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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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Dog and woman
Thursday, 12 Sep 2024
  • Research story

This frisbee-obsessed, four-legged ecologist has a special role to play in her owner's PhD research.

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Thursday, 12 Sep 2024
  • News

Cities and businesses have the power to play a crucial role and become the “stewards” of critical Earth systems by demonstrating how they can reduce their environmental impact on the planet, scientists say in a new report.

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Dr Rosamond Mason poses for photographs.
Tuesday, 10 Sep 2024
  • News

One of the ANU's first PhD graduates has been recognised for her exceptional contributions to experimental neuroscience.

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island
Friday, 06 Sep 2024
  • News

Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from ANU that analysed languages from over 13,000 inhabited islands.

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Microscopic view of dead cells.
Tuesday, 03 Sep 2024
  • Research story

Leading researchers in innate immunity offer new perspectives into the messages dying or dead cells convey to the immune system.

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Tuesday, 03 Sep 2024
  • News

A doughnut-shaped region thousands of kilometres beneath our feet within Earth’s liquid core has been discovered by ANU scientists, providing new clues about the dynamics of our planet’s magnetic field.

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Thursday, 29 Aug 2024
  • Academic profile

Climate scientist Dr Georgy Falster is demystifying what it's like to study and work in science, one letter at a time.

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Water flowing creek
Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

What types of chemicals are actually considered “forever chemicals”? And how should we deal with the escalating threat they pose?

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Tuesday, 27 Aug 2024
  • News

Researchers from ANU received a total funding of $8 million across 17 projects in the latest round of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.

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