National Science Week 2009
ANU was heavily involved in National Science Week again this year. It hosted a public lecture by visiting Cambridge University chemist, Dr Peter Wothers and much more including the Science Spectacular at the CSIRO Discovery Centre.
Chubb Congratulates Fellowship Winners
The 2009 Australian Laureate Fellowships awarded to The Australian National University’s Professor Chennupati Jagadish and Professor Brian Schmidt recognise and reward two world-leading scholars, ANU Vice-Chancellor Professor Ian Chubb said. The awards are worth around $2.7 million each, and aim to give researchers at the peak of their careers the chance to mentor teams of emerging academic talent.
Nanotubes help to solve desalination problem
Researchers Dr Tamsyn Hilder, Dr Dan Gordon and group leader Professor Shin-Ho Chung from the Computational Biophysics Group at the Research School of Biology at ANU have come up with a way to eliminate all salt from seawater using nanotubes made from boron and nitrogen atoms that will make the process up to five times faster.
Scientists inch closer to insight on early universe
The latest results of an international research project to detect gravitational waves mean that scientists are one step closer to understanding the nature of the universe in the seconds after the big bang.
The Global Energy Challenge
A stable and sustainable energy supply is one of the major issues of this Century. World-energy demand is expected to increase by about 70% in the coming 20 years, while the production of petroleum is likely to peak in this period. The combination of rising demand and declining production of conventional oil raises the question: What is the plan?
In his presentation Professor Snieder will give examples of what one can do as a teacher, student, consumer, businessman and as a citizen to make progress towards a more sustainable energy system.
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National research partnership launched
Science Photography Competition 2009
Modelling the atmosphere of Venus
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Prof. Bazhanov to speak at The International Congress of Mathematical Physics
More Muscle in Quantum Data Transfer