Physicists recognised this week at the national physics congress in Canberra have won recognition for: Using lasers to safeguard future communications Replacing Schrödinger’s famous ‘cat in a …
Football physics and hammies; dark matter in a gold mine and more
Football physics tackles hamstring injuries Finding airports 50 light years away A sun on earth- fact or fiction Laser tracking of carbon-coughing cattle A Victorian goldfields search for …
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Four degree rise, shrinking X-ray microscopes and spider web fibre optics
The catastrophe of 4 degree rise – warning for Lima talks Lab junk into LabPunk Strobe light flashes to capture a speeding electron Using spider-web fibre optics for the world wide …
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The art of science in jewellery, metal, tape and music
laser rod to lapel pin space–time silver cuff complex art from simple rules geometry, videos and lace on exhibition Artworks inspired by science are on display and under discussion at the …
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Education stories at the national physics congress
Letting first-year students loose in the lab Girls in physics—what’s keeping the door closed? MOOCs—better than uni? Special effects improve understanding of complex …
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Women in physics still going backwards
Australia’s physicists will hear today that they’re still losing the fight for gender equity in the physical sciences. International and national speakers at the national physics congress in Canberra …
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