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A random conversation between physicists from different areas has led to a new ultrasensitive device to search for dark matter. The device is inspired by an instrument designed for mitigating...
1 April 2025
As Dr Dominik Koll was investigating a new method of radio-dating ancient samples, he stumbled across evidence of a major event in the Earth’s history, around ten million years...
18 March 2025
Anomalous results in particle physics experiments could be a hint to the existence of another five Higgs bosons, calculations have shown. In the sixties Peter Higgs predicted the existence...
13 March 2025
The world’s foremost technical organisation has given the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) at the ANU Research School of Physics global recognition for its technical significance. On...
27 February 2025
The challenge with detecting dark matter is that the signal will probably be incredibly small – perhaps only a couple of particles per day. So it would be really easy to be fooled...
14 February 2025
Physicists have developed an ultra-compact quantum imager, based on an extremely sensitive high-resolution technique known as quantum ghost imaging. The new system uses a metasurface...
11 February 2025
PhD Student Aditya Babu wants to revisit one of the earliest puzzles of nuclear physics: why are some nuclei more stable than others? And every nuclear physicist knows it’s to do with...
16 December 2024
Up above the protection of the earth's atmosphere and magnetic field, satellites face a lot of radiation in space. A single cosmic ray hitting a satellite's electronics can wreak havoc...
11 December 2024
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
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
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
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...
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