This week our professional and technical staff attended the inaugural ACRI conference that brought together Australia's research infrastructure workforce. It was a golden opportunity to swap stories and experiences of working in research infrastructure and to form new connections and collaborations.

A global team has cracked a decades-old mystery, revealing the atomic structures of the molecules in our eyes that allow us to see colours. “To understand how we detect light and perceive colours, we need to know the exact structure of light-sensitive molecules in our eyes.”

Very fun to chat with BBC World Service about Bluetooth and how it's powering our bird tracking projects. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... @scienceanu.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social

Today I presented my talk at ASSAB 2026 (@animbehav.bsky.social) about my experimental work investigating innovation and social learning in wild cockatoos. Always a privilege to share my work, and hear what everyone else is up to across the Australasian region!

What are nanobubbles and why would they be used to address an algal bloom? ANU researchers Professor Vincent Craig and Noura Alzaidan from @physicsanu.bsky.social share their expertise with @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-lincoln-...

Should we stop viewing ignorance only as a problem? Emeritus Professor Michael Smithson says it's time for psychology to form a social constructivist view of ignorance science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 25 June 2026 at 1pm for a seminar by Dr Shimona Kealy, ARC Early-Career Industry Fellow, from the ANU and the Australian Museum. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

New analysis of cosmic debris from the ocean floor points to a mysterious huge explosion more than 100 million years ago. A great collaboration between ANU, @ansto.bsky.social & HZDR in Germany. physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social

ANU has climbed three places to 29th in the QS World University Rankings 2027. Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/4ac4

Prof Lan Fu's amazing journey with Ketone Innovations ketoneinnovations.com.au turning nanomaterials into life-changing breath-monitoring for diabetes "I had no idea that I'd change a person’s life in this way" physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @anff.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social

A/Prof Rose Ahlefeldt on Decoding the Future Podcast on quantum computing. She breaks down one of the most misunderstood technologies of our time. They also talk real-world applications, like cryptography, drug discovery. open.spotify.com/episode/5PiX... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au

Catch some amazing presentations at Pint of Science in Canberra next week. Tickets: pintofscience.com.au/events/canbe...

How to use signals from black hole collisions to measure & correct detectors that observed them. "How cool is that!” says Dr Lilli Sun @ozgrav.bsky.social, & Int'l team, part of @ligo.org & team [email protected] physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that our team’s latest work is now live in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🔬, we established RO-iSCAT (speckle-free iSCAT) and use it to track membrane protrusions in 3D. *Online* www.nature.com/articles/s41... *PDF* rdcu.be/fiFM3 *Press* www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

A new label-free nanoscale imaging technique has revealed intricate cellular behaviours previously invisible to conventional microscopes. science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Join us on campus & online on Monday, 18 May 2026 at 1.00pm for a RSB Director's Seminar by Professor Jochen J. Brocks, Research School of Earth Sciences, ANU. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Congrats Liquid Instruments, ANU spin out, securing $70M, to develop new class of AI-driven software, with Keysight & NRFC. Their software consolidates multiple instruments into a single reconfigurable measurement platform physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au

An Australian Laureate Fellowship is helping Professor Hrvoje Tkalčić explore the hidden interiors of Earth, the Moon and Mars, to reveal new insights into how planets evolve and what it takes to sustain life. @anu-rses.bsky.social science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

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Interested in collaborating with our lab? Why not visit? Visitors have published chapters, got new ideas and made new collaborations. At @scienceanu.bsky.social we have much to offer, including joining for cool field work and seeing great wildlife. Details here: sites.google.com/site/drfarin...

𝗡𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦: 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 by supporting commercialisation of Australian quantum breakthroughs #NCRIS20 #Quantum #ResearchInfrastructure @hia-accelerates.bsky.social @nci-australia.bsky.social @pawseycentre.bsky.social

Liquid crystals mixed photosensitive dye = light controlling light: makes static components dynamic & tunable. The @tmos-arc.bsky.social/ANU team is dreaming of hologram videos built from this powerful technology... one day physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au

Our photonics experts say the second quantum revolution is coming & needs a new generation of materials to make it happen. They're on it now at Dept of Electronic Materials Engineering & @tmos-arc.bsky.social physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au @unimelb.edu.au

Our researchers entangled helium atoms - ‘spooky action at a distance’ with matter, in momentum space for the 1st time It could enable experiments on incompatible , quantum & gravity, steps to Unified Theory of Everything physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au

ANU physicists have observed helium atoms entangled in motion. Unlike previous photon experiments, these atoms have mass and feel gravity, opening a new way to test how quantum mechanics and general relativity connect. youtu.be/pp9n5QwVgu4 @physicsanu.bsky.social

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... @science.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social @physicsanu.bsky.social

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. physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au @kit.edu

A breakdown of how these singing classes work, and how you graduate. @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social

What is the collective noun for physicists? An impressive nucleus(?!) gathered in Stawell last week to tour the Stawell Underground Physics Lab and discuss the strategy behind our #darkmatter research. It was exciting to host scientists from around the world in this small Victorian town. 🧪

Clean hydrogen made from seawater and sunlight could help power Australia’s net‑zero future. Discover research led by Prof. Zongyou Yin @scienceanu.bsky.social, supported by expert microscopist @rfwebster.net from our UNSW facility – enabled by NSW govt & #NCRIS. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAv3...

“There’s a lot of systemic issues that encourage inequitable care, so even health professionals who are trying their hardest to be more weight inclusive in caring for their patients are coming up against these structural barriers.” science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

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 physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au

It's an important time to learn about the monitoring of nuclear testing. Here is an article by @scienceanu.bsky.social colleague, Hrvoje Tkalčić: theconversation.com/in-the-austr... ⚒️

We will be holding a two-day conference on rare-earth science at @scienceanu.bsky.social in two weeks' time. In parallel we will have REECON+: a high level discussion on the future of global critical mineral value chains. reecon.anu.edu.au/ozre #chemsky #ozchem

MegaVolts 15: Forget needles in haystacks, Dr Michaela Froehlich can find 10^-15g radioactive isotope in sea water, coral or antler of a deer! physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social @supersubatomic.bsky.social @starstoofondly.bsky.social

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! physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au

🏔 Happy #WorldMountainDay! Check out our latest article on @scienceanu.bsky.social students using AMRF's Mobile Laboratory, purchased with support from TERN, that's now a central part of ANU’s Advanced Field Studies in Functional Ecology course. Read more: www.tern.org.au/news/reachin...

We were pleased to support the Research School of Physics in delivering the ANU Quantum Open Day. It was a great success: over 300 visitors attended talks by researchers, visited labs, engaged with our experiments, games, demonstrations, and plenty of N₂ ice cream 🍦 and holographic chocolate 🍫 !

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. physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social @supersubatomic.bsky.social

Join us on campus & online on Monday, 8 December 2025 at 12.30pm for a RSB Director's Seminar by Professor Adrienne Nicotra, Group Leader in Ecology & Evolution at RSB & Director of the Australian Mountain Research Facility. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Congratulations to Justin Xia for winning the Claire McLintock Medal from the Thrombosis & Haemostasis society of Australia and New Zealand. Justin’s PhD research at #JCSMR is on improving autologous stem cell transplantation outcomes. www.thanz.org.au/awards-grant...

🌏 Happy Antarctica Day! ❄️ Today we celebrate global cooperation in protecting and understanding one of Earth’s most unique and fragile environments. A huge thanks to all our researchers for driving this work forward every day. 🎥 Learn more in our new ACEAS video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGg3...

Quantum measurement of crashing black holes and neutron stars: A journey of the tiny ⚛️, the enormous 🌌, and in between 🚶 📅 ANU Quantum Open Day, Saturday 29 Nov 🕐 2:30 pm 🎙️ Dr Sheon Chua from ANU CGA 📘 Full program of talks & activities: physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/...

New #ResponsibleBytesPodcast episode with Alison Kershaw chatting about science communication and generative AI 👇🏼 Listen anywhere you get your podcasts 🔗🔗 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: open.spotify.com/show/2x2yNvU... 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/r... 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐓𝐮𝐛𝐞: www.youtube.com/@Responsible...

Join the ANU Agrifood Innovation Institute in an informative session on Commercialisation and IP, patents and funding opportunities: events.humanitix.com/workshop-com...

Whether you're starting out in a theory project on molecular magnetism, or a synthetic chemist curious about how the magic happens, check out my new tutorial review: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @rsc.org @scienceanu.bsky.social @uomresearchit.bsky.social

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 physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @hia-accelerates.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social

Celebrate the International Year of Quantum with us. @physicsanu.bsky.social @hia-accelerates.bsky.social physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/...

Congratulations to science writer @tabithacarvan.bsky.social for winning the prestigious UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing 2025 🎉 Her writing was recognised for taking readers down the emotional rabbit hole that is PhD acknowledgements. www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/new...