School of Physics

Meriam elder Uncle Segar Passi shares his knowledge of weather, wildlife, sea, land and sky and how they influence his artwork, now featured on a new commemorative coin.

The University of Melbourne and Sunway University, Malaysia, recently celebrated signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the two Universities, promoting our working together in areas of mutual interest.

Australia’s search for dark matter has been boosted by funding for the research of a University of Melbourne physicist, Dr Peter Cox.

Australian researchers and their colleagues from Russia and China have shown that it is possible to study the magnetic properties of ultrathin materials directly, via a new microscopy technique that opens the door to the discovery of more two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials, with all sorts of potential applications.

Maiyuren Srikumar has been awarded the University of Melbourne’s inaugural Flagstaff Partners Award in Science and Engineering.

Australian researchers describe their plans to build the SpIRIT satellite – launching by 2022 – that’s helping to develop cutting-edge space capabilities in Australia

Congratulations to Dr Elizabeth Hinde.

A Faculty of Science team has been awarded funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to study the movement of bacteria that live inside corals.

University of Melbourne based startup Carbon Cybernetics has been awarded a prestigious BioMedTech Horizons grant to develop a highly specialised neural implant for epilepsy.

Major funding will allow researchers to build a small satellite to be launched by 2022.

The Emu in the Sky is one of Australia’s most famous dark constellations, holding special meaning for Aboriginal Australians. Now, it is being commemorated by the Royal Australian Mint

A machine learning framework has been created to precisely locate atom-sized quantum bits in silicon – a crucial step for building a large-scale silicon quantum computer

Scientists have used new quantum magnetic imaging techniques to study the hardest known biomineral – the magnetite found in mollusc teeth – which may inspire new industrial materials

Professor Rachel Webster has received an Officer of the Order of Australia for her distinguished service to education in the field of astrophysics and astronomical research, and for her dedication to young women scientists.

The 2020s will use increasingly complex technology to ramp up our efforts to understand more about the Universe.

From watching the heavens to discovering waves of light, relativity and entropy, understanding the nature of time has been a major human endeavour.

Animals like beetles and birds are teaching us new ways of understanding colour at a nanoscale, which could change the way we manufacture it.

Through a gift in her Will, Ann Rusden hopes that more people can continue to ask the big questions – including what the universe looked like 13 billion years ago, as Associate Professor Michele Trenti seeks to discover.

The Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme provides focused research support for early career researchers in both teaching and research, and research-only positions. It supports research in areas of critical national importance by enabling outstanding Australian and international early career researchers to conduct their research in Australia.

The Australian Research Council has awarded Future Fellowships to Professor Howard Bondell, Associate Professor Colette Boskovic and Dr David Garrett.

Professors Ann Roberts and Kenneth Crozier are Chief Investigators on the $34.9 million Australian Research Council funded centre that will develop the next-generation of miniaturised optical systems, turning science fiction into fact.

Throughout time, humankind has looked to the stars and recounted the meaning they see. We know this is true of many cultures, in many places. But time and place have influenced those narratives and how they were passed on.

After moving from the US to study in Australia, astrophysicist Associate Professor Duane Hamacher now works to increase Indigenous representation in the astronomical and space sciences

High energy physicist Professor Elisabetta Barberio is leading groundbreaking Australian research in the hunt for dark matter and it’s all happening deep underground

As National Science Week celebrates scientific discovery in Australia, we ask what’s likely to be the ‘next big thing’ in some of the most exciting fields of science research?

Everyone is talking about our achievements in space since the moon landing 50 years ago, but what new ‘giant leap’ will we all be talking about 50 years from now?

The University of Melbourne has welcomed Federal Government funding of $35 million for an ARC Centre of Excellence for Dark Matter Particle Physics to search for dark matter.

Innovative design is combining with new, low-cost nano-satellite technology to build Australia’s first space telescope, Skyhopper

Like the evolution of classic computers in the 1940s, quantum computers are on the cusp of mainstream, and researchers, businesses and universities are already getting themselves quantum ready

The quantum revolution is coming, and it’s taken some big leaps of thinking from some of the biggest minds of the 20th century to get us to this point.

Quantum computing can be a challenging concept to get your head around - could you explain it?

Quantum computing could stream-line financial calculations, optimise the workings of complex systems like logistical networks and enhance artificial intelligence. So how hard can it be?

The BioInspiration Seed Funding Competition is designed to have teams develop creative, nature-inspired solutions to global/ practical/ human technological and design challenges.

The prize recognises his work in NMR spectroscopy, which can be applied to design, optimisation and processes in research and industrial sectors.

Dr Hall was one of six early career researchers awarded a 2018 Victoria Fellowship in Physical Sciences by VESKI at an awards ceremony on 24 October.

In February a group of school kids got a lesson in physics while experiencing the stunning beauty of a flyover of Antactica.

Some of the technological innovations of 2017 sound more like sci-fi, but according to the brains behind a few of them, the future is still full of surprises