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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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ANU Medical School
Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021
  • News

Associate Professor Rosemary Korda and a multi-disciplinary research team from ANU to investigate the benefits of telehealth in the primary health care setting.

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Milky Way spiral galaxy showing a ‘halo’ made up of hot gases.
Tuesday, 13 Jul 2021
  • Analysis and opinion

Until recently it was thought neutron star mergers were the only way heavy elements (heavier than Zinc) could be produced. These mergers involve the mashup of the remnants of two massive stars in a binary system.

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Tuesday, 13 Jul 2021
  • Media release

A mega diamond of a staggering 1,174 carats was recently recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, making it one of the largest natural diamonds ever recovered.

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Tuesday, 13 Jul 2021
  • Research story

Let’s say a new irrigation scheme is proposed and all the land it’ll take up needs to be cleared — trees felled, soil upturned, and habitats destroyed. Water will also have to be allocated. Would the economic gain of the scheme outweigh the damage to the environment?

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Phone in person's hand depicting holographic projections.
Monday, 12 Jul 2021
  • News

Research students from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) in Germany will collaborate to invent technology that could make smartphones thinner, lighter and able to produce holograms.

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Boardwalk path
Monday, 12 Jul 2021
  • News

A 50-year-old treaty could hold the key to better protecting our wetland ecosystems, while offering scientists a "how-to guide" for turning their research into action, according to an expert from The Australian National University (ANU).

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Professor Yun Liu, Professor Sharon Friel and Professor Naomi McClure-Griffiths.
Thursday, 08 Jul 2021

Galaxies, building health equity and “crystal chemistry” is the focus of three major research projects at The Australian National University (ANU) receiving more than $9.7 million in Government funding.

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Telescope image of constellation Aquila close to border with Capricornus and Sagittarius.
Thursday, 08 Jul 2021
  • News

In a world-first, astronomers from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered evidence of a massive explosion that led to the destruction of a rapidly spinning, strongly-magnetized star.

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Computer generated illustration of neutron star and black hole merging.
Wednesday, 30 Jun 2021
  • News

Scientists have for the first time detected black holes eating neutron stars, "like Pac Man", in a discovery documenting the collision of the two most extreme and enigmatic objects in the Universe.

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