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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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Friday, 18 Nov 2016

The Australian Academy of Science has honoured two ANU professors for their contributions to science.

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Friday, 18 Nov 2016
  • Research story

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a new breeding population of the critically endangered regent honeyeater.

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Monday, 14 Nov 2016
  • News

The biggest Supermoon in 70 years is set to light up the night sky tonight.

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Tuesday, 08 Nov 2016

The hottest year on record globally in 2015 could be an average year by 2025 and beyond if carbon emissions continue to rise at the same rate, new research has found.

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Monday, 07 Nov 2016

An X-ray microscopy laboratory at The Australian National University (ANU) was officially opened on Monday following a $5 million upgrade to help store carbon dioxide underground.

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Friday, 04 Nov 2016
  • Career story

If you ever met ANU graduate Sarah Yani Vann-Sander, you might think there is nothing that a science degree cannot allow you to do.   

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Thursday, 03 Nov 2016
  • News

The Paris Agreement on climate change will enter into force tomorrow, ahead of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP22) meeting in Marrakesh, which begins on Monday 7 November 2016.

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Thursday, 03 Nov 2016

ANU has appointed prominent ecologist Professor Saul Cunningham as the new Director of the Fenner School of Environment and Society in the College of Medicine, Biology and Environment.

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Wednesday, 02 Nov 2016

Final year Aboriginal ANU medical student, Danielle Dries, has been awarded the MDA National and Rural Doctors Association of Australia Rural Health Bursary for 2016.

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