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Honours student James Monro wins Thomas H Laby medal for best thesis
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Honours student James Monro wins Thomas H Laby medal for best thesis

ANU student James Monro has won Thomas H Laby medal for the best Honours or Masters thesis from an Australian University, awarded by the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP). Mr Monro’s honours thesis was entitled Searching for Axion-Like Particles with Perturbed Alkali-Noble Comagnetometers. “Receiving the medal feels surreal. A thesis, much like a novel, speaks differently to everyone and it is a gamble...

ANU student James Monro has won Thomas H Laby medal for the best Honours or Masters thesis from an Australian University, awarded by the Australian...

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Michigan Prize honors helicon plasma pioneer Professor Rod Boswell
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Michigan Prize honors helicon plasma pioneer Professor Rod Boswell

Professor Rod Boswell has been honoured for his invention of the helicon plasma source and more than five decades of innovation, winning the 2026...

Dr Sophie Zhao to give the AIP 2027 Marie Curie lectures
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Dr Sophie Zhao to give the AIP 2027 Marie Curie lectures

Dr Sophie (Jie) Zhao will tour Australia in 2027 as the Women in Physics Medallist, sharing her research on quantum technologies enabled by correlated...

Professor Susan Scott awarded prestigious Harrie Massey Medal
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Professor Susan Scott awarded prestigious Harrie Massey Medal

The Australian Institute of Physics (AIP)’s highest accolade, the Harrie Massey Medal has been awarded to Distinguished Professor Susan...

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