The 22nd Australian Institute of Physics Congress was held as a joint conference with the 13th Asia Pacific Physics Conference in December 2016.
Below are the media releases, media alerts and other news items released during the Congress. The proceeding were also tweeted from @AsiaAusPhysics and @ausphysics on #BrisPhys16. The conference website is appc-aip2016.org.au.
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 web Shrinking X-ray microscopes for a closer look at the cellular world These topics and more on day two of the national physics conference…
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 national physics and optics congress at the Australian National University in Canberra from 7 to 11 December. The congress theme is ‘The Art of…
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
Posted on behalf of the University of New South Wales It’s not every day that school students get to present their science project to a major scientific conference, and rarer still to receive a prize for it from a Nobel Laureate. That’s the happy experience today for a team of four Year 11 students from…
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.