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Australia just committed $207 million to a major satellite program. What is it, and why do we need it?

Landsat Nextis the next generation of an Earth observation satellite program from which Australia has benefited for over 40 years. Here's what it means for Australia.

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Thursday, 01 Feb 2024
  • News

A fortuitous encounter at the Australian National University (ANU) spawned QDX — a new start-up taking the biotech industry by storm

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Thursday, 01 Feb 2024
  • News

The mystery of the possible quantum nature of gravity could be solved with lasers – a major contrast with the conventional approach of using masses, say ANU physicists.

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Thursday, 25 Jan 2024
  • News

It’s a challenge to see into the ground, but high resolution gravity measurements could be a way to reveal underground structures – caves, tunnels or even water bodies.

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Monday, 22 Jan 2024
  • News

Disturbing natural forests with activities such as logging and prescribed burning can make them more flammable, landmark research from The Australian National University (ANU) and Curtin University has found.

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Christer de Silva
Monday, 22 Jan 2024
  • Student blog

Christer de Silva is studying a PhD at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. As part of his PhD, he has been working as a research assistant at the Responsible Innovation Lab.

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Thursday, 18 Jan 2024
  • Research story

This ANU researcher isn’t afraid of shaking things up — making her own volcanic eruptions to better understand how they cause our climate to change.

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Tuesday, 16 Jan 2024
  • Research story

“We just need to educate people and build awareness of spiders, to show that they’re not actually the bad guys we want them to be.”

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Tuesday, 16 Jan 2024
  • Analysis and opinion

Rising global temperatures are putting pressure on our food supply, but ANU plant scientists are working hard to breed crops that can thrive in the changing climate.

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Monday, 15 Jan 2024
  • News

Three new recreational drugs that have never been reported in Australia before have been identified by chemists at Australia’s only fixed-site drug checking service, CanTEST, located in Canberra.

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