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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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Monday, 11 Jul 2022
  • Student blog

Dr Katharine Bassett graduates and joins her mother as an ANU alum of the John Curtin School of Medical Research.

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Six images of space taken by a telescope
Thursday, 07 Jul 2022
  • Media release

We now have new clues about a mysterious stage in the life of binary stars, thanks to research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Yunnan Observatory in China.

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Wednesday, 06 Jul 2022
  • Academic profile

The ANU Research School of Physics is home to the largest and most powerful ion accelerator in Australia, and Professor Mahananda Dasgupta would like its world-class reputation to be better known here at home.

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A beekeeper lifts a honeycomb out of a beehive
Monday, 04 Jul 2022
  • Media release

Bee populations worldwide have been collapsing under attack from parasitic Varroa mites. Now, these mites have reached Australia.

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A woman stands wearing a black knitted jumper. A repeating design is featured, fanning out from the neckline, showing the planets and asteroid belts in the solar system.
Monday, 04 Jul 2022
  • Media release

PhD student Rachel Kirby weaved together two of her passions - knitting and space - to design a solar system jumper inspired by her PhD.

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A researcher sits at a table, working on his laptop. Hi-tech computing infrastructure is in the background.
Friday, 24 Jun 2022
  • Media release

Future weather and climate predictions have been given a major boost with the launch of a new national research facility worth $7.6 million.

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Artist rendering: two gridlike squares are shown suspended in space with light rays going through them. Two images are displayed on the squares, glowing brightly.
Tuesday, 21 Jun 2022
  • Media release

Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed tiny translucent slides capable of producing two very different images depending on the direction in which light travels through them.

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Monday, 20 Jun 2022
  • Media release

Very poor quality housing poses a serious health risk to Australia's remote Indigenous communities, particularly in the extreme hot weather of the Northern Territory, experts from The Australian National University (ANU) and Indigenous elders warn.

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Three men looking at laser physics equipment inside a laboratory with sound proofing.
Thursday, 16 Jun 2022
  • Research story

If you look at a  map of the most water-stressed  nations on Earth, India is coloured red, placing millions of people's lives and livelihoods in danger. But could advances in quantum physics actually be part of the solution?

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