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Faster space manoeuvres and safer, more sustainable, propellants may soon be possible thanks to a new three-year partnership between The Australian National University and French propulsion...
15 July 2021
The LIGO gravitational wave observatory in the United States is so sensitive to vibrations it can detect the tiny ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. These waves are caused...
12 July 2021
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed new technology that allows people to see clearly in the dark, revolutionising night-vision. The first-of-its-kind...
7 July 2021
Scientists have for the first time detected black holes eating neutron stars, “like Pac Man”, in a discovery documenting the collision of the two most extreme and enigmatic...
30 June 2021
Australia’s spacecraft and satellites will better survive damaging radiation and extreme conditions thanks to a $2.5 million grant, for space science to be led by the Australian...
18 June 2021
The Research School of Physics congratulates four of its community who have been decorated in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Former Director of the Research School of Physics...
16 June 2021
Emeritus Professor Neil Manson has been made a member of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday honours, for significant service to tertiary education, particularly physics. Director...
15 June 2021
The International community of Gravitational Wave scientists are a few steps closer to detect a new source of gravitational waves that has never been detected. Distinguished Prof....
28 May 2021
The sinking of an Indonesia submarine in April this year may have been caused by a wave up to 100 metres high, travelling within the ocean. Internal waves occur at sharp boundaries...
25 May 2021
The first-ever discovery of rare plutonium-244 on earth has scientists rethinking the origins of the elements on our planet. The tiny traces of radioactive plutonium-244 were found...
13 May 2021
Physicists trying to understand the stability of some heavy atomic nuclei are drawing inspiration from the fluid motion of giant flocks of birds. Some nuclei behave like a collection...
29 April 2021
Vehicles that can propel themselves along the water and self-navigate around any object in their path could soon be a reality thanks to new research from The Australian National University...
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