The Research School of Physics has had spectacular success in the 2023 awards season. Our staff and students snared medals from the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) for best honours thesis, best PhD thesis, and for research excellence. And from the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), the 2023...

In an exciting first, HIAF has helped test innovative liquid lenses that enable a satellite to take a selfie. The Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility’s Space Irradiation Beamline (HIAF-SIBL) played a vital role in the project, which was the first time that Australian space radiation testing has been...

Staff and students from the Research School of Physics have won four awards in the 2022 Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) annual awards, more than half of the seven awarded this year. The awards span research and teaching, short term and long term excellence across nuclear physics, condensed matter,...

Two physicists from the Research School of Physics (RSPhys) have received major recognition from the Australian Academy of Science. Distinguished Professor Yuri Kivshar (Materials Physics) has been honoured with the Flinders Medal and Lecture, and Dr Daria Smirnova (Electronic Materials Engineering)...