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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, 09 Feb 2023
  • News

Areas set aside by the Victorian Government as part of plan to conserve 35 threatened species fall well short in their goal to stop the extinction of the state’s most at-risk wildlife, according to a study by ANU researchers.

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Kangaroo with joey in burnt forest
Monday, 06 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

The Black Summer bushfires of 2019-20 were cataclysmic: a landmark in Australia’s environmental history. We must use Black Summer as an opportunity to learn – and make fundamental changes. Here are six lessons to heed.

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Friday, 03 Feb 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

To find out why black holes twinkle, researchers piggy-backed on NASA’s asteroid defence effort to watch more than 5,000 of the fastest-growing black holes in the sky for five years.

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Dolphin tail up in front of fisher in a bay
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023
  • News

Dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil catch more fish by working together, a new study by an international team of researchers has shown.

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Hands at computer with ChatGPT on screen
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023
  • Analysis and opinion

The issue of AI authorship is now clearly on the minds of commercial academic publishers. Many have asked whether ChatGPT could be considered an academic author.

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Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023
  • News

ANU is mourning the loss of one of Australia's most influential and respected climate scientists, Emeritus Professor Will Steffen.

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Video thumbnail with text reading: Road to space: The Bogong Thruster
Tuesday, 31 Jan 2023
  • Research story

Go behind the mission to get a new mothball-fueled satellite thruster to space.

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Monday, 30 Jan 2023
  • News

Humans are social beings. Being part of a social group provides us with important psychological resources to support our health – giving us a sense of belonging, purpose, self-esteem and support.

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Monday, 30 Jan 2023
  • Media release

Coercive control is a pattern of controlling behaviours and asserting dominance within an intimate relationship. While it has become a much talked about topic, less discussion has focused on children, says ANU Researchers.   

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