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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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