Research stories
ANU research uncovers bot influence in 2016 US Election
New algorithms developed at The Australian National University have found bots on Twitter were on average two-and-a-half times more influential than humans during the first US Presidential debate in 2016. The team of researchers, co-led by Dr Timothy Graham of ANU School of Sociology and ANU…
Research collaborations generate art in new exhibition
An exhibition showcasing the unique collaborations between artists from the ANU School of Art and Design and other ANU researchers from a wide range of disciplines is now showing. The exhibition, displaying the results of the Vice-Chancellor's College Artist Fellows Scheme, marks the fifth…
ANU Design launches interactive online climate coasters
A new website that visualises climate change data from 112 locations around Australia started life as a set of drink coasters. Researchers Dr Mitchell Whitelaw and Dr Geoff Hinchcliffe from the ANU School of Art and Design specialise in creating objects that provide a tangible representation…
Major Equipment Grant win for ANU Biological Anthropology
The leading ANU Biological Anthropology department will become the only lab of its kind in Australasia with a new boost to its equipment arsenal. The ANU School of Archaeology and Anthropology recently won an ANU Major Equipment Grant worth $135,000 to acquire a new Olympus microscope to aid the…
The 5 Types of Friends You Probably (Most Definitely) Have
The world is made up of two groups of people. People who think people can’t be reduced to types, and those who know they can.The father of character typology was a philosopher with a name you probably haven’t come across: Theophrastus. He was the student, right-hand man and eventually the successor…
Leading composer Andrew Ford new 2018 HC Coombs Fellow
English-born Australian composer, writer and radio presenter Dr Andrew Ford has embarked on a series of new musical works, public lectures and concerts as part of his HC Coombs Creative Arts fellowship at the ANU School of Music. The centrepiece of his year-long fellowship at ANU will be a gala…
Ancient human remains unearthed by ANU archaeologist
An ANU archaeologist has hailed her excavation of a Bronze Age burial mound in south west England a huge success with the discovery of an intact 4,000 year old human cremation as well as evidence of unaccountable activity from the medieval period on the same site. Dr Catherine Frieman, from the…