$33 million supercomputer to support SKA science
23 July, 2012A new $33 million supercomputer to be installed at the purpose-built Pawsey Centre in Perth will soon help scientists around Australia and the world to uncover the secrets of the universe.
Small ways to produce big bangs
12 July, 2012Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal have developed a method for safer production of nitroglycerine: a microreactor process, tailored to this specific reaction.
Quantum threesomes
11 July, 2012A quantum mechanics study has discovered a new bound state in atoms that may help scientists better understand matter and its composition.
CERN experiments observe particle consistent with long-sought Higgs boson
05 July, 2012At a seminar held at CERN yesterday as a curtain raiser to the year’s major particle physics conference, ICHEP2012 in Melbourne, ATLAS and CMS experiments presented their latest preliminary results in the search for the long-sought Higgs particle.
Positive at last: a pure phosphorus cation
02 July, 2012A research team led by Prof Dr Ingo Krossing from the Faculty of Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Earth Sciences of the University of Freiburg has now succeeded in creating a positively charged pure phosphorus compound.
Automated system to detect infectious diseases for Olympics 2012
02 July, 2012The world’s first comprehensive, automated outbreak detection system will monitor over 3000 infections and is ready to run during the 2012 Olympics.
Dual SKA site welcomed by CSIRO
30 May, 2012The international SKA Organisation in Manchester, UK, has announced that the AU$2.5 billion Square Kilometre Array radio telescope will be deployed in Australia-New Zealand, as well as South Africa.
The Hall effect: demonstrate relativistic effects on your mobile phone
21 May, 2012The relativistic Hall effect, describing objects rotating at speeds comparable with the speed of light, has now been reported. The work sheds light on aspects of fundamental physics, and you can demonstrate some aspects of this with your mobile phone.
Researchers find new atomic structures in metallic glasses
17 May, 2012Drawing on powerful computational tools and a state-of-the-art scanning transmission electron microscope, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison and Iowa State University materials science and engineering researchers has discovered a new nanometre-scale atomic structure in solid metallic materials known as metallic glasses.
Scientists develop better technique for creating self-cleaning fabrics
14 May, 2012A new coating technique that can make fabrics ‘self-cleaning’ has been developed by Deakin University scientists. The technique creates a fabric coating that repels water, dirt, grease and other materials.
Australian scientist using light to detect explosives
02 May, 2012An Australian discovery has led to a portable new way to detect explosives using light-emitting molecules, offering an important tool to combat terrorism and remove land mines in war-torn countries.
Wyatt Technology instruments employed to develop alternative materials to silicone breast implants
08 February, 2012Wyatt Technology has announced that Professor Judit E Puskas at the University of Akron has developed a system using its instrumentation that will help to solve a prevalent and controversial material science challenge. The researchers are employing the multidetector system to develop alternative materials to silicone breast implants, as a result of faulty Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) implants causing global concern about implant safety.
New supercomputer to help scientists reach for the stars
08 February, 2012A powerful new supercomputer that is 10,000 times faster than an average office computer and big enough to store 2000 years of iTunes music has been installed at The University of Western Australia.
Vastly increased explosive force for weaponry
11 August, 2011A High-Density Reactive Material has the potential to dramatically increase the explosive impact of most weapons with little or no compromise in strength or design.
Invisibility cloak closer to reality
11 August, 2011To be useful an invisibility cloak needs to keep the wearer invisible when he moves around and, to date, most cloaks are only effective if the wearer stands still. But now, a device that tampers with the speed of light offers a solution.
