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Research

Dr Nicole Vargas is standing outside the Florey building at ANU

Headlines about how Europe’s brutally hot summer has resulted in thousands of deaths have probably got your attention lately. But do you know why extreme heat is so dangerous?

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Research projects

This repository shows a sample of science, health and medicine research at ANU. Visit our research school websites for more detail.

A three-dimensional teaching model of the human abdomen
Mon, 10 Aug 2026

For a surgical procedure to result in patients being universally pain free, with zero recurrence of the ailment seems impossible - but that’s what’s been achieved by a new hernia analysis tool co-developed at ANU.

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Tue, 04 Aug 2026

We look back on our 80-year history of research at The Australian National University (ANU) as scientists react to archival footage.

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Illustration of an early seal communicating underwater.
Wed, 15 Jul 2026

Unlike all other mammals, seals can hear both in the air and underwater. How do they do this?

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Kambri
Thursday, 20 Aug 2026, 10am

An opportunity for employers and students to connect.

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