AntScan is a sophisticated new database of digital scans & genetic info for ants, says team member Philipp Loesel (Materials Physics).
So far 800 ant species done, processing in a week what previously took 6 years.
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Emeritus Prof. John Newton was the head of the Department of Nuclear Physics at the ANU in the 70s.
A memoir by Katja Curtin et al was recently published in the Historical Records of Australian Science. science.org.au/our-focus/hi...
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Ion implantation at the HIA lab at the Australian National University
Australia has secured a position at the forefront of the quantum revolution. Find out more about how Australia’s long-term strategic investments through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCIRS) are helping to create a quantum future riconnected.org.au/case-studies...
It's amazing how many achievements have been underpinned by the NCRIS facilities
Research on quantum measurements asks how do you calibrate a quantum ruler?
Aritra Das led development of theory that could define limits & help combat noise, improving quantum cryptography & enhancing quantum sensors
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MegaVolts 15: Forget needles in haystacks, Dr Michaela Froehlich can find 10^-15g radioactive isotope in sea water, coral or antler of a deer!
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Tiny holes in a membrane help study the shapes of proteins in real time. Watch molecules squeeze through, you can tell the shape of a protein in solution!
First results achieved with tRNA, but opens up so many possibilities!
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Megavolts Ep14: There's a small sliver of outer space here in #Canberra, in @hia-accelerates.bsky.social playing a crucial role in getting Australia's technology off the ground, literally.
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MegaVolts 13 Asteroid strikes, ancient glaciers, landslides! UNSW Prof Tim Barrows uses HIAF’s AMS to reveal history of earth: scraped by glaciers, crumbled in landslides & pounded by asteroids
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Come along, it will be a great day!
Researchers develop highly sensitive method to detect hotspots in the environment eg bushfires or military threats by harnessing the focussing power of metaoptics to collect & process infrared radiation
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Celebrating RadInnovate ARC Training Centre's launch, taking Australia's sovereign capabilities in nuclear science & technology to the next level
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Throwing away data is the surprising way to make quantum comms systems 3x more secure. And it's useful in space too! Nice work Ozlem Erkilic, Biveen Shajilal, Dept QST, CQC2T & A*STAR
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Thanks also CSIRO Data 61, Quintessence labs
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Growing crystals for lasers, rather than sculpting them, has yielded a record efficiency for nanolasers, and could transform technology such as AR goggles.
Great work out of @tmos-arc.bsky.social and EME Dept
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ANU physicists Prof @jodiebradby.bsky.social and A/Prof Bianca Haberl have developed a new method to make a rare form of silicon with remarkable properties.
It took a decade to get here: a lesson not to underrate the slow science.
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Reimagining how light & matter interact, a solution that can be built onto anything, from glass panels to contact lenses.” Dr Mudassar Nauman on dynamically tuning advanced optical processes at visible wavelengths.
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Metamaterials can create powerful lenses from tiny structures, now you can layer up to focus multiple wavelengths at once! Nice work @tmos-arc.bsky.social & EME team!
Check out the crazy designs the Ai found!
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Congratulations to @supersubatomic.bsky.social awarded a Future Fellowship to study forgetful nuclear reactions: one of the most important, supporting real-world applications & helping develop a generation of Australian experts
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Proud to host Your Quantum Future, free @aip.org.au Women in Physics lecture by @spintronicmum.bsky.social on August 5.
The quantum spin of electrons is powering new technology. Learn how, why & what society should do to prepare for the coming quantum revolution. www.aip.org.au/event-6234700
Electrons power our daily life, but we only use one quantum property of electrons: their charge. Learn how physicists are advancing a new tech revolution by harnessing their “spin” at @spintronicmum.bsky.social's lecture "Your quantum future" on 30 July at @utas.edu.au
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A new method to generate quantum photon pairs with tunable entanglement using a metasurface a thousand times thinner than a human hair
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Great work from @tmos-arc.bsky.social Andrey Sukhorukov, Jinyong Ma Tuomas Haggren & Tongmiao Fan from @scienceanu.bsky.social
Dr Kaitlin Cook from @hia-accelerates.bsky.social and @physicsanu.bsky.social explains the science behind uranium enrichment.
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The Local Organizers Group photo of the ANU Astronomy Society Space and Astronomy Symposium
Suzy, JPL NASN During her talk on the DSN and Voyager mission
Dinner group photo after symposium
NASA and JPL in Canberra? Yep. Earlier this year, ANU Astronomy Society hosted a Space Symposium with NASA, JPL, CGA and Stromlo postdocs. Thanks to @scienceanu.bsky.social @physicsanu.bsky.social @ozgrav.bsky.social and 1200+ who joined us! Watch: youtu.be/ZqoFLmnqq64
Bogong Space Thruster attracts attention from the Taiwanese Space Agency, inviting Rod Boswell to visit.
Bogong is a cold gas thruster uses solid naphthalene fuel, ideal for small satellites being commercialised by Boswell Technologies.
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Done at @hia-accelerates.bsky.social !
Creating sunscreen for satellites, important work protecting our spacecraft by Prof Patrick Kluth and Dr Shankar Dutt - could save the industry millions.
Hat tip lovely video from @scienceanu.bsky.social
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The abstract submission deadline for the 2025 #HIA Symposium has been extended to May 12th! Please submit your abstract via the portal: indico3.conference4me.psnc.pl/event/68/abs...
We have also announced our first invited speakers! See the program so far here: hias.anu.edu.au/2025/program...
Time's running out!
Emeritus Professor Chennupati Jagadish, who pioneered nanotechnology research at the ANU for the past 35 years, has just been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society, London.
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