Congratulations to Dr Ed Simpson, who has been awarded a Future Fellowship to study nuclear fusion reactions. Dr Simpson, who is from the Department of Nuclear Physics and Accelerator Applications, said fusion reactions are crucial in a wide range of areas,...

In an exciting first, HIAF has helped test innovative liquid lenses that enable a satellite to take a selfie. The Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility’s Space Irradiation Beamline (HIAF-SIBL) played a vital role in the project, which was the first time...

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 without causing any megasparks. For more info on the accelerator...

An innovative interactive chart of nuclear data is attracting thousands of users from around the globe to the Research School of Physics’ website. The chart, which displays information about all known isotopes, is a modernised version of a standard...

Episode 4 of Megavolts finds us in the HIAF experimental hall looking for dark matter with Dr Lindsey Bignell.   Actually, it’s a practice run, using neutrons instead: dark matter detections are likely to be so rare that we need to have the detectors...

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, she bombards targets made of heavy elements, like lead and tungsten, and turns...

A passion for helping fellow students has earned RSPE's Lauren Bezzina a college-wide award, the Janet Elspeth Crawford award for postgraduate leadership. Lauren, a PhD student in Nuclear Physics at the Research School of Physics, has been recognised...

The Australian National University (ANU) has launched an online virtual tour of its Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, which is searching for traces of exploded stars, known as supernovae, in the ocean. ANU physicist Dr Ed Simpson said the tour included...