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Life changing nanotechnology makes diabetes care a breeze

Professor Lan Fu is waiting for a call from the hospital about someone ill with diabetes. It’s not a sick friend or family, but the first patient in her first pilot clinical...

20 May 2026

Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals Solar System’s past

Iron-60 discovery in Antarctic ice reveals: Local Interstellar Cloud leaves its mark Our Solar System is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly...

14 May 2026

Using black holes to calibrate the Universe’s most sensitive instruments

Scientists have used the collision of two black holes to measure and correct the calibration of the detectors that observe them. The technique was perfected using two exceptionally...

13 May 2026

ANU spin-out Liquid Instruments secures $70 million to advance AI-driven tech

Canberra-based technology company Liquid Instruments has secured major investment to accelerate the commercialisation of its platform that is reshaping how engineers interact with complex...

5 May 2026

Controlling light with light using dyed liquid crystals

A new technique for controlling optical components with light could usher in the next generation of high efficiency signal processing technology, that could drive futuristic technology...

28 April 2026

Novel photonics materials are needed to drive the second quantum revolution

Quantum photonics is set to be a pivotal part of future quantum technology, if the right materials can be created, a new review paper has found. Photonics provides one approach to developing...

14 April 2026

Deep dive on spooky quantum entanglement experiment

Join Dr Sean Hodgman on a deep dive into his group's recent work on entanglement of helium atoms' momentum. The video on this research has attracted thousands of comments, so we sat Sean...

10 April 2026

New MOU to fuse international capabilities in nuclear science

A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will support a unique collaboration between two of the world’s foremost nuclear science facilities on opposite sides of the globe. The...

9 April 2026

Spooky quantum helium atoms give hope for a Theory of Everything

In a new quantum physics experiment, ANU researchers have shown that matter can experience entanglement – an effect Einstein dismissed as ‘spooky action at a distance’. The...

24 March 2026

Standing on the shoulders of giants: Memoir commemorates Australia’s Newton

The life of Professor John Newton (no relation to Sir Isaac), a pioneer of Australian nuclear physics, has been celebrated in a memoir published by the Australian Academy of Science. Emeritus...

16 March 2026

Trail of destruction: swift ions surprise with elliptical damage trails

When radioactive atoms inside minerals decay, they fire out high energy particles, that leave trails of destruction through the mineral. Weirdly, researchers have found, it turns out these...

13 March 2026

Sophisticated Ant Scanning technology makes data available for everyone.

A team of international researchers have created a first-of-its-kind database of ant data, which combines high fidelity 3D scans and genetic information for thousands of specimens covering...

5 March 2026

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