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To prove gravity is quantum, use a laser, not a mass

The mystery of the possible quantum nature of gravity could be solved with lasers – a major contrast with the conventional approach of using masses, say ANU physicists. Quantum...

1 February 2024

Seeing into the ground with gravity

It’s a challenge to see into the ground, but high resolution gravity measurements could be a way to reveal underground structures – caves, tunnels or even water bodies. Physicists...

25 January 2024

Even when nuclei don’t touch, there’s give and take

When nuclei collide, protons and neutrons zip back and forth between them, even if they stay a significant distance apart and don’t touch. Physicists measured nuclei bouncing...

15 January 2024

Nanoflowers help to grow the hydrogen economy.

In the search for optimum hydrogen production researchers have found decorating their electrodes with tiny metal flowers boosts the process significantly. Dr Asim Riaz said the structures...

22 December 2023

Megavolts Ep 8: Warming up a 15 megavolt accelerator

This episode of Megavolts finds the accelerator warming up after maintenance. Dr Ed Simpson takes us through how exactly you turn on a 15 megavolt machine and get ready for new experiments...

27 November 2023

ANU Physics Sweeps Awards

The Research School of Physics has had spectacular success in the 2023 awards season. Our staff and students snared medals from the Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) for best honours...

9 November 2023

ANU partnership to deliver safe innovations in nuclear science

A new partnership between The Australian National University (ANU) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the United States will deliver innovations in nuclear science and help...

31 October 2023

Clever design puts cheap green hydrogen within reach

A series of clever design tweaks have boosted the efficiency of solar-powered hydrogen production, using cheap and readily available materials. After COVID, hailstorms and bushfire...

11 October 2023

Megavolts Ep 7: Simple test could give 20 years warning for Alzheimer's disease

A simple, cheap and non-invasive blood test could help predict a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) up to 20 years before symptoms show. Physicists...

10 October 2023

Teleportation fidelity the big winner in the quantum lottery

Running your quantum system as a lottery turns out to be a way to improve the transmission of data via quantum teleportation. Researchers at the Research School of Physics used a probabilistic...

26 September 2023

New Space testing facility gets Australian space industry skyrocketing

A unique high-tech testing facility for space technology was opened on August 15, 2023 by the Deputy Head of the Australian Space Agency, Dara Williams. The new facility is the 11th...

30 August 2023

Megavolts Ep 6: Drilling at 10% of the speed of light

This episode Dr Christian Notthoff is in the control room breaking glass. With silver and gold 'bullets'. Sounds a bit anarchic, but the result is silicon dioxide membranes with...

14 August 2023

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