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22
OCT
"So much physics going on" – Crompton Award brings a fresh perspective

PhD student Tom Perissinotto was the 2026 Crompton Award winner, and used the grant to travel to Europe to visit seven different destinations to meet collaborators, see labs in action, and present at international meetings and a conference. “It opened my eyes to the number of different opportunities there are, in Europe and around the world. There’s so much physics going on!” Mr Perissinotto’s...

PhD student Tom Perissinotto was the 2026 Crompton Award winner, and used the grant to travel to Europe to visit seven different destinations...

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Researchers use light to reprogram a photonic device
19
OCT
Researchers use light to reprogram a photonic device

A new technique that allows optical components to be reprogrammed by laser light could open the way for a new generation of telecommunications...

ANU physicists elected ATSE Fellows
13
OCT
ANU physicists elected ATSE Fellows

Two researchers from the Research School of Physics have been elected Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering...

Ultra-precise coatings help power the next generation of gravitational wave detectors
01
OCT
Ultra-precise coatings help power the next generation of gravitational wave detectors

The global collaboration hunting gravitational waves, LIGO, will take its search for colliding black holes and neutron stars to the next level,...

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