News & events News Authors Amanda Cox Articles Thrusters engaged: meet the team propelling ANU technology into space Go behind the mission to get a new mothball-fueled satellite thruster to space. Read the article Move over science fiction. Can quantum physics help solve very practical present-day problems? If you look at a map of the most water-stressed nations on Earth, India is coloured red, placing millions of people's lives and livelihoods in danger. But could advances in quantum physics actually be part of the solution? Read the article A fox with nine tails and a stone that kills you: just another day in the life of a volcanologist When a volcanic rock split in two in Japan recently, what happened? Mythologically & geologically speaking. Read the article Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how wonderfully artificial you are Dr Noelia Martinez Rey creates artificial stars in space using lasers to correct for the twinkling effect of atmospheric turbulence. “When you see a star twinkle, that twinkle is created by turbulence in our atmosphere,” she explains. Read the article Fighting antibiotic resistance takes guts As a kid, Dr Lara Malins loved playing with Lego. Now she is using those same skills to build new drug leads in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Read the article From spy thrillers to laser beams: quantum encryption is coming In search of an unbreakable code, ANU researchers are looking to the realm of quantum physics. And: laser beams. Read the article Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »