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Scientists have for the first time calculated the speed of the most complex nuclear reactions and found they’re really fast: mere zeptoseconds. Being this fast – a zeptosecond...
18 June 2020
Physicists at ANU have developed a way to use waves to manipulate the growth of bacteria biofilms – one of the most abundant forms of life on earth. The team found the growth...
4 June 2020
The Australian National University (ANU) will play a key role in shaping Australia’s next-generation technology, according to a new roadmap for the emerging quantum industry launched...
22 May 2020
The ANU MakerSpace is helping to ensure health workers have adequate supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the coronavirus pandemic, by coordinating the production of thousands...
12 May 2020
Physicists have unveiled a design for a high-precision detector in the shape of a golden bow tie, that could enable a new generation of safe, compact scanners. Two tiny triangles of solid...
6 May 2020
A plasma thruster, developed at ANU for use on miniature satellites, is being used to look for evidence of life on distant planets – but not in the way you might expect. The...
5 May 2020
A photon can trap another photon within a material, researchers have discovered. ANU honours student Janet Zhong made the surprise discovery that a photon can be localised within a second...
3 April 2020
An international team of researchers has developed a technology that manipulates quantum states of light at noise levels that are quieter than the sound of silence. The technology...
20 February 2020
ANU Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics (CGA) kicked off Jan 1st, 2020. The Centre is established jointly under RSPhys and RSAA and aims to advance the science and technology of gravitational...
20 January 2020
The detection of two neutron stars colliding in space about five billion trillion kilometres away has left an international team of scientists scratching their heads. ANU Professor...
8 January 2020
Concrete contributes about eight percent of the world’s carbon footprint – around 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide – but research into a new type of concrete that...
7 January 2020
Physics honours graduate Matt Goh is Oxford-bound after winning a Rhodes Scholarship. Matt’s studies of ultracold atoms that could contribute to a new kind of quantum computing...
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