AIP President’s blog
Welcome to the Australian Institute of Physics – President’s blog
I use this page for my monthly ‘Physics in Australia’ bulletins and for other occasional physics news. It complements the AIP’s site at http://www.aip.org.au.
Comments and other ideas are very welcome!
Marc Duldig,
President, Australian Institute of Physics
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 incorporating the 36th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology will be held from 9-13 December 2012 at the University of NSW, Sydney. Visit www.aip2012.org.au to register your interest to receive further information.
The Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute is holding a national forum in Canberra on 7-8 February focused on securing future mathematical and statistical skills for Australia. More information here.
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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 International Space Station (ISS) in Canberra and Melbourne, David Awschalom discusses diamond computing in Melbourne, you have the opportunity to register for February’s scientists meet policy-makers day in Canberra and seminars get underway at many of the physics departments across Australia.
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From Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics
Welcome to my bulletin covering physics news and events for December 2011 and beyond.
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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 education revolution. He poses the challenge of how to recruit and encourage a new generation of physicists to follow in his footsteps, and in those of our best young researchers like Stuart Wyithe and Tamara Davis. Take a look at Brian’s speech and let me know how you think the AIP should respond. Read the full article →
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 expansion is increasing,” says Dr Marc Duldig, President of the Australian Institute of Physics. Read the full article →
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 next day, schools across the country will have the chance hear him via video conference.
“The Dish,” at CSIRO’s Parkes Observatory in NSW (pictured here with John O’Sullivan) is celebrating its 50th anniversary by giving the public a rare chance to go up and through the iconic telescope on 8-9 October 2011. 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 of the universe in NSW, the ACT, Tasmania and South Australia in her 2011 AIP Women in Physics lecture tour.
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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 rocket science in Melbourne. 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 “dark” gamma-ray sources in Adelaide, demonstrating Einstein’s contribution to medical diagnosis in Sydney, and discovering Wilhelm Wien and his 1911 Nobel Prize in Brisbane. Read the full article →
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, Hobart and Melbourne, showcase postgraduate physics research in Brisbane, play with the Large Hadron Collider’s particles in Sydney and investigate the age of the Universe in Melbourne.
The first of the 2011 Women in Physics lectures—to be given this year by Tamara Davis of the University of Queensland—is coming up at the Sydney Observatory in September. I’ll provide details as they are finalised of many more talks as part of Tamara’s tour. Read the full article →
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 Force Microscope, look into supermassive black holes and discover the Square Kilometre Array.
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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 Nobel Prize in Physics in Hobart and the first of the 2011 Tools of Science series in Brisbane on telegraphy.
Congratulations to astrophysicist Tamara Davis from the University of Queensland on being awarded the AIP Women in Physics Lectureship for 2011. We will release a timetable of talks later in the year. Read the full article →
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.
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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 with you to carry on the good work done by the AIP over the coming couple of years.
We also have an introduction to our new editor for Australian Physics, Peter Robertson. I thank Paulo de Souza for his contribution as editor over the past year. Read the full article →
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 this month include talks on Ruby Payne-Scott’s role in founding modern radio astronomy in Perth, the diversity of planets and the distribution of metals in galaxies in Melbourne, and X-ray analytics in Sydney.
I have news on some important conferences coming up.
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Welcome to my first bulletin in 2011 for people around the country with an interest in physics.
2010 was another big year for physics in Australia with
- the 50th anniversary of the laser, celebrated by a lecture tour organised by the Australian Optical Society with the AIP’s assistance
- widespread discussion and a diversity of views on the K-10 Science and Senior Physics draft national curricula
- a national lecture tour by Women in Physics lecturer Professor Elizabeth Winstanley of the University of Sheffield Read the full article →
Welcome to my monthly bulletin for people around the country with an interest in physics. It contains news and events for December 2010 and beyond.
The AIP National Congress begins in Melbourne on Sunday, and is chock full of interesting research papers as well as opportunities to get together with your peers. I particularly encourage those attending the congress to also attend the gala dinner. At the dinner the AIP and the Australian Optical Society will present a number of awards. I have details of the AIP award winners below. Read the full article →
From Brian James, President of the Australian Institute of Physics
Welcome to my monthly email to people around the country with an interest in physics. It has with news and events for November 2010 and beyond.
The AIP National Congress is almost upon us. I’m pleased to say that we have over 700 registrants, and I encourage those who have not yet registered but intend to come, to do so soon. There is going to be lots of great physics discussed in Melbourne from 5 – 9 December, as well as public events, exhibitions and excellent opportunities for networking and socialising. Read the full article →
From Brian James, President of the Australian Institute of Physics
This month AIP branches are investigating quantum transport in Sydney; celebrating 50 years of lasers in Brisbane, learning to trust machines in Adelaide, and discovering this year’s physics Nobel in Melbourne. Read the full article →
Welcome to my monthly bulletin with news and events for September 2010 and beyond.
This month the AIP is stimulating neurons in Canberra, exploiting colour in Sydney, illustrating the history of computers in Brisbane and talking about radiation–free nuclear energy in Melbourne. Read the full article →
