The biennial Physics Congress in Brisbane 4 to 8 December Researchers from every State plus international and Asian leaders All stories embargoed until released during the …
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Shape-shifting particles and underground super labs: 2015 Nobel Prize winner tells his story
Public Lecture 7pm Monday 5 December Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Great Halls 1 & 2 Register for the event here: www.trybooking.com/OBQF We live in a world of neutrinos. …
Welcome to the 2016 Australian/Asia-Pacific Physics Conference
One of the highlights on the Australian Institute of Physics’ (AIP’s) calendar is its biennial Congress, where physicists from all over Australia and overseas come together for a week-long program of …
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Quantum cats, could science have shortened WW1, and Lawrence Krauss
Picking endangered parrots out from the dawn chorus Could maths and science have shortened WW1? Lawrence Krauss Nobel-winning photon-juggler replaces Schrödinger’s cat These topics and more …
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Challenging the orthodoxy in dark matter, dark energy, fusion and more
Good science happens when clever people ask insightful questions. Some papers at the national physics congress in Canberra last week took on their colleagues—asking penetrating questions of mainstream …
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Stawell to join the search for the missing 85 per cent of our galaxy
Victorian government supports plans to build a dark matter laboratory deep in Stawell Gold Mine. The Victorian government has committed $1.75 million to help Australian scientists hunt for dark …
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Quantum lasers and better ways to engage students win gold medals for physicists
Physicists recognised this week at the national physics congress in Canberra have won recognition for: Using lasers to safeguard future communications Replacing Schrödinger’s famous ‘cat in a …
Football physics and hammies; dark matter in a gold mine and more
Football physics tackles hamstring injuries Finding airports 50 light years away A sun on earth- fact or fiction Laser tracking of carbon-coughing cattle A Victorian goldfields search for …
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Four degree rise, shrinking X-ray microscopes and spider web fibre optics
The catastrophe of 4 degree rise – warning for Lima talks Lab junk into LabPunk Strobe light flashes to capture a speeding electron Using spider-web fibre optics for the world wide …
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The art of science in jewellery, metal, tape and music
laser rod to lapel pin space–time silver cuff complex art from simple rules geometry, videos and lace on exhibition Artworks inspired by science are on display and under discussion at the …
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Education stories at the national physics congress
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 …
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Women in physics still going backwards
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 …
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