population declines in more than 500 amphibian species, including 90...

Study reveals a crucial ingredient for life in the universe
Space

Study reveals a crucial ingredient for life in the universe

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists in a recent study have investigated the nature of a cosmic phenomenon that slows down star formation. Scientists suggest that the study could help...

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