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.
“I have a background in straight science so it was really interesting for me to do some forest management courses, looking at how you balance the ecologically best option with what’s applicable in the real world."
Scientists studying the genes that enable tropical butterflies to mimic each other's colourful warning markings find an egg-production gene, cortex, also controls wing colouring.
I didn’t have undergraduate training in cellular neuroscience so the Master program was challenging at first, but it’s exactly what I want to do, so that’s kept me motivated. The teachers have all been great and very supportive too.
A new study has found that many bird species lay their eggs earlier when spring is warmer, but that the timing has no damaging impact on their overall numbers.
Associate Professor Ian Cockburn from The Australian National University (ANU), has won funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's to help find more effective treatments for malaria.