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 2020Physics 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...
13 December 2019Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have found a way to better detect all collisions of stellar-mass black holes in the Universe. Stellar-mass black holes are formed...
31 October 2019Monitoring systems for safer driving, moving holograms on your phone and super-fast, light-based WiFi are a step closer thanks to $34.9 million in Australian Government funding for the Australian...
11 October 2019A passion for helping fellow students has earned RSPE's Lauren Bezzina a college-wide award, the Janet Elspeth Crawford award for postgraduate leadership. Lauren, a PhD student in Nuclear...
9 October 2019By Janet Zhong and Tim Hume From the 30th of June to the 6th of July, we attended the 2019 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in physics. It was a meeting that invited 39 Nobel laureates...
7 August 2019An international team of scientists, including from The Australian National University (ANU), have detected two stars colliding in space about 500 million years ago. The discovery...
3 May 2019An international research team led by The Australian National University (ANU) has made a new type of silicon that better uses sunlight and promises to cut the cost of solar...
26 April 2019A new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found a number of 2D materials can not only withstand being sent into space, but potentially thrive in the harsh conditions. It...
14 March 2019Canberra-born technology company Liquid Instruments has this week announced more than $11 million (US$8.16M) has been invested in their growing business. Liquid Instruments was started...
24 January 2019An international team of researchers led by ANU is helping to build a safe data superhighway for the highly anticipated quantum internet, which promises a new era of artificial intelligence...
11 January 2019A research team led by The Australian National University (ANU) has invented a device that could be developed into ultra-sensitive cameras for security screening that would not require...
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