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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,...

Megavolts 16: Accelerator runs extreme checkups for Australia’s first Lunar Rover
28
SEP
Megavolts 16: Accelerator runs extreme checkups for Australia’s first Lunar Rover

Components from Australia’s lunar rover, ‘Roo-ver’, visited the space testing facility at the ANU Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility...

Honours student James Monro wins Thomas H Laby medal for best thesis
15
SEP
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...

Michigan Prize honors helicon plasma pioneer Professor Rod Boswell
03
SEP
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
03
SEP
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...

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