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Five ways Indigenous science explains the world

To mark the opening of our ASSETS program for this year, we're sharing our five favourite projects that rely on Indigenous scientific knowledge.

Environment

Safety among the gum trees for Wye River

Our leading bushfire risk expert Justin Leonard has been working with the community and a wider Advisory Panel to develop a set of voluntary guidelines that will help improve the townships resilience to bushfire.

Environment

Bushfires have a sting in the tail for Tasmania’s honey industry

Tasmania's bushfires have hurt not only the state's forests, but also the honey industry that depends on access to the region's unique trees.

Tech

Fires are increasing in a warming world, but a new model could help us predict them

We've developed a model that can predict bushfires over a week-long period with an accuracy of 91%.

Environment

Future bushfires will be worse: we need to adapt now

The Christmas Day fires that struck the Victorian town of Wye River are an example of how to get emergency responses right.

Manufacturing

How we helped reinvent the wheel

The new Ford Mustang is sporting the world's first mass-produced carbon fibre wheels - and we steered them to safety.

How do we sleep while the kitchen’s burning?

With the first day of winter comes a heightened risk of house fires. We look at a kitchen fire in action, plus we share our top tips to prevent house fires.

Bright Spark saves lives: finding order in the chaos of bushfires

Australians are all-too-familiar with the tragedy that a bushfire can cause - the destruction of homes and the loss of lives. We've been studying bushfire behaviour for many decades and have developed a piece of software that simulates fire spread - Spark.

Environment

Bushfires kill, but knowledge might make them less deadly

Our researchers have compiled 100 years of bushfire statistics to better understand the characteristics of Australia's summer bane.

Environment

Catching fire in a (big) bottle

Summer starts today – and it’s predicted to be a hot, dry one. Unfortunately, we all know what that means – fires. Forget fighting fire with fire – although that’s a major part of what the fire services do to control the spread of fires. We’re fighting fire with knowledge. Not all fires are the...

Environment

The science of living with fire

The bushfire season isn’t wasting any time this year. There are already large fires in South Australia and NSW, and the obligatory ‘the state is a tinderbox’ warnings came out months ago. There were bushfires in July in NSW, and the number of local council areas in southern Australia declaring the fire season open in...

Answering the burning questions

This week’s heatwave across southern Australia has reminded us of the serious dangers posed by grassfires. They might not sound that threatening, but these fires can travel at speeds of up to 25 kilometres per hour, and damage hundreds of hectares of land within a matter of hours. So while many of us were enjoying our...

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