Nobel laureate presents school science project
Posted on behalf of the University of New South Wales It’s not every day that school students get to present […]
Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Media releases
Australian Institute of Physics, Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Media releases
Accurate time with light and designing the NBN
A new, cheaper way to deliver accurate time across Australia: instead of using hydrogen maser clocks costing hundreds of thousands
Media releases, UNSW
Single-atom writer a landmark for quantum computing
Posted on behalf of the University of New South Wales A research team led by Australian engineers has created the
Women in Science
More efficient solar cells with quantum dots
Dr Baohua Jia Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia The global race to develop high efficiency, low cost solar energy is fierce. And Baohua Jia and her colleagues are front runners. Conventional solar cells are efficient, but thick a…
High Energy Physics Conference
The Australian Synchrotron helps its big brother in Geneva
The synchrotron’s intense electron beam contributes to the enhancement of the Large Hadron Collider and the design of future accelerators.
High Energy Physics Conference, Media releases
Australian reaction to Higgs announcement
The detection of a Higgs boson-like particle represents a major advance in our understanding of the laws which govern the
Oz Research of Note
Oz research of note, 16 January, 2012
A fly named in honour of Beyoncé; plum extracts as food preservatives; and the crucial role of social media during
Oz Research of Note
Oz research of note, 27 November, 2011
Tools once used just to diagnose human diseases are being used to save coral reefs; depression patients will be able
Tim's blog
Solar soldiers, cocaine cravings, nanobots, and Venetian acoustics
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about solar soldiers, cocaine cravings, nanobots, Venetian acoustics, and more…
Oz Research of Note
Oz research of note – 7 November 2011
New technology for cleaning up nuclear spills, kids wearing the wrong seatbelts and re-writing the textbook on muscles and are