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Laser tripod for better levitation

Physicists from The Australian National University have shown that three lasers are better than one when it comes to levitating small but visible objects on light, designing an extremely...

6 November 2013

Untraceable

ANU researchers have created a crack-proof encryption system that’s got the nod from NASA. TEGAN DOLSTRA reports. Your bank account details and medical records might be safe...

22 August 2013

The devil in the detail

Long, spiny legs and alien-like armour sound like the stuff of science fiction, but our terrestrial neighbours can look out of this world if you look up close. ANU School of Art PhD student,...

22 August 2013

Royal Medal for remarkable mathematician

Emeritus Professor Rodney Baxter has been awarded the Royal Society’s Royal Medal for his breakthrough work in mathematics. Professor Baxter, who retired in 2003 after almost...

24 July 2013

Searching for objects in turbulent seas

Imagine an object was dropped in the stormy sea. It may be a life raft, a person overboard or a black box from an aircraft. One needs to find it, or at least predict where to search...

24 June 2013

2013 dates for Director's Colloquium

Leonard Huxley TheatreFollowing Thursdays at 12:00 Refreshments from 11:30am in the RSPE tearoom 7 March Professor Keith Nugent, University of Melbourne - The Laser Revolution in X-ray...

4 December 2012

Quantum computer leap

The main technical difficulty in building a quantum computer could soon be the thing that makes it possible to build one, according to new research from The Australian National...

21 May 2012

Lego pirate proves, survives, super rogue wave

Scientists have used a Lego pirate floating in a fish tank to demonstrate for the first time that so-called ‘super rogue waves’ can come from nowhere in apparently calm...

5 April 2012

2012 dates - Director's Colloquium

Leonard Huxley TheatreFollowing Thursdays at 12.30 Refreshments @ noon in the tea room 1 March - Prof Geoffrey Taylor, University of Melbourne 5 April - Prof Will Steffen, Climate...

14 December 2011

2012 dates - School Seminars

2012 SPEAKERS Leonard Huxley Theatre Following Thursdays at 4pm   Speakers from RSPE Departments    22 March - Dr Dinesh Venkatachalam, EME   (Chair,...

14 December 2011

Scientists make quantum breakthrough

Scientists from The Australian National University have demonstrated for the first time that atoms can be guided in a laser beam and possess the same properties as light guided in an optical...

2 May 2011

Physics of pruney fingers revealed

An exploration of mathematical shapes could explain why skin gets wrinkled after too much time in the tub. Understanding the geometry of wrinkly skin could help design new materials...

9 March 2011

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