https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from Australian National University People's feelings about how morally divided a society is in the lead-up to an election can cause them to have extreme reactions if the result doesn't go their way, like the 6 January 2021 attacks on the US Capitol, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-people-perceptions-fuel-political-unrest.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:06:03 EST news628963561 E-cigarette use is seen as widespread, common and normal among young Australians even though hard data indicate that the clear majority of teens have not vaped, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-03-mythbusting-young-australians-overestimation-vaping.html Health Addiction Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:53:37 EST news628768415 Australia can lay claim to two new species of native rodent thanks to a study from The Australian National University (ANU). https://phys.org/news/2024-02-australian-native-rodent-species.html Plants & Animals Ecology Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:00:01 EST news627751761 A first-of-its-kind national study from The Australian National University (ANU) has debunked common myths about who smokes in Australia and will help provide better support and potentially life-saving interventions for 2.5 million daily smokers. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-australian-stereotypes.html Addiction Health informatics Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:08:03 EST news627566882 Australian birds that live on islands are among the species most at risk of extinction, a first-of-its-kind study from The Australian National University (ANU) has shown. The study is published in the journal Emu—Austral Ornithology. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-australia-bird-species-common-traits.html Plants & Animals Ecology Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:40:02 EST news627064825 Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a previously unknown ability of a group of immune system cells, known as atypical B cells (ABCs), to fight infectious diseases such as malaria. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-australian-scientists-debunk-role-junk.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Immunology Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:00:01 EST news626604398 A more accurate way of identifying underground nuclear tests, including those conducted in secret, has been developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). https://phys.org/news/2024-02-australian-method-accurately-underground-nuclear.html Earth Sciences Environment Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:45:49 EST news626532347 A protein in the immune system can be manipulated to help overcome bowel cancer, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). The research is published in Science Advances. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-cancer-cooling-protein-bowel-ice.html Oncology & Cancer Immunology Fri, 26 Jan 2024 14:00:01 EST news625484223 Disturbing natural forests with activities such as logging and prescribed burning can make them more flammable, research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University has found. The research is published in the journal Biological Reviews. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-aussie-forests-flammable.html Plants & Animals Ecology Mon, 22 Jan 2024 13:05:07 EST news625151105 Remote and Indigenous communities' power connections are more vulnerable compared to their regional and metropolitan counterparts, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Tangentyere Research Hub in Alice Springs published in Nature Energy. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-01-remote-aussies-dont-equal-access.html Energy & Green Tech Tue, 16 Jan 2024 11:06:25 EST news624625582 Three new recreational drugs that have never been reported in Australia before have been identified by chemists at Australia's only fixed-site drug checking service, CanTEST, located in Canberra. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-chemists-recreational-drugs-previously-australia.html Addiction Biomedical technology Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:32:21 EST news624544335 Record heat across the world profoundly impacted the global water cycle in 2023, contributing to severe storms, floods, megadroughts and bushfires, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. https://phys.org/news/2024-01-worsened-global-droughts-wildfires.html Environment Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:20:01 EST news624125482 A new snapshot of an ancient, far-off galaxy could help scientists understand how it formed and the origins of our own Milky Way. At more than 12 billion years old, BRI 1335-0417 is the oldest and furthest known spiral galaxy in our universe. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-astronomers-seismic-ripples-ancient-galactic.html Astronomy Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:00:01 EST news622382131 Smoke from wood heaters causes between 11 and 63 deaths per year in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), according to a new study from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU), the HEAL National Research Network and the Center for Safe Air. The research is published in the Medical Journal of Australia. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-wood-heaters-responsible-dozens-deaths.html Health Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:21:40 EST news622376493 The most comprehensive analysis of Indigenous Australians' genomes collected to date has revealed an "abundance" of DNA variations—some of which have never been reported anywhere else in the world—paving the way for new, personalized treatments that address health inequities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-dna-discovery-door-personalized-medicine.html Genetics Health informatics Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:56:04 EST news621694561 A protein in the immune system programmed to protect the body from fungal infections is also responsible for exacerbating the severity of certain autoimmune diseases such as irritable bowel disease (IBS), type 1 diabetes, eczema and other chronic disorders, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-fungus-fighting-protein-severe-autoimmune-disease.html Oncology & Cancer Immunology Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:00:01 EST news621080898 Using historical records from around Australia, an international team of researchers have put forward the most accurate prediction to date of past Antarctic ice sheet melt, providing a more realistic forecast of future sea level rise. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-deep-sea-antarctic-ice-sheet.html Earth Sciences Environment Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:00:01 EST news619441404 Financial and cost-of-living pressures are among the top issues impacting Australians' sense of belonging, pride and social cohesion in 2023, according to a major study from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Scanlon Foundation Research Institute. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-pressures-australia-social-cohesion.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 15 Nov 2023 15:20:01 EST news619283575 Severe wildfires are putting global timber production at risk, new research from The Australian National University (ANU), the University of Sheffield and the University of Cambridge shows. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-high-severity-wildfires-threaten-global-timber.html Earth Sciences Environment Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:10:09 EST news619186201 White faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) now appear more real than human faces, according to new research led by experts at The Australian National University (ANU). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-11-ai-real-actual-human.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:42:07 EST news619098118 Saltwater crocodiles are large predators that lurk in muddy waters, with jaws powerful enough to attack anything from water buffalo to humans... but they are also just big chilled-out lounge-lizards who love to sunbake. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-croc-life-eye.html Plants & Animals Ecology Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:25:03 EDT news618233101 It's said that a dog is a man's best friend, but the wild dingo is much maligned in Australia. This may not always have been the case though, with new research led by experts at The Australian National University and The University of Western Australia suggesting that dingoes were buried—and even domesticated—by First Nations people prior to European colonization. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-dingoes-almost-human-status-pre-colonial-australia.html Archaeology Fri, 20 Oct 2023 14:14:03 EDT news617030041 The most comprehensive view of the history of the universe ever created has been produced by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). The study also offers new ideas about how our universe may have started. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-view-universe.html General Physics Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:19:10 EDT news616853948 Australian high school students enrolled in STEM subjects don't read or learn about nearly as many prominent female scientists compared to their male counterparts, according to new research from Curtin University and The Australian National University (ANU). https://phys.org/news/2023-08-female-science-heroes-australian-high.html Education Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:18:57 EDT news612533934 The world's first case of a new parasitic infection in humans has been discovered by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and the Canberra Hospital after they detected a live eight-centimeter roundworm from a carpet python in the brain of a 64- year-old Australian woman. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-08-australian-woman-parasitic-roundworm-brain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Neuroscience Mon, 28 Aug 2023 16:14:39 EDT news612458076 A new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University has shown a major increase in fire frequency in Victoria in the 20 years from 2001 to 2020 relative to the two decades prior (1980 to 2000). https://phys.org/news/2023-08-frequency-threatens-ecosystem-stability.html Ecology Sun, 20 Aug 2023 12:30:01 EDT news611580617 With an El Niño summer promising hotter and drier conditions for much of Australia, we must rethink how we measure the impact bushfires and other extreme weather events have on our mental health and well-being, according to experts from The Australian National University (ANU). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-mental-health-impacts-bushfires.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 28 Jul 2023 13:13:50 EDT news609768826 Ask anyone what first springs to mind when they think of Australia and they'll most likely say a kangaroo; the marsupial is ingrained in our national identity. But have you ever wondered why kangaroos never ventured beyond our shores? https://phys.org/news/2023-07-wont-kangaroos-java-goannas-australia.html Plants & Animals Ecology Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:00:01 EDT news607853172 New survey data released 2 June by Quit and Cancer Council Victoria shows worrying increases in vaping and smoking among young Australians putting their health and well-being at risk, according to a leading expert from The Australian National University (ANU). https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-06-vaping-young-australians-danger.html Health Addiction Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:39:03 EDT news604924741 The critically endangered orange-bellied parrot's first attempt at migration is often full of risk, but a new study from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) offers clues about which birds are most likely to survive. https://phys.org/news/2023-05-survival-fittest-critically-endangered-parrot.html Plants & Animals Ecology Fri, 12 May 2023 13:29:02 EDT news603116941