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Developing fuel moisture sensing satellites for fire management with Indigenous knowledge

In this collaborative project, researchers are working to develop future satellites for fire management by using traditional Indigenous knowledge and collaborating on remote sensing technology to help manage wildfires.

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Scientist in the lab.
Tuesday, 24 Mar 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Society is relying on its universities and medical research institutes to develop vaccines, tests and public health measures to combat COVID-19.

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Matthew Spence and Vanessa Vongsouthi stand behind a sheet of PET plastic film, the breakdown target of their PETase enzyme.
Saturday, 21 Mar 2020
  • Student profile

Two PhD students are harnessing the power of an enzyme to break down plastic.

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Student with laptop
Thursday, 19 Mar 2020
  • News

ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt announced ANU will pause coursework teaching for one week from Monday 23 March.

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Spotted Pardalote by Patrick Kavanagh
Monday, 16 Mar 2020
  • News

A bird study led by ANU provides new understanding of the ways birds and mammals respond to a rapidly warming world.

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Canberra
Monday, 16 Mar 2020
  • News

ANU will cancel public events and social gatherings to minimise the risk of the transmission of COVID-19 among our community and more widely.

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Researchers collecting coral core samples.
Thursday, 12 Mar 2020
  • News

The Indian Ocean's surface temperatures are changing, putting southeast Australia on course for increasingly hot and dry conditions.

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University building.
Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

After the bushfires, donations flooded in for our iconic mammals. But there’s a risk the government and public responses will not see the fish for the koalas.

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Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020
  • Research story

Climate drivers, such as the Indian Ocean Dipole, are an entirely natural phenomenon, but climate change is modifying the behaviour of these climate modes.

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Friday, 06 Mar 2020
  • News

When amphibians call – our researchers answer! An interdisciplinary team of academics from across Canberra have created a device called the FrogPhone.

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