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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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Man in lab
Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024
  • News

New ANU research could offer a new way to source in-demand rare earth elements, which are crucial to developing renewable energy technologies.

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Wheat in a lab
Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

Discussions about the rules governing genetic technology in New Zealand remain complex. But they need not be marked by conflict, as long as people’s views and values are genuinely considered.

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Time
Monday, 23 Sep 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

Society says time is money; but ANU physicist Peter Riggs says aspects of time might not even be real at all.

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Professor Klaus-Martin Schulte, MD, FRCS, FRACS
Thursday, 19 Sep 2024
  • News

Renowned surgeon and researcher, Professor Klaus-Martin Schulte MD FRCS FRACS, appointed Professor and Chair of Transdisciplinary Health Research at the Australian National University.

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Euan McNaughton, Associate Professor Katrina Randall and Ainsley Davies.
Friday, 13 Sep 2024
  • Media release

A federal government grant will help ANU develop a clinical facility dedicated to developing tests for complex diseases.

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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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Headshot of a woman
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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