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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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Lead author Dr Siva Karuturi
Monday, 20 Jul 2020
  • Research story

Researchers at The Australian National University have achieved a new efficiency record for hydrogen cells that can convert water into hydrogen.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Friday, 17 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed human activity all over the world. People are working from home, schools are closed in many places, travel is restricted, and in some cases only essential shops and businesses are open.

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Optical gyroscope
Thursday, 16 Jul 2020
  • News

Australian researchers and industry partners are joining forces to develop, design and manufacture the next-generation of optical gyroscopes for high-precision autonomous navigation in a new $8.7 million project.

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Square brick building behind a garden
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

The wild western end of the island, once a vast mallee woodland peppered with wildflowers and mobs of roaming roos, had been completely erased. An immense dune field covered with sharp blackened sticks now stretched beyond the horizon, to the sea, hollow and quiet.

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Potato Rubisco catalysis showing plant, roots and computer generated protein structure.
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020
  • News

Research led by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) could lead to major improvements in crop production.

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University avenue through Kambri precinct with buildings and trees.
Friday, 10 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

It's painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming's demands. There's another way – but it involves accepting nature's limits.

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Aerial view of ANU campus, showing buildings, ovals and Black Mountain.
Friday, 10 Jul 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

After the bushfires, we went looking for endangered corroboree frogs. Normally, they respond to our calls. But at some sites, the ponds were silent.

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Dr James Gilbert next to telescope.
Thursday, 09 Jul 2020
  • News

ANU researcher, Dr James Gilbert has been named one of Australia’s most innovative engineers.

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Map of Australia with location of native animal species
Wednesday, 08 Jul 2020
  • News

Professor Kruuk will receive $3.3 million in funding from the ARC to pursue research into the effects of changing environments on wild animal populations.

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