Chemistry

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Yogesh Sridhar and Sean Hodgman are working in a physics laboratory. There are lots of cords and metal equipment

In a new quantum physics experiment, ANU researchers have shown that matter can experience entanglement – an effect Einstein dismissed as ‘spooky action at a distance’.

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Yogesh Sridhar and Sean Hodgman are working in a physics laboratory. There are lots of cords and metal equipment. With a helium atom graphic in the bottom left.

Quantum physicists at ANU have observed atoms entangled in motion. Their experiment using helium atoms represents a major advancement on similar experiments using photons, which are particles of light.

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Dr Philipp Loesel is looking at detailed 3D scans of on a large display monitor.

A team of international researchers have created a first-of-its-kind database of ant data, which combines high-fidelity 3D scans and genetic information for thousands of specimens covering hundreds of species.

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A women doctor is treating a women in a doctors office.

The bad news: weight bias exists in medicine. The good news: researchers have found promising interventions to support medical students to provide weight-inclusive care.

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Associate Professor Azure Hermes inside a medical research laboratory

The National Centre for Indigenous Genomics is working with Indigenous communities on the ethical and respectful use of the stories held within DNA.

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Woman by a microscope

Physicists have pioneered a new method for making a rare form of silicon, prized for its remarkable properties. It's work that took ten years to come to fruition.

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Nhung Nghiem and Mark Polizzotto are seated in an office and talking to each other..

ANU researchers and global partners are launching a clinical trial to improve treatment for Kaposi sarcoma, one of the most common and deadly cancers in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Dr Martyna Judd in the chemistry foyer.

Just like how GPS triangulates your location using satellites, scientists can now place labels at different positions around the surface of a protein to visualise drug-binding interactions more clearly.

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using a bioprinter in a lab

These scientists can 3D-print living cells – a first step to printing our own organs.

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