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Farmers add space tech to their toolboxes »
Australian primary producers may soon look to the skies with more than just an eye on the weather thanks to Australian National University (ANU) researchers...
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Seeking Muslim communities’ guidance to help at-risk youth »
Australian-first ethnographic research into hard-to-reach Muslim communities is paving the way for programs that will help address anti-social and criminal...
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Ecosystem approach to food insecurity a first for Australia »
Victorian social enterprises that are working together to redress food insecurity, hunger and nutrition issues in a culturally appropriate way in the wake of...
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Culture grows social cohesion beyond economic incentives »
Social enterprises looking to build social cohesion in communities may find economic logic a useful starting point in program design, but for long-term gains,...
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Professor Emily Banks is the inaugural Chair of NHMRC’s Health Research Impact Committee.
Professor Emily Banks to chair new impact committee »
Professor Emily Banks been appointed inaugural Chair of NHMRC's Health Research Impact Committee. With 30-plus years of expertise in public health research and...
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female doctor holds syringe and bottle with vaccine for coronavirus cure
Plant-based vaccines for COVID-19 closer with ANU help »
An Australian plant may hold the key to rapidly producing vaccines for Ebola, COVID-19, influenza and other viruses as Australian National University...
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Democratic values in AI: ANU-led research seeks answers »
Finding ways to safeguard human rights and democratic values when artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled products and systems increasingly operate without human...
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Belonging can drive better pandemic health practices »
A feeling of belonging, to their neighbourhood and to Australia is key to motivating people to adopt physical distancing and good hand hygiene behaviours...
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ANU research creates satellite maps for emergency help »
First responders would be furnished with almost-instant satellite maps of the natural disasters they are tackling thanks to a new algorithm that Australian...
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