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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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Thursday, 22 Sep 2016
  • Academic profile

There aren’t many science careers that let you research pretty much whatever you want, wherever you want. Welcome to the life of a science communicator. It’s a tough job, but Dr Will Grant just has to do it.

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Thursday, 22 Sep 2016
  • Student blog

One of the many unique things about the ANU is its strong connections to business, government and universities alike.

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Thursday, 22 Sep 2016
  • News

An internationally-recognised scientist who has designed instruments for observatories around the world has been appointed the new Director of the Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre at Mount Stromlo.

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Tuesday, 20 Sep 2016
  • News

The habitats of more than 90 per cent of Australia's gum tree species will on average halve in size, and 16 eucalypt species are likely to become extinct, over the next 70 years due to global warming, a new international study has found.

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Monday, 19 Sep 2016
  • News

Scientists are a step closer to using Australia's iconic gum trees to develop low-carbon renewable jet and missile fuel.

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Friday, 16 Sep 2016
  • Research story

There is a crippling disease slowly spreading through central and east Africa. It's called konzo and it attacks mainly young women and children, quite suddenly, causing irreversible paralysis of the legs.

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Friday, 16 Sep 2016

ANU PhD student Joshua Chu-Tan has won the 2016 ANU Three Minute Thesis (3MT) and is now looking ahead to competing in the Asia-Pacific final.

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Wednesday, 14 Sep 2016
  • News

ANU has won $500,000 in new funding for innovation in the 2016-17 CBR Innovation Development Fund.

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Tuesday, 13 Sep 2016
  • News

An international study led by The Australian National University (ANU) will help underpin the development of next-generation medical treatments and industrial applications such as removing pesticides from waterways.

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