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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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Friday, 14 Sep 2018
  • News

An international team of researchers has invented a tiny camera lens, which may lead to a device that links quantum computers to an optical fibre network.

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Thursday, 13 Sep 2018
  • Student blog

As part of the Environmental Science Field School offered by the Fenner School of Environment and Society at ANU, we recently went to the Clonakilla vineyard.

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Wednesday, 12 Sep 2018
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Over the ANU winter break, I took a course called ‘The Future of Food: Health, Environment and Law’ at Yale University through the IARU Global Summer Program.

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Monday, 10 Sep 2018
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As a part of a Biodiversity Conservation course, we had the opportunity to spend a few days in the stunning Booderee National Park in Jervis Bay.

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Friday, 07 Sep 2018
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Scientists from ANU Difficult Bird Research Group hope a specially trained dog named Zorro can save one of Australia's most elusive bird species.

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Wednesday, 05 Sep 2018
  • Research story

Dr Megan Head didn’t expect her interest in evolution and ecology to lead to her becoming the manager of a Beetle Love Hotel.

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Wednesday, 05 Sep 2018
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Scientists engineered tiny carbon-capturing engines from blue-green algae into plants, in a breakthrough that promises to help boost the yields of food crops

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Monday, 03 Sep 2018
  • Student blog

ANU science student Atul shares some of his highlights from the International Alliance of Research Univeristies Global Summer Program at Yale University.

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Wednesday, 29 Aug 2018
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Research led by ANU sheds new light on the rapid decline of the once-common regent honeyeater, offering new opportunities to help save the bird from extinction.

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