The Christmas Day fires that struck the Victorian town of Wye River are an example of how to get emergency responses right.
The new Ford Mustang is sporting the world's first mass-produced carbon fibre wheels - and we steered them to safety.
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.
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.
Our researchers have compiled 100 years of bushfire statistics to better understand the characteristics of Australia's summer bane.
Summer starts today – and it’s predicted to be a hot, dry one. Unfortunately, we all know what that means […]
The bushfire season isn’t wasting any time this year. There are already large fires in South Australia and NSW, and […]
This week’s heatwave across southern Australia has reminded us of the serious dangers posed by grassfires. They might not sound […]
When 7-year-old Sophie wrote to us earlier this week asking for a dragon, what else could we do but use our high-tech facilities to 3D print one?
When 7-year-old Sophie wrote to Australia's leading science agency and asked for a dragon, we knew it was time to step up our dragon R&D program.
Imagine if we could better predict when Australia could be hit by that awful dry hot weather that makes us […]
By James Davidson Cylons, Skynet, HAL 9000, Agent Smith, Haley Joel Osment. With characters like these, it’s no wonder people […]
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