Australian Institute of Physics
We help the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) share what’s happening in physics in Australia with AIP members and stakeholders. On these pages you will find:
- a monthly bulletin, covering physics news, events, prizes and more – available here
- a calendar of physics events – you can view and submit entries here
- media releases and announcements on AIP and physics-related news.
The AIP has a Twitter feed (@ausphysics), as well as a Facebook page and group. There is also a LinkedIn group for AIP members only. The official AIP website is here.
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics
Around the country in April you can hear about solar radiation and Antarctic sea ice in Hobart; exploring space with the head of NASA in Canberra; the sub-atomic world on the edge of the Universe in Melbourne; and the star-gazing Governor of NSW, Sir Thomas Brisbane, in Brisbane. And people all around the world, and on the International Space Station, will take part in the International Space Apps Challenge.
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Welcome to my bulletin for people around the country with an interest in physics.
In March, I’ll be presenting Ben Eggleton with the 2011 AIP Boas Medal in Melbourne and he’ll talk about his linear photonic circuits research. You can also also explore quantum electronic transport in Sydney, hear about space biology in Melbourne, string theory in Adelaide and ancient Greek technology in Brisbane, and observe the night sky at Astrofest in Perth. Read the full article →
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my bulletin for those with an interest in physics news and events for February 2012 and beyond. I am pleased to announce the 20th Australian Institute of Physics Congress inc...
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Happy New Year and welcome to my bulletin covering physics news and events for January 2012 and beyond. In January, Korea’s first astronaut Soyeon Yi talks about her work on the Inter...
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my bulletin covering physics news and events for December 2011 and beyond. This month in Melbourne Geoff Taylor delves into the Large Hadron Collider, in WA the Gingin Observ...
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics This month Australia celebrated science – with a Nobel Prize and with the Prime Minister’s Prizes. Brian Schmidt, talking at the PM’s Prize dinner, called for a continuing educati...
And triggered the hunt for dark energy The Australian Institute of Physics congratulates Brian Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess on the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics. “They discovered that the Universe isn’t just expanding. The rate of expansi...
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my bulletin covering physics news and events for October 2011 and beyond. This month European astronaut Hans Schlegel gives a public talk in Melbourne (6 October) and the nex...
What we see in the night sky is only five per cent of the Universe. So what’s the other 95 per cent of the Universe made of – a young physicist has the answers across Tasmania this week.
One of Australia’s leading young physicists will reveal the dark secrets of the Universe in Tasmania this week with a series of school and public talks in Burnie, Launceston, Devonport and Hobart.
Dr Tamara Davis is a L’Oréal Australia Fellow, the 2011 national Women in Physics lecturer, an astrophysicist at the Universities of Queensland and Copenhagen, and good talent. Read the full article →
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my bulletin covering physics news and events for September 2011 and beyond. This month Tamara Davis (right) is talking to the public and school students about the dark side o...
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics From 13-21 August is National Science Week, so let’s get physical with sci-fi in Sydney, virtual tours of space in Adelaide and Canberra, desert innovation in Alice Springs, and rocke...
Tamara Davis, an award-winning astrophysicist from the University of Queensland, is the 2011 Australian Institute of Physics Women in Physics lecturer. Tamara, who was a 2009 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellow, is giving public talks and talks to school students on the search for dark matter and dark energy in the Universe Read the full article →
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my bulletin covering physics news and events for August 2011 and beyond. This month sees the AIP learning about the Universe from the Large Hadron Collider in Hobart, seeking...
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my bulletin for covering physics news and events for July 2011 and beyond. This month we recognise 100 years of superconductivity with free public lectures in Launceston, Hob...
Welcome to my bulletin covering news and events for June 2011 and encouraging the physics community to contribute to the Decadal Plan for Physics. This month you can learn about the nuclear accident in Fukushima, measure nano dimensions with an Atomic ...
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my bulletin covering news and events in physics for May 2011 and beyond. In AIP events around the country this month we have nuclear power in Sydney, graphene and the 2010 No...
Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space on 12 April 1961, ramping up the Space Race.
To celebrate, a dozen events across Australia join over 340 ‘Yuri’s Night’ parties globally, with many events showing First Orbit, a new film of Earth vistas shot from the International Space Station as it matched the original path of Gagarin’s spaceship.
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Physics news and events for April 2011 and beyond. In events around the country this month we have organic semiconductors, the Square Kilometre Array, nuclear power in Australia and graphene and the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Seventeen of Australia&#...
From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my first bulletin to people around the country with an interest in physics. As the new President of the AIP I introduce myself in more detail below. I look forward to working...
From Brian James, President of the Australian Institute of Physics Welcome to my February bulletin to people with an interest in physics. On Monday we have the AIP AGM in Melbourne, as well as meetings of the AIP Council and Executive. Other activities...
What we see in the night sky is only five per cent of the Universe. So what’s the other 95 per cent of the Universe made of – a young physicist has the answers across Tasmania this week.