The global collaboration hunting gravitational waves, LIGO, will take its search for colliding black holes and neutron stars to the next level, thanks to precision optical engineering performed in the Research School of Physics. The Department of Quantum...

by Rebeka Selmeczki If you’ve ever walked into a shop selling Australian merchandise, you will have noticed one of the nation’s most iconic symbols, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, stamped across clothing and shot glasses.   The 92-year-old...

Scientists have developed a new optical chip for a telescope that enables astronomers to have a clear view of alien planets that may support life. Seeing a planet outside the solar system which is close to its host sun, similar to Earth, is very difficult...

Researchers from The Australian National University have developed the ability to move particles over large distances, using a specially designed laser beam. Professor Andrei Rode’s team from the Laser Physics Centre at ANU have developed a laser...