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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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Tuesday, 01 Nov 2016
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The Australian National University (ANU) has won more than $43 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding for 91 proposals, including projects to help clean up space junk and support the repatriation of Indigenous human remains.

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Monday, 31 Oct 2016
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Scientists at ANU and Heidelberg University in Germany have found an essential component in the DNA repair process which could open the door to the development of new cancer drugs.

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Sunday, 30 Oct 2016
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ANU researchers are looking for participants to take part in an online program designed to help young people improve their body image.

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Friday, 28 Oct 2016
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Experimental physicist Dr Bram Slagmolen has created a tool that measures with unimaginable precision

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Friday, 28 Oct 2016
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It took a mathematician to find an answer to how life on Earth actually began, and to discover the answer in the most surprising place: the hairdresser’s.

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Friday, 28 Oct 2016
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I have a bachelor degree in science education and have experience teaching science but I didn’t like the way I communicated with the students. It seemed quite boring.

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Friday, 28 Oct 2016
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It might be hard to believe, but scientists currently rely on one type of coral found in one place only—the Bahamas—as a source of the ingredients to make important anti-cancer and anti-malaria drugs.

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Mathematics student, Shuaige Qiao
Friday, 28 Oct 2016
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My favourite thing is the flexibility of choosing courses.

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Friday, 28 Oct 2016
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"I had been focusing on battery storage in my studies, and I really believe that without undertaking this as part of my Masters, I wouldn’t have the knowledge to do the role." 

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