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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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A bowl of soup, with numbers floating in the soup. There is also a spoon with a whole in it, the soup is spilling out from the hole with the number 100+.
Monday, 30 Sep 2024
  • Research story

Following a Blue Zone lifestyle is purported to help extend your lifespan. But do the numbers add up?

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Diego de Moura
Friday, 27 Sep 2024
  • Student profile

Diego de Moura Campos is a PhD student at the ANU Research School of Biology. He spoke to us about his research and his study experience in Australia.

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Goanna tracks
Friday, 27 Sep 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

For many years, scientists have been working with Indigenous people in the desert to record these observations in a systematic way. New research collates this data.

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man in quantum lab
Friday, 27 Sep 2024
  • News

Scientists have created materials with surprising optical properties, from arrays of lego-like cubes, made of caesium lead tri-bromide.

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Man in lab
Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024
  • News

New ANU research could offer a new way to source in-demand rare earth elements, which are crucial to developing renewable energy technologies.

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Wheat in a lab
Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

Discussions about the rules governing genetic technology in New Zealand remain complex. But they need not be marked by conflict, as long as people’s views and values are genuinely considered.

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Time
Monday, 23 Sep 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

Society says time is money; but ANU physicist Peter Riggs says aspects of time might not even be real at all.

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Professor Klaus-Martin Schulte, MD, FRCS, FRACS
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024
  • News

Renowned surgeon and researcher, Professor Klaus-Martin Schulte MD FRCS FRACS, appointed Professor and Chair of Transdisciplinary Health Research at the Australian National University.

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Euan McNaughton, Associate Professor Katrina Randall and Ainsley Davies.
Friday, 13 Sep 2024
  • Media release

A federal government grant will help ANU develop a clinical facility dedicated to developing tests for complex diseases.

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