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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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Tuesday, 01 Nov 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

Our new research demonstrates how the scale of the 2019/2020 bushfire disaster blew out due to legislation introduced in the 1970s, which was based on idea that nature should be left to grow freely without human intervention.

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Tuesday, 01 Nov 2022
  • News

A bird protection tool designed by ANU researchers has taken out one of the nation's top sustainability prizes, a NSW Banksia Award.

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Friday, 28 Oct 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

In our land of drought and flooding rains, better water management should feature in every federal budget. Thankfully, the budget handed down by Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday delivers it.

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Friday, 28 Oct 2022
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Seismologists from ANU have developed a new method to scan the deep interior of planets in our solar system to confirm whether they have a core at the heart of their existence.  

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Wednesday, 26 Oct 2022
  • News

One of the world's leading physicists who is helping unlock the Universe's most complex mysteries is the first Australian to win the prestigious Blaise Pascal Medal in recognition of her incredible research and leadership in science.

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Monday, 24 Oct 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

The atmospheric concentrations of methane are now almost triple pre-industrial levels, and rising swiftly. Cutting it back would significantly help limit climate change.

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Friday, 21 Oct 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

The identification of new psychoactive substances – drugs made to resemble established illicit drugs – presents a major challenge when pill-testing.

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Thursday, 20 Oct 2022
  • Analysis and opinion

Getting meaningful environmental measures into the wellbeing budget won’t be easy. And tokenism won’t do.

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Wednesday, 19 Oct 2022
  • News

Scientists from ANU have detected a mysterious new recreational drug not seen in Australia before, nor toxicologically described anywhere else.

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