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A stable and sustainable energy supply is one of the major issues of this Century. World-energy demand is expected to increase by about 70% in the coming 20 years, while the production of petroleum is likely to peak in this period. The combination of rising demand and declining production of conventional oil raises the question: What is the plan?
The National Year of Astronomy Honours Scholarship has been made available for 2010 to celebrate the National Year of Astronomy. 
As part of the International Year of Astronomy Lecture Series presented by the Australian Institute of Physics and the Black Hole Society, CSIRO's Prof Ray Norris's talk will explore the wonderful mystical Aboriginal astronomical stories and traditions.
The Australian National University has been awarded funding under the Federal Government’s Heritage Projects (Jobs Fund) to restore and stabilise the Reynold’s Telescope Dome that was severely damaged in the 2003 Canberra firestorm.
The winning picture from the 2009 Gemini School Astronomy Contest has been revealed. Students at PAL College have helped to celebrate the public unveiling of the image of the "Glowing Eye Nebula" as part of the International Year of Astronomy. The nebula was observed with the Gemini South telescope at the suggestion of PAL College student Daniel Tran, whose Contest entry was judged as the best combination of scientific and artistic reasoning. 
ANU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, enabling the two institutions to collaborate in research on nuclear science and technology.
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A new method for catching sports drug cheating is shaking up the greyhound industry and could have major applications for the human world too. Dr Mal McLeod, from the Research School of Chemistry at ANU is an organic chemist who’s not averse to spending a day at the dog track.
A team of scientists, led by Professor Chris Easton from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology at The Australian National University has discovered that amino acids are working hard to protect our bodies from the ageing process caused by being exposed to free radicals and oxygen.
Researchers Dr Tamsyn Hilder, Dr Dan Gordon and group leader Professor Shin-Ho Chung from the Computational Biophysics Group at the Research School of Biology at ANU have come up with a way to eliminate all salt from seawater using nanotubes made from boron and nitrogen atoms that will make the process up to five times faster.
This recently released report was written for the Federal Government by a team of eight experts led by Prof. Will Steffen, Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute and including Prof. David Lindenmayer and Prof. Pat Werner of the Fenner School of Environment and Society.
The latest results of an international research project to detect gravitational waves mean that scientists are one step closer to understanding the nature of the universe in the seconds after the big bang.
Dr Frank Mills, jointly with The Fenner School of Environment & Society and The Research School of Physics & Engineering is developing models of atmospheric processes on Venus that will help make predictions about climate change on Earth.
Scientists from the Australian National University and Rutgers University have created the first continuous deep ocean temperature record for the last 3.2 million years, shedding new light on the nature of Earth’s past ice ages.
Australia’s participation in building the world’s most powerful telescope took a giant leap forward with the announcement by the Australian Government of $88.4 million toward the construction of the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT).
Four decades have past since Professor Ross Taylor from ANU analysed the first moon rocks – but the geochemist’s memories of that shard of history remain crystal clear.
A team from the Research School of Physics and Engineering has determined that excited helium atoms – which occur when the atoms are energised by a high velocity electron collision – remain excited for over 8,000 seconds or just over two hours.
The Vice-Chancellor of The Australian National University Professor Ian Chubb has congratulated astronomer Professor Jeremy Mould on his winning the 2009 Cosmology Prize of the US-based Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation – one of the world’s most prestigious astronomy accolades.
The 2009 Australian Laureate Fellowships awarded to The Australian National University’s Professor Chennupati Jagadish and Professor Brian Schmidt recognise and reward two world-leading scholars, ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said. The awards are worth around $2.7 million each, and aim to give researchers at the peak of their careers the chance to mentor teams of emerging academic talent.
The latest research results on climate change was tabled at the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels on 18 June 2009. The 36 page report comes directly out of the major international scientific congress Climate change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions that ANU jointly organised in Copenhagen in March.
A research team based at The Australian National University has developed a breakthrough approach to generate quantum entanglement, where information is coded in the physical relationship between two objects. Their findings have been published in the journal Nature Photonics.
Researchers including Dr Paul Tregoning of the Research School of Earth Sciences at ANU have shown using satellite data that the Murray-Darling Basin has lost 200 cubic kilometres of water over the last six years – the equivalent of 400 Sydney Harbours.
Newton’s theory of gravitation may have to be modified after a team of astrophysicists, including 
An ANU researcher’s revolutionary ‘plasma thruster’ will be developed for launch into space within the next four years, as part of a prototype satellite. It will be the first time in seven years that a piece of Australian hardware will be sent into space and the first time a satellite with a plasma engine will be tested.
Australian scientists are better placed to discover the secrets of the seas after Australia and New Zealand signed up to the world’s largest ocean research program - The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP).
The Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) has again been named Australia’s leading space research institution by achieving a key top-ten world ranking.
Professor Erich Weigold, AM, Emeritus Professor, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering was honoured on 26 January 2009, with an Australia Day membership to the Order of Australia (AM).
The recent announcement of grant successes for ARC Discovery ($21M), ARC LIEF ($4M), Linkage International ($200K), Linkage ($2.6M) and NHMRC Project Grants ($4.5M) and Research Fellowship schemes has seen CMBE and CPS combined win over $32M in new research funding for the next 3-5 years. Congratulations to all grant recipients!|
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