Thursday 8 December 2016 Professor Alain Aspect firmly believes we’ve entered the second quantum revolution—an age which will see radical technological developments across industries, from manufacturing and measurement, to energy generation and computing. During the first quantum revolution, we discovered the rules that govern the quantum realm, and how they differ from classical physics. Those…

Thursday 8 December 2016 On the final day of the Physics Congress in Brisbane we’re hearing about inventions that could change the way we generate and store power. Researchers available for interview, contact Toni Stevens on 0401 763 130 or toni@scienceinpublic.com.au QUT researchers spot solar revolution in fly eyes The compound eyes of flies have…

Wednesday 7 December 2016 Have more been found, what is Australia’s role, and why should we care? Back in February 2016 it was Professor David Reitze who announced to the world that gravitational waves had been discovered at LIGO, 100 years after Einstein predicted them. And now they want to find more. Last Thursday LIGO…

Wednesday 7 December 2016 Hear about these stories and more at the Physics Congress in Brisbane this week. More at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/physicscongress Researchers available for interview, contact Toni Stevens on 0401 763 130 or toni@scienceinpublic.com.au Nanorubies and diamonds make your cancer cells stand out in a crowd (Melbourne) Near-infrared fluorescent nanomaterials could help surgeons better identify…

Tuesday 6 December 2016  Scientists available for interview from the Physics Congress in Brisbane We have the technology! The first simple quantum computers are being built all over the world as decades of research and development culminate in technology that accurately builds structures atom by atom. Researchers already have practical plans for building usable quantum…

Tuesday 6 December 2016 It’s the world’s biggest experiment—a multi-billion machine, with first results in 2025. Speakers from around the world, including senior advisor to the ITER project Professor Jean Jacquinot, will speak at the Physics Congress in Brisbane about the global race to master the process that powers our sun. Researchers from ANU will…

Tuesday 6 December 2016 Hear about these stories and more at the Physics Congress in Brisbane this week. More at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/physicscongress Researchers available for interview, contact Toni Stevens on 0401 763 130 or toni@scienceinpublic.com.au, or AJ Epstein on 0431 544 392. No more exploding smartphones: Australia-China supercapacitor collaboration (Brisbane) The perils of lithium-ion batteries are well…

Monday 5 December 2016 Scientists available for interview from the Physics Congress in Brisbane Media contacts Toni Stevens 0401 763 130 toni@scienceinpublic.com.au Niall Byrne 0417 131 977 niall@scienceinpublic.com.au Australian physicists are using all the skills of experienced hunters in their quest for dark matter, the 85 per cent of matter in the Universe we have…

Monday 5 December 2016 Hear about these stories and more at the Physics Congress in Brisbane this week. More at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/physicscongress Researchers available for interview, contact Toni Stevens on 0401763130 or toni@scienceinpublic.com.au A new constellation of Australian satellites – packed up and ready for launch in 2017 (Canberra) Australia is heading into space: Professor Christine…