Launch: Friday 1 March 2013, 9-10.30am Albert Park College, 83 Danks St, Albert Park, Victoria Do you weigh more in Melbourne or Canberra? What does our planet …
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Goodbye twinkle, hello stars – physics in Sydney
Australian researchers are taking the twinkle out of stars for the world’s biggest light telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile. And a new optical fibre – which can only be made in …
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Accurate time with light and designing the NBN
A new, cheaper way to deliver accurate time across Australia: instead of using hydrogen maser clocks costing hundreds of thousands of dollars we can bounce signals through the national’s optical fibre …
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How close is a quantum computer?
Quantum computers promise ultra-powerful, high speed number crunching. They’ll help us to search vast databases and model biological molecules at an atomic level. …
Unlimited clean power; sophisticated, target treatment for cancer and more – national physics congress in Sydney
Unlimited clean power Sophisticated, targeted treatment for cancer; Measuring schools – is the new PISA test a wrong turn Overcoming the energy challenge with science. These and more at the …
Looking for life, dark energy and the beginning of time
Australian physicists welcome $2 billion win for science Southern Africa, Australia and NZ are to share the Square Kilometre Array – a giant radio telescope that will consist of thousands of …
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Revealing the dark side – in Tasmania this week
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 …
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The AIP Women in Physics lecture tour: Tamara Davis on ‘The dark side of the Universe’
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 …
First man in space 50 years ago today – there's an Australian connection
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, …
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First man in space 50 years ago today – there’s an Australian connection
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 …
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Australian Institute of Physics Congress 2010 – a summary of stories
Here are the stories that emerged from The 19th Australian Institute of Physics Congress incorporating the 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology that took place from 5-9 December 2010 …
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Good Aussie home wanted for $140 million gravitational wave detector
9 December 2010 US researchers are offering Australia a gravitational wave detector worth $140 million provided Australia can build an appropriate facility, costing a further $140 million, to house …
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