Field: Astronomy

The far side of the moon, prostate cancer, and one-way light

This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about the far side of the moon; prostate cancer, one-way light; a lack of fingerprints; and more… [Read more…] about The far side of the moon, prostate cancer, and one-way light

This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about Australia’s big twist; slipped discs; poisonous rats; hungry bats; and more… [Read more…] about Australia’s big twist, slipped discs, poisonous rats and hungry bats

This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about hacking the genome; rebooting the heart; anemones with personality; how diamonds aren’t forever; and more… [Read more…] about Hacking the genome, how diamonds aren’t forever, and anemones with personality

By travelling backwards it’s pushing knowledge forwards

All planets move around their stars in the same direction as the star spins—at least that’s what we thought.

This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about wayward whales; possums in packs; battling sea monsters; space junk; and more [Read more…] about Wayward whales, battling sea monsters, possums in packs, and space junk

This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about marijuana without the high; bionic ears with no strings; backward stars; the Day After Tomorrow; and more [Read more…] about Backward stars, bionic ears and the day after tomorrow

This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about predicting asthma attacks; black hole spin; cyberstalking; ancient Egyptian prostheses; and more [Read more…] about Predicting asthma attacks, cyberstalking, and ancient Egyptian prostheses

This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about galactic voting; what playing on-line games reveals about you; executions by lethal injection; plants that feed on bat dung; and more [Read more…] about Galactic voting, lethal injections and nutritious bat dung…

This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about Twitter dialects; dazzling pirates; smart contact lenses; new urban bird species; and more [Read more…] about Twitter dialects, dazzling pirates, and new urban birds

From the laser to quantum optics
Prof Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov (Kostya.Ostrikov@csiro.au), a CSIRO scientist who set the ground rules for constructing new materials atom by atom using collections of charged particles known as plasmas;
Teleportation
Prof Hans-Albert Bachor (hans.bachor@anu.edu.au) from the Australian National University (ANU) whose work on the graininess or particle nature of light is leading to new technologies such as quantum encryption and teleportation;
Laser controllers
A/Prof Robert Scholten (scholten@unimelb.edu.au), a University of Melbourne physicist who has established a thriving and profitable business which makes and exports laser controllers; and
Acoustics of music
Prof Joe Wolfe (j.wolfe@unsw.edu.au) of the University of New South Wales, an expert on the acoustics of music whose multimedia learning resources are accessed about 60,000 times a day.