I enjoyed visiting Mt Stromlo today to give a colloquium at the ANU Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics. And I came home with a bottle of @cosmicpinot.bsky.social wine!

📊 New AIP data shows undergraduate physics enrolments in Australia have remained stable, with ~14,000 students studying first-year physics each year. However, women continue to make up just 21–23% of physics majors. Read the report: aip.org.au/News/13648101

Enrolments in high school physics are across Australia are declining. And the gender balance is stubbornly unchanged. These trends broadly reflect patterns observed in advanced-level mathematics in Australian high schools.

Considered the 'sun's messengers' neutrinos are ghostly particles that rarely interact with normal matter. In Pursuit, physicists explain how the study of neutrinos through the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment is uncovering the sun's inner workings. pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/neu... 🧪

In a new Physical Review Letter, S. Meighen-Berger, J. Newstead, @johnbeacom.bsky.social, M. Dolan and I explain how the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) can make precision solar neutrino measurements. PRL: doi.org/10.1103/htfm... Popular science: pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/neu...

The Australian Institute of Physics is deeply concerned about declining participation in mathematics in senior secondary school, as reported today by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute. bit.ly/44VXhQ1. We must act now to address this to underpin Australia’s economic and social future.

The Australian Institute of Physics is looking for an event manager. aip.org.au/News/13521249