Founder's Day 2024

This year marks 75 years of Physics at the ANU, a proud accomplishment for our school. In celebration of this we are hosting our annual Founder's Day event honouring the vision of Sir Mark Oliphant, and the way we see ourselves...

In a tight spot — What to do with light in small places

Nanophotonics is the science of light in small spaces — confining electromagnetic radiation to volumes below the diffraction limit. Tricking waves to stay well-behaved on such small length scales...

Analytic theories for magnetic skyrmions

Skyrmions are tiny swirls in the local magnetization that can exist in thin films at room temperatures. They were only for the first time in 2009 and are promising candidates for high-density and low-energy...

Physics Project Market Day

Interested in doing a physics research project at the ANU?  Then come along to this year’s Physics Project Market Day!  The Physics Project Market Day has long been one of the best ways...

Astronomy Cathedrals

David ​McClelland and Susan ​Scott will participate in a panel discussion at an event organised by the Italian Embassy on the evening of 16 August. The event is held at Physics Auditorium and is focused...

How nuclear science can help address global challenges

Introduced by Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt Science and technology help explain and overcome many of the global challenges the world community faces, whether it is climate change, water and food insecurity,...

Physics Projects Market Day

Interested in doing a physics research project at the ANU?  Then come along to this year’s Physics Project Market Day!  The Physics Project Market Day has long been one of the best ways...

Early Career Women in STEMM Paper & Grant Writing Workshop

Initiatives for this workshop: An early career researcher (ECR) grant & paper writing workshop designed for women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) is aimed at strengthening...

Anti-gravity devices: are they realistic?

There have been several claims made over the last fifty years that anti-gravity devices are not only possible but have actually been constructed. This lecture will look at what these claims are about...

ANU Solar Oration 2020

Transitioning the world to 100% clean, renewable energy, and how the U.S. election will affect the transition Global warming, air pollution, and energy insecurity are three of the greatest problems facing...

Virtual Workshop on Strongly Coupled Light-Matter Interactions: Models and Applications

This online workshop will focus on theoretical and experimental aspects of strongly coupled light-matter...

ECI Public Forum: Digging deeper into the Technology Investment Roadmap

The Australian Government's Technology Investment...

Public forum: Australia, the global renewable energy pathfinder

Australia is leading the world in the annual per capita deployment of solar PV and wind capacity. Join our special webinar to discuss the latest official figures on deployment, and learn what is needed...

How do we certify the amount of carbon embedded in hydrogen fuels?

Hydrogen is playing an increasing role as an energy vector as countries transition towards renewable energy. What is needed is a way of ensuring that industry and government can verify the embedded carbon...

Energy Conversations: Carbon-neutral fuel for aerospace

Presented in partnership with ANU Institute for Space - InSpace Professor Wojciech Lipinski will explain new ways of creating carbon-neutral fuels for rockets...

Energy Conversations: Developments in community-based battery storage

Our experts will explore the exciting developments in community-based battery storage that are occuring in the ACT and beyond. Dr Marnie Shaw and Dr Hedda Ransan-Cooper will be joined by panellists who work...

CANCELLED: Variable Generation, Flexible Demand: The California experience

PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED The Australian National University has decided to cancel public events and social gatherings from 16 March to 20 June to minimise the risk of the transmission...

Publishing in Nature Climate Change & Nature Energy

Jenn Richler, a Senior Editor at Nature, will introduce the Nature family of journals, the Nature Climate Change and Nature Energy portfolios in the behavioral and social...

Time's Labyrinth: Revealing the Characteristics of Time

What is time? This is a question contemplated for millennia. We live in a single moment yet always feel time 'passing'. Can physical science account for time and its perceptions? Or do we need cognitive...

Energy Change Institute (ECI) Open Day

The Energy Change Institute Open Day showcases the latest energy research from ANU and our collaborators and provides a platform for exchanging ideas for ANU researchers, industry, government...

Imagining Australia with 100% renewable energy: how do we get there?

Energy experts are attending a workshop at the Australian National University to consider 100% renewable energy, exports and emissions reductions over 18 - 19 February 2020. Several workshop...

Frontiers in Quantum Matter Workshop: Electric Dipole Moments

Systems that contain electric charges may have an intrinsic electric dipole moment (EDM). These moments, that violate the fundamental symmetries parity and time-reversal, provide one of the most sensitive...

CAN A QUBIT BE YOUR FRIEND? Why a philosopher would want to have a quantum computer

Experimental metaphysics was born from Bell’s theorem, and the experiments it inspired, that prove the world cannot be both local and deterministic. There is an implicit assumption here, that an experimenter...

Nuclear reactions : from the cosmos to the human body

French-Australian FASIC workshop

This workshop proposes to gather experts of the Sub-atomic Physics community to explore nuclear reactions and their applications, from astrophysics to medicine....

Founder's Day 2019

70 Years of Physics at ANU Founder's Day is the annual celebration honouring Sir Mark Oliphant and his vision for the physical sciences. It is the most significant event on the Physics calendar and a chance...

Women in STEM Early Career Grant & Paper Writing Retreat

An early career researcher (ECR) grant & paper writing retreat designed for women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is aimed at strengthening the scientific writing and critical...

Black Holes and Wormholes: Concepts and Misconceptions

What are those exotic entities in the universe called black holes and wormholes? They are the predictions of Einsteins General Theory of Relativity but are still wraped in mystery. In this lecture,...

Workshop on Strongly Coupled Light-Matter Interactions: Models and Applications

This workshop aims to bring together researchers on theoretical and experimental aspects of strongly coupled light-matter interactions. This topic is enjoying strong interest in quantum optics and condensed...

Powered by the Australian Synchrotron – 1001 things you can do with a 200 mA current

ANSTO’s suite of landmark infrastructure includes the Australian Synchrotron, one of the most significant investments in science in the nation’s history. With over 6,000 registered research...

ANU Physics Market Day

Over 60 ANU physics academics will present posters detailing their research with more than 100 student projects at all levels on offer including:

• Undergraduate:
  • Summer scholarships
  • 3rd...

NASA’s Evolving Space Communication and Navigation

As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 and its historic landing on the Moon, NASA is preparing to once again send humans deep into space, beyond the confines of low-Earth orbit. NASA’s...

Instructing molecules to do our bidding: three short stories

I will present three vignettes of recent research that will have appeal to a broad audience. They have as their common theme how to design and make molecules which have encoded “instructions”...

Tools of the trade: Engineering the Cellular Microenvironment with 3D Culture and Protein Affinity Release

With the goal of screening cells in an environment that mimics that of native tissue, we designed a hydrogel for 3D cell culture. With 3D cell culture, we gain an understanding of both cell invasion and cell...

Branching processes in Population Genetics: Most recent common ancestors and genetic mutations

Consider the family tree of a population in which we ignore all males and consider only female lines of descent.  In such a model each individual has only one parent.  Now trace the ancestry...

Using simple mathematics to explore the plant-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide, oxygen and water vapour.

Plants are brilliant organisms with exquisite sensing of their environment, and remarkable coordination in their responses. Simple mathematical treatments based on physical, chemical or economic models...

Fieldwork in Art and Astrophysics - Discerning Signal from Noise at the South Pole

Donald spent the austral summer of 2016/17 in Antarctica as a US National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Fellow. At the South Pole, he worked in collaboration with the IceCube Neutrino...