Dolphin friends, guns around the house, laundry lint and mosquitoes in the rain
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about dolphin friends; guns around the house; laundry lint; mosquitoes in the rain; and more…
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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…
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A cubic kilometre ice telescope, silk for blood tests, stirring coffee and rocks…
Stories today at the physics congress in Melbourne A cubic kilometre of South Pole ice looking for dark matter From the chaos of stirring coffee to stirring rocks and cleaning up polluted ground water Silk microchips for instant blood tests Diamond’s light touch Enlightenment on a chip A single electron reader for silicon quantum computing
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Bandwidth Leads to Democracy: 2004 Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year
Ben Eggleton Just as the transistor and microelectronics transformed communications and human society in the 20th century, “light” transistors and microphotonics will revolutionise the way we communicate in the 21st century. Many of the changes that lie ahead in communications technology are due in part to the work of a young Sydney optical physicist Ben…