Research stories
Music student gives forgotten composer new digital life
In classical music, women composers’ voices are few and too often unheard. That’s in present day. Historically, the situation was even worse. Enter ANU music student Ronan Apcar. He has recently released a digital album of four pieces by the late Dulcie Holland (1913-2000). If you’ve…
From microscopic things, big ideas grow
Using a new technique that she and her thesis supervisor pioneered, Aleese Barron has discovered that sorghum and pearl millet were domesticated several hundred years earlier than previously determined. Sorghum is one of the most important cereal crops in the world behind rice, wheat, and barley…
ANU archaeologist awarded top honour for life's work
An Emeritus Professor with the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology whose work has changed the way we think about early human life has been honoured with a prestigious science prize. Archaeologist Peter Bellwood's research explored how farming spread around the globe, the formation…
Girl power: Celebrating and reclaiming girlhood
Combatting misogyny is a long and complex project. It begins, Ashley Remer says, with girlhood. The PhD candidate in the Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Research program at the Australian National University is the founder of Girl Museum, the first and only museum in the world dedicated to…
Study offers new clues on domestication
If you've ever wondered how your beloved pet pooch came to look so different from its wild relatives, biologists now have another piece of the puzzle. A new study, led by Dr Laura Wilson from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology looked closely at six pairs of domestic and wild…
Greater risk for babies born during natural disasters
Pregnant women exposed to natural disasters such as volcanoes are more likely to give birth prematurely, according to a new study by scholars from the ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology. The study looked at pregnant women who've been evacuated from villages near Mount Sinabung volcano in…
Unearthing artistic talent in archaeology and anthropology
The artists behind the exhibition ‘Unearthed’ are more accustomed to plying their trade with trowels, microscopes, and a good notebook rather than paints and canvases. That’s because the featured artists are students and staff in archaeology and anthropology at ANU. The exhibition shows the…