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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, 09 Jun 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

Snow was once a regular feature of the southern Australian climate, but it has become less common because of climate change.

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Kambri university precinct at night with lights.
Tuesday, 09 Jun 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

In fiction and popular culture, parasitic characters appear as a metaphor for the threat and spread of disease.

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A longhorn beetle (Rhytiphora).
Friday, 29 May 2020
  • News

Why judging a book by its cover has led to a tangled family tree for the longhorn beetle.

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Swimming
Wednesday, 27 May 2020
  • News

Congratulations to the 2021 As You See It! photography competition winners!
The 2021 competition uncovered some amazing images representing all aspects of ANU life that many of us can resonate with.

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Tuesday, 26 May 2020
  • Academic profile

We reached out to our science, health and medicine community to find out what helped them survive isolation.

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A cosmic event captured by NASA.
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
  • News

A new infrared telescope built by ANU will monitor the entire southern sky in search of new cosmic events as they take place.

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Artist's impression of a system of detectors along quantum circuits to monitor light particles. Image: Kai Wang, ANU
Friday, 22 May 2020
  • News

ANU will play a key role in shaping Australia's next-generation technology.

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Building with garden in foreground.
Thursday, 21 May 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

No other event in our lifetimes has brought such sudden, drastic loss to Australia’s biodiversity as the last bushfire season. Governments, researchers and conservationists have committed to the long road to recovery. But in those vast burnt landscapes, where do we start?

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The parched Murray Darling
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
  • Analysis and opinion

A major independent review has confirmed freshwater flows are vital to maintaining the health of the Murray River’s lower lakes.

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