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Fires burning on mountain range by the sea.

Wildfires and threats in the sights: Microfocussing system set to transform infrared detectors

Researchers have developed a highly sensitive method for detecting environmental hotspots, such as bushfires or military threats, by harnessing the focusing power of meta-optical systems.

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Thursday, 30 Jun 2016
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Bringing together researchers from a range of fields can help solve complex problems, but research from The Australian National University (ANU) has found interdisciplinary research is consistently short changed.

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Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016
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A field trip takes student blogger Jesse Zondervan to a classroom in paradise on the Great Barrier Reef.

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Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016
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I’m quite surprised to find an ice rink in Australia. Apparently it’s open the whole year round too, something that doesn’t even happen in the Dutch summer. I’m driving there in the BMW of one of my professors.

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Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016
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I’m surprised by the abundance of bike paths in Canberra. Both lanes along the road and segregated green cycle lanes supply a cycle infrastructure throughout Canberra.

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Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016
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Canberra might be silent at times, but student life is humming.

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Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016
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Where other people see rocks and cliffs, our geologist student blogger Jesse Zondervan sees another world. Join him as he visits Jervis Bay.

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Tuesday, 28 Jun 2016
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At a self-catering college you can share the table with friends from around the world, and maybe even a pot of 70 eggs, writes student blogger Jesse Zondervan.

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Thursday, 23 Jun 2016

The Australian National University (ANU) has welcomed a new collaboration with the Australian Government for a new facility to help grow Australia’s cyber-security workforce and Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) capabilities.

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Tuesday, 21 Jun 2016
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Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have found the current management practices in the Mountain Ash forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands don’t stack up economically.

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