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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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Wednesday, 25 Oct 2017
  • News

Three researchers from ANU have been honoured for their contributions to science and health in the ACT Tall Poppy Awards for 2017.

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Friday, 20 Oct 2017
  • Academic profile

Dr Aude Fahrer's 'wake-up call' to the immune system could fight many types of cancer.

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Wednesday, 18 Oct 2017
  • News

ANU congratulates Professor Jenny Graves AO, one of Australia’s leading evolutionary geneticists, on winning this year’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Science.

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Wednesday, 18 Oct 2017
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Scientists from ANU have launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help protect the critically endangered swift parrot from sugar gliders.

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Tuesday, 17 Oct 2017
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Scientists from ANU and around the world have detected for the first time gravitational waves from the collision of two stars about 130m light years away.

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Wednesday, 11 Oct 2017
  • Research story

A new science program for people with intellectual disabilities has delivered great educational, social and economic benefits to students.

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Shaza
Monday, 09 Oct 2017
  • Student profile

Moving to a new country, making new friends and settling into a new environment might sound like an introverts nightmare, but not for psychology student Shaza.

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Wednesday, 04 Oct 2017
  • News

ANU has welcomed this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for the ground-breaking work to detect gravitational waves.

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Wednesday, 04 Oct 2017
  • Research story

A study led by ANU has warned that Melbourne and Sydney should prepare for 50 degree Celsius days under the Paris Agreement global warming limit of 2 degrees.

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