Autumn is just starting in Japan.

Big week in Matsuyama 🇯🇵 for AIRAPT-29! Honoured to be elected to the AIRAPT Exec Comm & to represent 🇦🇺 at the ACHPR meeting. Pic from the conference dinner! Also excited our new paper is out in APL-shear lowers Ge phase transformation thresholds with a reversible path! doi.org/10.1063/5.02...

Very much enjoying being at a high pressure conference in beautiful Matsuyama, Japan this week. The region is known for its oranges- hence the logo of the meeting which is an orange / high pressure cell. 10/10 🍊

JOB: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, UNSW Canberra. Design curriculum & course delivery, build a vibrant research portfolio, share your expertise through high-quality publications. $155k – $204k, closes 2 Oct: www.aip.org.au/Jobs

The ANU John Curtin School of Medical Research reaching out to the sky

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/...

Physics Market Day 2025 is happening TODAY at the @physicsanu.bsky.social 120 projects across 5 departments - from PhD/Masters to Honours and 3rd yr -quantum science -cutting-edge materials research -nuclear physics and more! (Video from a few years ago - gives a great idea of the event!)

Today we have Physics Project Market Day - come meet our academics and hear all about the student projects we have on offer! @physicsanu.bsky.social

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

A decade ago, we heard the universe for the first time. Gravitational waves changed physics forever. Here’s how Australia helped make it happen. 🎓 Discover the story in our new documentary: youtu.be/n12Ml1sI2Kw

Welcome to Bluesky Sasha! And well done for stepping up to run for council. @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social

I will be a strong and consistent voice that: (1) makes sure the Council knows and acts on the realities of ANU staff, (2) holds management accountable, (3) implements genuine transparency in decision making, and (4) insists on integrity and accountability.

I am running for the ANU Council. If you are a member of NTEU, please consider voting for me. Here is my platform, in brief: I have worked in academic governance on three continents over decades, including six years in ANU College leadership.

Mini break in beautiful Noosa.

Catch up with friends in Noosa - had a ‘whale’ of a time! 😁🐋

Daddy duck - letting me know I need to keep my distance from his ducklings! hissssss

Yey for ANU ducklings!! 🐥

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Only in Australia: real fairies hanging out in car parks! This little Superb Fairywren was having his main character moment - singing his heart out like he owned the place. 10/10

My kaffir lime tree produced a normal-sized lime! I guess given the name I shouldn't have been surprised but I didn't know that was a thing it could do!

Happy Wattle Day from ANU.

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Connections Puzzle #812 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨

Happy #InternationalDogDay to those who celebrate from #MetroTheBordoodle

Saw my first magpie swooping in Brisbane on Friday. Probably a bit further ahead than further south. Stay safe everyone - get your zip ties, eyes, distraction techniques ready to avoid the magpies.

FYI -I heard a baby magpie crying today! #Spring #Canberra #Incoming

Connections Puzzle #804 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦

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Yellow and blue. A winning combo.

Where there is life there is hope.

Amazing to hear the Australian Institute of physics’ Marie Curie lecturers talking quantum physics right now www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...

📣 Canberra peeps - Join us in Canberra to celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology! This public lecture is presented by The Australian Institute of Physics and is FREE. 5 Aug 2025 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM www.aip.org.au/event-6234700

Let me share how my Friday was made brighter by the arrival of Paul Hopmeier's striking orange steel sculpture 'Levy' in the new Physics' building's main foyer. 🧵 1/6

Oh sad news. Love that elements song.

Physics takes a moment to sit in the sun.

Saw this in Canberra this weekend. Amazing show.

📣 Canberra peeps - Join us in Canberra to celebrate the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology! This public lecture is presented by The Australian Institute of Physics and is FREE. 5 Aug 2025 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM www.aip.org.au/event-6234700

#MetroTheBoodle has nailed puppy-eyes 🫶

Smiling sibling gang gang cockatoos 😍

The lack of light created the hue and the stairs provided the zig zag view.

The unmistakable 'creaky door' call made me look from my desk - and here is the culprit! Gang-gangs have such a distinctive sound, like an old door hinge that needs oiling. Love spotting these beautiful little grey cockatoos with their punk rock crests. So Canberra. Made my morning. #birdnerd

@hilarybambrick.bsky.social fyi - the @scienceanu.bsky.social have a good starter pack - which is basically a list of peeps that is easy to follow in one click: go.bsky.app/D2Cih9V

Welcome to Bluesky @hilarybambrick.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/...

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

Can recommend - a great use of Canberra winter lemons. bakeplaysmile.com/easy-lemon-d...

Not every rainbow parades across the sky for everyone to see… some are just quietly waiting on a doormat and are just for me. 🌈

Melbourne people, get on it!