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Twisted light made simple

A new approach to creating materials that interact selectively with different twists in light, known as chiral responses, greatly simplifies their fabrication, and could pave the way for advances...

24 October 2024

MOU with Fujitsu signals ambitions for a quantum computer onsite at ANU

ANU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Fujitsu, bringing new opportunities for quantum computing research and teaching. The agreement will see the two organisations partner...

21 October 2024

Beating nature to make a night vision detector

Scientists have created new improved materials for detecting infrared light – the key to night vision. The new materials promise a more than tenfold improvement in efficiency...

17 October 2024

Keeping knowledge alive in wartime

After fleeing Ukraine, Dr Andrey Iljin has found a haven for idea generation at the ANU Research School of Physics. By Hannah Dixon, originally published in ANU Reporter For Dr Andrey...

15 October 2024

How to tell if your donut is like a pretzel

A new way of comparing shapes will enable scientists to analyse data in more flexible and powerful ways. The approach has come from a collaboration between physicist Dr Vanessa Robins...

10 October 2024

Using gravitational wave technology to improve autonomous vehicles

Forge Photonics, a start up company using gravitational wave detection technology has launched, setting its sights on the $A120 billion global market for autonomous vehicle navigation...

2 October 2024

Imagine a laser toothbrush: scientists create array of nanowire lasers

Scientists have created lasers from perfect crystals one hundredth of the diameter of a human hair. Like the fibres of a toothbrush, the team created an array of vertical crystals,...

30 September 2024

Making new metamaterials with quantum dot Lego

Scientists have created materials with surprising optical properties, from arrays of lego-like cubes, made of caesium lead tri-bromide. Caesium lead tri-bromide is in a class of material...

26 September 2024

Forget everything you know about time – part of it could be all in your mind

Society says time is money; but ANU physicist Peter Riggs says aspects of time might not even be real at all. Article by: Elaine Obran, ANU Reporter   Time is largely a mystery. It...

25 September 2024

New quantum algorithm raises the bar on solution efficiency

Researchers have come up with a radical new algorithm to significantly boost the performance of quantum computers in certain problems, and also show that classical solutions can be just...

16 August 2024

Polariton laser displays surprising purity

A laser based on exciton-polaritons, hybrid particles of light and matter, may boost precision laser technology to another level. A team from the Quantum Science and Technology (QST)...

8 August 2024

Liquid lenses for better satellite monitoring

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...

24 July 2024

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