Launch: Friday 1 March 2013, 9-10.30am Albert Park College, 83 Danks St, Albert Park, Victoria Do you weigh more in Melbourne or Canberra? What does our planet …
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Goodbye twinkle, hello stars – physics in Sydney
Australian researchers are taking the twinkle out of stars for the world’s biggest light telescope, the Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile. And a new optical fibre – which can only be made in …
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Accurate time with light and designing the NBN
A new, cheaper way to deliver accurate time across Australia: instead of using hydrogen maser clocks costing hundreds of thousands of dollars we can bounce signals through the national’s optical fibre …
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How close is a quantum computer?
Quantum computers promise ultra-powerful, high speed number crunching. They’ll help us to search vast databases and model biological molecules at an atomic level. …
Unlimited clean power; sophisticated, target treatment for cancer and more – national physics congress in Sydney
Unlimited clean power Sophisticated, targeted treatment for cancer; Measuring schools – is the new PISA test a wrong turn Overcoming the energy challenge with science. These and more at the …
Looking for life, dark energy and the beginning of time
Australian physicists welcome $2 billion win for science Southern Africa, Australia and NZ are to share the Square Kilometre Array – a giant radio telescope that will consist of thousands of …
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