The Milky Way is warped
The first accurate 3D map of our galaxy reveals its true shape: warped and twisted. Background information and further images
Astronomy
Reinventing the laser
High-power diamond lasers, invented at Macquarie University, Eureka finalist High-power lasers have many potential applications: from medical imaging to manufacturing,
Media releases, Other
$2 billion telescope good for Africa, Australia and the world
Looking for life, dark energy and the beginning of time Southern Africa, Australia and NZ are to share the Square
Oz Research of Note
Oz research of note, 16 January, 2012
A fly named in honour of Beyoncé; plum extracts as food preservatives; and the crucial role of social media during
Tim's blog
Diabetes in pregnancy, X-ray body scanners, the language gene, and those slippery neutrinos
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about diabetes in pregnancy, X-ray body scanners, the language gene, those slippery
Tim's blog
Solar soldiers, cocaine cravings, nanobots, and Venetian acoustics
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about solar soldiers, cocaine cravings, nanobots, Venetian acoustics, and more…
Tim's blog
Travelling faster than light, a vaccine for acne and missing planets
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about travelling faster than light; ancient proteins; a vaccine for acne; missing
Australian Institute of Physics, Media releases
Revealing the dark side – in Tasmania this week
What we see in the night sky is only five per cent of the Universe. So what’s the other 95
Stories of Astronomy
Born from astronomy…Creating a future with astronomy
In 1768 the British Admiralty sent Captain James Cook to the Pacific to monitor the transit of the planet Venus
Tim's blog
Electronic tattoos, bacterial wires, and sensing date-rape drugs
This week on radio, Tim Thwaites is talking about electronic tattoos, bacterial wires, symbiotic threesomes, sensing date-rape drugs, and more…