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NASA, Australian scientists to track lightning-sparked bushfires from space

Australian researchers have teamed up with NASA to combat devastating bushfires sparked by lightning.

IGNIS to ignite a love of STEM in high school students

Under its IGNIS collaborative study with US space agency NASA, Edith Cowan University (ECU) is partnering with Western Australia high schools to offer students the opportunity to participate in real-world research.

Lightning, fire and space: launching the IGNIS project

ECU will lead five Australian universities in collaboration with NASA to study lightning and fire through the IGNIS mission, providing research data for global scientists and fire investigators.

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Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?

As the summer holidays begin, parents may feel concerned their children will "forget how to spell their own names" during the long school break.

Clouds are vital to life – but many are becoming wispy ghosts. Here's how to see the changes above us

As a scholar researching clouds, I have spent much of my time trying to understand the economy of the sky. Not the weather reports showing scudding rainclouds, but the deeper logic of cloud movements, their distributions and densities and the way they intervene in light, regulate temperatures and choreograph heat flows across our restless planet.

No gym or regular routine? Here's how to stay fit over the holiday break

The festive season can throw our exercise routines out the window. You might be staying somewhere different, with no access to a gym. Maybe your yoga studio is closed or social sport is on a break. Or you might just be too flat out with social events to find the time.

ECU Holiday opening hours 2025-2026

Opening hours for ECU services supporting future, current and graduating students will be limited over the Christmas-New Year break.

ECU makes history with nation's first AIESEP Specialist Seminar

ECU in Bunbury has made history by hosting Australia's first AIESEP Specialist Seminar, uniting global leaders in Health and Physical Education to explore critical issues of body politics in movement.

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