Science & Medicine at ANU

18/06/2026

Thinking about postgraduate study?

Commonwealth Supported Places are available for all Graduate Certificates, Graduate Diplomas and postgraduate psychology programs for Semester 2 2026.

Join us at the ANU Postgraduate Expo for light refreshments and a chat to learn more.

Date: Wednesday 24 June 2026
Time: 4:30pm–6:30pm
Venue: The Lobby Bar & Cinema, Lowitja O'Donoghue Cultural Centre

https://study.anu.edu.au/events/anu-postgraduate-expo

18/06/2026

We are proud to rank in the top 2% of universities worldwide. 🙌

Our research, education and partnerships directly support scientific and medical discovery, national capability, and Australia’s engagement with the world.

ANU has climbed three places to 29th in the QS World University Rankings 2027.

This recognition reflects our standing as a global leader in research and education, and the outstanding community that makes it possible.

Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/4ac4

16/06/2026

Plant scientist reacts to The Martian (2015)

Associate Professor Caitlin Byrt is working to get plants on the moon and develop new ways to filter water. 🌱 💧

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29/05/2026

ANU geophysicist Emeritus Professor Malcolm Sambridge has a knack for solving the unsolvable. His pioneering work developing mathematical models has helped solve some of the most significant earth science problems, including helping scientists learn more about Earth’s interior, which holds clues about the planet’s evolutionary history.

A self-professed “algorithm nerd”, Sambridge has transformed how earth scientists extract information from complex data. His contributions to the earth sciences over his 40-year career has seen him elected to The Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Sambridge’s election as Fellow of the Society sees him join an exclusive club of renowned scientists including Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Dorothy Hodgkin.

“It’s overwhelming. I mean, I’m giddy as a schoolboy. I feel very honoured, but equally I feel humbled and astonished that this has happened,” Sambridge says.

Sambridge’s path to becoming one of the world’s most eminent scientists started with a fortuitous “sliding door” moment when he decided to uproot his life in the UK, where he was studying at the University of Cambridge, and relocate to Canberra in 1984 to study a PhD in seismic imaging at the ANU Research School of Earth Sciences.

Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/4sxq

Science & Medicine at ANU

28/05/2026

As Australia expands its ambitions in nuclear technologies, Associate Professor Elizabeth Williams says the country is grappling with a question that doesn’t have a simple answer.

“When working in nuclear science and engineering, we need to think about how to harness the enormous benefits these technologies offer – in medicine, in energy, in research – while also being clear-eyed about the responsibilities they carry,” Associate Professor Williams says.

“That’s not a problem to solve. It’s a balance to keep working at.”

Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/euzl

26/05/2026

What’s it really like being a science communicator?

21/05/2026

Our scientists go head to head to see who has the fastest hands in the lab.

Pipette racing with The Man Group

19/05/2026

Go behind the scenes with ANU student Katja Curtin as she experiences life and research at sea, on a 13 day voyage with the CSIRO RV Investigator. The CAPSTAN project is a chance to get hands-on training and learn from the experts in ship-board marine and Earth science research.

18/05/2026

15/05/2026

Cells are more connected than we realised.

A new label-free nanoscale imaging technique has revealed intricate cellular behaviours previously invisible to conventional microscopes.