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Bold ideas. Local voices. Global change.

Join us this August for TEDxCharles Darwin University: Building Community Resilience – an evening of thought-provoking talks and big ideas from some of the Territory’s brightest minds.
July 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Read the latest piece from @ni-cdu.bsky.social researchers Dr Deepika Mathur and Robin Gregory #solar #research
Older rooftop solar systems are being scrapped – often well before the end of their useful life. Establishing a product stewardship scheme is part of the solution.
A solar panel recycling scheme would help reduce waste, but please repair and reuse first
theconversation.com
June 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Only a few days left to register for the 11th ESP World Conference on 'From global to local ecosystem services: pathways to Nature-based Solutions inspired from Down Under' being held in Darwin, 23-27 June 2025.

Register now: www.espconference.org/esp11/homepage

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June 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A fleet of ocean #robots will sail the seas collecting data to improve #weather and #climate forecasting and more after a global network of this technology was endorsed by #UNESCO

Learn more about SUN Fleet here: go.cdu.edu.au/f2xq
Global network of ocean robots endorsed by UNESCO | Charles Darwin University
A fleet of ocean robots will sail the seas collecting data to improve weather and climate forecasting, maritime security awareness, survey wildlife and more after a global network of this technology w...
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June 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In a single semester, four Charles Darwin University students developed an #AI model which can revolutionise road safety and infrastructure maintenance.

Read more about this incredible #education and #industry partnership: go.cdu.edu.au/f2tq
Industry and students collab to create AI road tech | Charles Darwin University
In a single semester, four Charles Darwin University students developed an Artificial Intelligence model which can revolutionise road safety and infrastructure maintenance.
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May 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀. These new resources have been produced through a collab between CDU, Flinders, local Aboriginal language experts & NT Health. Please access all online & printable resources on our webpage: go.cdu.edu.au/f2sq
May 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Can #AI help protect forests? New CDU #research has revealed the technology can be used to prevent the degradation and depletion of #forests

See how here www.cdu.edu.au/news/tech-tr...
Tech on the treetops: How AI can protect forests | Charles Darwin University
The Artificial Intelligence model was developed to detect changes in forest cover.
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May 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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@charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social staff are here at NT Farmer Association's Northern Food Futures conference. Come and chat to us about food production in northern Australia!
April 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The ideas set to shape the future of #agriculture and #aquaculture will be on display in the Top End thanks to an inaugural conference dedicated to postgraduate #research

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Good for students, good for industry: RINA’s first postgraduate conference shapes northern Australia’s future | Charles Darwin University
The ideas set to shape the future of agriculture and aquaculture will be on display in the Top End thanks to an inaugural conference dedicated to postgraduate research.
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April 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Check out this piece authored by CDU Associate Professor in Accounting and Finance Rakesh Gupta #tariffs #tradewar
The trade war is likely to lead to more energy-intensive goods produced in the US, and dampen international investment in renewable energy.
What Donald Trump’s dramatic US trade war means for global climate action
theconversation.com
April 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Charles Darwin University academic Professor Hamish Campbell speaks about the diet of saltwater #crocodiles 👇
April 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Self-driving #vehicles are becoming more commonplace on our roads but the #traffic legislation keeping them in check is not up to speed.
“But officer, I wasn’t driving!”: Research reveals the problem with self-driving cars and traffic laws | Charles Darwin University
Self-driving vehicles are becoming more commonplace on our roads but the traffic legislation keeping them in check is not up to speed, according to new research led by Charles Darwin University.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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This bias has the potential to reinforce the existing discrepancy in health outcomes and life expectancy between people living in major cities and rural and remote areas. We have an obligation to recognise and address this.
@wesleyresearch.org.au @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social 🧪
Clinicians and health service heads are willing to accept a lower standard of care for people outside of major cities because they consider it ‘better than nothing’.
‘Better than nothing’: clinicians and hospital heads accept lower standards of care outside metro hospitals
theconversation.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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"So some ingredients can be poisonous, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had their own processes of making it edible." Sharna Motlap, NI Researcher & Proud Mbabaram/Torres Strait Islander is featured in the latest SBS 'Should you really eat that?' Podcast. Listen 🎧 bit.ly/sm_325
Native foods: bush lollies, medicinal source, climate-change tool
Whether you call them traditional foods, native ingredients, bush tucker or something else, what’s harvested here is unique. Australia’s a “megadiverse” country, home to around 700,000 species. 65,000...
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March 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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🐢 Turtle time 🐢 Researcher Rachel Groom facilitated this workshop for TOs, rangers & researchers from across Northern Aus. Experts gathered develop relationships & mitigation measures & identify biologically important areas through the sharing of on-country knowledge. bit.ly/turtleshop25
March 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
One of Australia's most common #gynaecological #cancers could be detected sooner and more accurately thanks to a specialised #AI model, new research shows: go.cdu.edu.au/f3eq
AI diagnoses major cancer with near perfect accuracy | Charles Darwin University
One of Australia's most common gynaecological cancers could be detected sooner and more accurately thanks to a specialised Artificial Intelligence model, new research shows.
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March 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Uncrewed surface vehicles USVs could unlock our ocean’s deepest secrets and improve weather forecasting, according to Dr Ruth Patterson #research

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Keeping us current: Push for global network of autonomous surface craft | Charles Darwin University
Uncrewed surface vehicles could unlock our ocean’s deepest secrets and improve weather forecasting, with plans to develop a global network of this technology set to enhance data collection in previous...
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March 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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There are hundreds of ways we can distract ourselves from work, and this can make us feel a bit guilty. But are there benefits to taking a short break?
Can playing games like Wordle help improve work and workplaces?
theconversation.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
CDU #researchers have developed a new site which generates animations of fires across #Australia.

@rohanfisher.bsky.social said the Burn Area Animation Tool was developed because of a demand for #fire data.

More here: go.cdu.edu.au/f3ga
Fire in motion: New animation platform and updates to key bushfire resources | Charles Darwin University
A demand for data to inform fire management has prompted Charles Darwin University researchers to develop a tool animating historic bushfires across Australia.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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📷This research group has been working together to care for culturally important places on Country & to ensure this inheritance is passed on to the next generation of Traditional Owners. Learn more👉 bit.ly/sw030325 #ArnhemLand #CDUresearch #firstnationsresearch #respectsacredsites
Research project leads to sacred sites registrations | Charles Darwin University
A collaboration between Traditional Owners and a Charles Darwin University PhD student has resulted in 11 sacred sites across Arnhem Land being registered by the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority.
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March 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Climbing the world’s highest #mountains is a goal for many people, but how does this dream impact the #environments and surrounding communities? #research
March 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Thank you Teacher Magazine for the article and for sharing our research 🙏😍 #CDUResearch #indigenousresearch #firstnationsteachers #growingNTteachers

💻👇https://www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles/research-news-boosting-the-number-of-first-nations-school-teachers

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February 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A new #drone delivery project led by Charles Darwin University aims to revolutionise #healthcare in modern #warfare.

The project will focus on solving the technical, logistical and regulatory challenges of integrating large, heavy-fuel cargo drones into the battlefield operating system.

#research
Battle-ready medical drones to join Army’s ranks | Charles Darwin University
A new drone delivery project led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) will aim to revolutionise healthcare in modern warfare.
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February 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Join this seminar discussing the collaborative process of developing resources for a Yolŋu education and language app, opportunities & challenges in continuing to increase shared understanding – both ways. 🗓️ Thurs 6 March 2025. Rego & more 👉 bit.ly/yolngu-app25 @charlesdarwinuni.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in #firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams, a new Charles Darwin University project is aiming to increase the efficacy of this alternative foam.

Read more: go.cdu.edu.au/f3cq

#PFAS #environment #SERDP #research
Project to improve PFAS firefighting alternative | Charles Darwin University
As the world phases out use of PFAS-based foams in firefighting for the safer but less effective fluorine-free foams, a new Charles Darwin University project is aiming to increase the efficacy of this...
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January 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM