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Global traces of plutonium could mark the start of the Anthropocene

A thin layer of plutonium that encircled the globe during the first nuclear weapons tests in the fifties could mark the dawning of a new geological age, experiments in the Heavy Ion Accelerator...

18 July 2022

ANU physicist making waves in space joins top global society

A theoretical physicist from The Research School of Physcis and Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics whose pioneering work has fundamentally altered our understanding of the deepest...

12 July 2022

Nuclear footballs slow to turn into soccer balls

It turns out atomic nuclei – the tiny soccer balls at the heart of the atoms that make us up – sometimes turn into footballs. With a small injection of energy they can become...

27 June 2022

Nanoparticles control light like road signs directing traffic

Physicists at the Research School of Physics have developed tiny translucent slides capable of producing two very different images depending on the direction in which light travels...

22 June 2022

New Parents' room an oasis for Mums and Dads.

There is a new oasis for parents in the Research School of Physics – a room stocked with supplies and toys, where they can breastfeed quietly, or play noisily with their little...

20 June 2022

Megavolts Episode 2 - Building Bigger Elements

In Episode 2 of Megavolts series of videos from the Accelerator Control Room we speak with PhD student Lauren Bezzina about her research into fusion. In Lauren’s experiments,...

31 May 2022

Interview - new carbon creation rates set to rock astrophysics models

Hear from our nuclear physics researchers about the surprising new measurement of how quickly stars create carbon. Measurements in the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility are set to trigger...

30 May 2022

Perplexing fish-like fossil finally classified

For the first time since its discovery 130 years ago, one of the most mysterious fossil vertebrates has finally been classified, increasing our possible understanding of the first animals...

27 May 2022

Ion modeller has an eye on the prize

Kasimir Gregory has been named as a Finalist in the 7News Young Achiever Awards NSW & ACT – Western Sydney University Academic Achievement Award. Kasimir is a post-doctoral...

11 May 2022

Megavolts Episode 1 - What goes on inside the Accelerator

This is the first of the Megavolts series of videos, from the Accelerator Control Room. In this episode Dr Phil Dooley speaks with Dr Annette Berriman about the experiments going on at that...

10 May 2022

Tech spin-out to power next-gen autonomous navigation

An ANU spin-out company whose technology will help future moon landings and could one day lead to flying cars has been bought out by one of Australia's leading navigation firms in a deal...

10 May 2022

ANU random numbers go global

ANU launches world's most popular online random number generator powering research simulations and gaming, and inspiring artists' works and children's names on  Amazon Web Services'...

29 April 2022

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