The biggest physics school in Australia, in the nation's best university. Some of the world's best scientists, teaching and doing amazing physics: quantum, materials, nuclear, with top notch theorists and exquisite experiments. www.physics.anu.edu.auhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3muvdv5gosk26Congratulations to Dr Sophie Jie Zhao, 2027 @aip.org.au Women in Physics Medallist, touring her research on quantum technology enabled by correlated light. Dr Zhao is a CI in Centre for Quantum Computing Performance and Integration https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=433 @scienceanu.bsky.social07 Sep 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvdv5gosk26https://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3munyuml5sk26Congratulations to Prof Rod Boswell, honoured for his invention of the helicon plasma source and more than five decades of innovation, winning the 2026 University of Michigan Prize for Excellence in Plasma Science & Engineering https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=434 @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social04 Sep 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3munyuml5sk26https://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3msctkm5ajs2kSkilled 3D imaging drastically improves hernia surgery. Philipp Loesel from Materials Physics & Heidelberg University Hospital surgeons imaged hernias for near perfect results for surgery! For ops price tag >$1B, that's big! https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=428 @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au05 Aug 2026 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msctkm5ajs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mqoamgvwx22eA new way to set up quantum ops/gates sends info thru trapped ions like a Newton's cradle. Zap a laser pulse, watch ions wiggle, hit em again = 2 entangled ions 100x faster than before! Niv work Izzy Savill-Brown & Zain Mehdi https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=425 @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social15 Jul 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoamgvwx22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mppzcib2xc25Why are nanobubbles used to clean America's highest profile pool in Washington? Prof Vince Craig & Noura Alzaidan from Materials Physics explain the fascinating properties of nanobubbles, in @theconversation.com https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=424 @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social03 Jul 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mppzcib2xc25https://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mpkbonz4zk25What exactly happens at the surface of a black hole? It's almost impossible to know - unless you unravel signals from black holes colliding! Amazing work with gravitational waves by Neil Lu & Ling Sun @scienceanu.bsky.social CGA & @ozgrav.bsky.social https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=423 @aip.org.au01 Jul 2026 00:38 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpkbonz4zk25https://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3moerh2cl4k2sNew 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. https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=422 @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social16 Jun 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3moerh2cl4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mmnd7juyks2cA/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. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5PiX1GUbiyeifmkuza8zsL @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au25 May 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmnd7juyks2chttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mmgh6o7eyk2cProf 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" https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=421 @aip.org.au @anff.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social22 May 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgh6o7eyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mlulhmcbek2rStardust in Antarctica reveals Earth flying thru interstellar cloud laced w remnants of ancient star explosion. Dominik Koll used @hia-accelerates.bsky.social to find a needle in 50,000 stadiums of hay! Collab w @helmholtz.de @scienceanu.bsky.social https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=420 @aip.org.au15 May 2026 05:19 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlulhmcbek2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mlpi2fukc22rHow 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 from@swinburneuni.bsky.social https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=419 @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social13 May 2026 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpi2fukc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mld2hfbdf225Congrats 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 https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=418 @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au08 May 2026 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mld2hfbdf225https://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mkrnmg2hv225Welcoming Chief Scientist Tony Haymet to quantum labs, iiLab & HIAF @hia-accelerates.bsky.social Talks with @jodiebradby.bsky.social & Nanda Dasgupta on training & capacity building, how infrastructure capabilities & expertise build our international connections @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au01 May 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrnmg2hv225https://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mkjwitz63c24Liquid 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 https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=417 @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au28 Apr 2026 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjwitz63c24https://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mjlp4icooc2xOur 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 https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=416 @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au @unimelb.edu.au16 Apr 2026 05:40 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjlp4icooc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mjdp4kqhus2x1000+ questions about our last story- quantum entanglement in momentum. So we asked Dr Sean Hodgman to do a deep dive, explaining what they did and how they measured it. Watch here: https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=415 Thanks for superb production @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au13 Apr 2026 01:19 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdp4kqhus2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mizxjwpl4s2xPleased to be collaborating with top nuclear science facilities through MOU with US Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) & @hia-accelerates.bsky.social. It's a great boost to researchers, students & our industry capabilities https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=414 @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social09 Apr 2026 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizxjwpl4s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3miuu7nzq5c2hOur 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 https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=413 @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au07 Apr 2026 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3miuu7nzq5c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mh7k7lrfgs2hAustralia's Newton (Prof John, no relation to Isaac) moved here with 30 y international experience, to build ANU Nuclear Physics. His pioneering life is celebrated in a memoir from Academy of Science https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=412 @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social @hia-accelerates.bsky.social16 Mar 2026 22:50 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7k7lrfgs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mh576gouik2hRadioactive decay leaves unusual trails of destruction in crystals, but now we understand them. Nice work Patrick Kluth using @ansto.bsky.social & @hia-accelerates.bsky.social will help with safer storage of radioactive waste. https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=411 @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social16 Mar 2026 00:27 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh576gouik2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mgoprwh5dk2o How is tRNA like a paper plane? Professor Patrick Kluth's fascinating interview with 2GB Radio's Healthy Living about his recent work to understand the shapes of living molecules in our bodies and how they can go awry. https://www.2gb.com/show/healthy-living/ @scienceanu.bsky.social @jodiebradby.bsky.social10 Mar 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgoprwh5dk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/physicsanu.bsky.social/post/3mgefdk34hc2oAntScan 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. https://physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/?NewsID=410 @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au @kit.edu06 Mar 2026 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:hlwqt43cm3ueqb32ghvbavhp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgefdk34hc2o