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. science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

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

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

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

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 aip.org.au/event-6206289

A new method to generate quantum photon pairs with tunable entanglement using a metasurface a thousand times thinner than a human hair physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... 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. Read the article, first published by The Conversation: science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

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. physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.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 physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/...

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. Read more: science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...

Rainy morning #PhysicsANU

Just discovered NotebookLM's paper-to-podcast feature! 🎧 The AI 'hosts' summarize and chat naturally in a very believable way. Its mind-blowing tech!! Hear all about our new 'how diamond breaks' paper. notebooklm.google.com/notebook/f4b...

How to drive a tiny machine? No electricity needed, make it spin with a circularly polarised laser. Ivan Toftul, Nonlinear Physics Centre, used resonance to enhance torque, surprised wtih efficiency 6x the 'limit' physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @ausphysics.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social

Spacecraft could soon carry sophisticated polarisation-sensitive optics, using metasurfaces a tiny fraction of current optics. Plus they can analyse & filter all polarisations which boosts satellite imaging. physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @ausphysics.bsky.social

Lovely end of year lunch with the Advanced Materials Group @PhysicsANU. Tried an awesome new Ramen noodle restaurant (as we are a group that does a lot of Raman microspectroscopy!) AND we all got a group mug from Santa. Perfect end to the year. Great peeps.

Terrible pic but I am fascinated to watch this Golden Orb spider Queen and her man get closer together each day on my work into work at @PhysicsANU . God speed sir.. (Also occurred to me that its nice to see some females over here in Physics 🫣)

Cut magnetic noise by dancing with ghosts; New device measures rotation & magnetic fields improving sensitivity drastically. Add alkali gas (sensitive to laser) to noble gas (invisible, like a ghost) pulse mag/laser fields & watch the magnetic dance, of precession physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/...