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Fires burning on mountain range by the sea.

Wildfires and threats in the sights: Microfocussing system set to transform infrared detectors

Researchers have developed a highly sensitive method for detecting environmental hotspots, such as bushfires or military threats, by harnessing the focusing power of meta-optical systems.

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Saturday, 27 Jul 2019
  • Career story

Kristi Lee, a Githabul Bundjalung woman and ANU graduate, has received the ‘Caring for Country’ award at the 2019 ACT NAIDOC Awards.

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Monday, 22 Jul 2019
  • Research story

At a recent public lecture, Dr Emma Tucker posed a question to the audience: who would like to travel to space?

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Friday, 19 Jul 2019
  • Student profile

Rajika Kuruwita is an astronomer. Her PhD is on a subject which very much exists IRL but is actually best known from fiction, so that’s where she always starts.

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Friday, 19 Jul 2019
  • News

ANU scientist Professor Trevor Ireland, who is a space rock expert, said no conspiracy would have or could have made the Moon rocks.

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Thursday, 18 Jul 2019
  • Student profile

Hmalan’s connection to Country made her flee ANU, but also led her back ten years later.

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Monday, 15 Jul 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

There are worrying signs Antarctica is changing faster than expected and in places previously thought to be protected from rapid change.

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Tuesday, 09 Jul 2019
  • News

The third and final unveiling of artworks by Indigenous artists has taken place at the ANU Colleges of Science; Health and Medicine.

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Large multi storied building on university campus.
Monday, 08 Jul 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

No part of the planet is free from the impacts of human-caused climate change. But Greenland is experiencing the impacts particularly severely.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Monday, 01 Jul 2019
  • Analysis and opinion

Conventional conservation approaches are unlikely to lead to effective coexistence between humans and large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes.

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