Letting first-year students loose in the lab Girls in physics—what’s keeping the door closed? MOOCs—better than uni? Special effects improve understanding of complex science Speakers available for interview in Canberra. Photos available. Stories embargoed until conference presentation.
Australia’s physicists will hear today that they’re still losing the fight for gender equity in the physical sciences. International and national speakers at the national physics congress in Canberra today will reveal: Australian schoolgirls still prefer life sciences to physical sciences (chemistry, physics etc) – with a 2:1 ratio At university that worsens to 4:1…
Obama’s energy guru on managing climate change and growth 11 dimensions and librettos – Harvard physicist Lisa Randall Women in physics going backwards Day one at the national physics and optics congress
For the Australian Institute of Physics Astronaut Paolo Nespoli remembers best the spectacular view of Earth and the amazing feeling of weightlessness from his two visits to the International Space Station (ISS). “I really felt different. I felt I was very light and I was flying around,” he says. “It took about four or five…
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 weigh? Australia’s 2011 physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Brian Schmidt, is today launching the start of a national physics experiment that everyone can participate in. School…
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 Australia – could detect corrosion in the metal of aircraft bodies, ships and bridges. Hear about these stories and more at the national physics…
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 network according to physics leaders speaking today and tomorrow. Also today at the national physics congress in Sydney, meet the man whose job it…
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, 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 national physics congress starting today in Sydney.
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 separate radio dishes and other antennae spread across an area the size of a continent. Australian Institute of Physics President, Dr Marc Duldig, today…