Australia has more bushfires than any other country. They are frequent events during the hotter months of the year, due to the mostly hot, dry climate. The fires can spread quickly destroying ...

''If it gets too hot, we can't burn, if it's raining, we can't burn. The Pyrotron just opens up the window of opportunities of actually conducting experiments.'' On Friday, principal research ...

It’s a 29-metre tunnel of glass and steel, filled with dry leaves from the forest floor. The national science agency believes its Pyrotron will hold the key to potentially outsmarting the rising ...