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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 stands near trees
Tuesday, 09 Jul 2024
  • News

Emeritus Professor Will Steffen has been remembered as a “giant” of climate science at the inaugural lecture held in his name at ANU.

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Victoria Thomas leans on a bench at the School of Medicine and Psychology
Monday, 08 Jul 2024
  • Research story

Making tough decisions that conflict with your values can result in what psychologists call 'moral injuries'. ANU experts are working to understand this better.

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Illustration
Monday, 08 Jul 2024
  • News

Physicists have seen the only known example of a sixth-order electromagnetic decay process in nature, emitted as a gamma ray from an excited state in iron-53 nuclei.

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Man inside
Thursday, 04 Jul 2024
  • News

A new artificial intelligence tool that can help to select the most suitable treatment for cancer patients has been developed by researchers at the ANU.

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A whale tail on ocean with coast in background
Thursday, 04 Jul 2024
  • News

Some of the first ever recorded evidence of reproduction in blue whales, including underwater footage of a mother nursing its calf, has been captured as part of a decade-long research and citizen science program led by the ANU.

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Flooded streetscape including a house and street signs
Wednesday, 03 Jul 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

While the prospect of relocation can be unsettling and traumatic for residents, it offers new opportunities and long-term benefits. But we must act now.

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Sharrada Segeran at ANU graduation day in December 2023.
Wednesday, 03 Jul 2024
  • Impact story (giving)

Sharrada Segeran realised there was a 'shadow pandemic' running alongside the COVID emergency in 2020. So she took action.

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Quoll in researcher's hands at night
Tuesday, 02 Jul 2024
  • News

GPS tracking collars have revealed how newly reintroduced eastern quolls are settling in at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary, with quolls who were born at the sanctuary accepting their new neighbours with open paws.

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Urban tree
Monday, 01 Jul 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

The loss of large old trees has been a crisis for the many species of birds and other animals that depend on them for habitat. But replacing them with artificial structures is not easy.

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