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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Megavolts 16: testing components from Australia's Lunar Roo-ver at our Space BeamLine! We chat to Jeremy Brown Radiation Effects leader for EPO2 Consortium. Did you know the moon's more dangerous for electronics than free space! physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join us for a rare look inside the next generation of optics for detecting colliding black holes. @physicsanu.bsky.social researchers show us the precision engineering needed to measure gravitational waves, opening a new window to the universe 🪐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOav...
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How the optics that measure the most violent and powerful events in the universe are made
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The #fieldwork in Australia was made possible by the brilliant support from #Chun-ChiehLiao & #RobertMagrath at the @scienceanu.bsky.social. Lola did her #Masters at @bristolbiosci.bsky.social #birds #bioacoustics #experiments #social @bristoluni.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
Lola von Kietzell and Chun-Chieh Liao doing fieldwork in Australia
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Get stuck into some physics research this summer, under the guidance of our distinguished researchers. And get some pocket money while you're at it! physics.anu.edu.au/study/summer... @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Using different versions of a gene is key to RNA evolution. The abundant modification m6A plays a central role in gene regulation. Researchers compared RNA across six mammals and one bird, finding that a small, conserved minority of versions drive most gene expression. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Isoform-specific m6A deposition and coordinated splicing shape mammalian transcriptome evolution - Nature Communications
How RNA isoforms and chemical marks evolve across species remains poorly understood. This study uses direct RNA long-read sequencing across mammals to show that conserved isoforms account for most exp...
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"My favourite thing was I spent lots of time at both ends of the theoretical-applied spectrum, dipping my toes in both abstract quantum field theory & experimental work." James Monro, winner @aip.org.au Laby medal best hons thesis Congrats! physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Enjoy the winning image from the recent photo competition in the Ecology and Evolution Division of the Research School of Biology. Kushini Kalupahana from the Langmore Group captured a beautiful native silvereye blending into the wattles biology.anu.edu.au/2026-ee-phot...
Silvereye songbird amongst wattle flowers
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Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Outstanding news for the ACEAS community! Six ACEAS researchers have been awarded prestigious ARC Future Fellowships. 👏 Congratulations: 🔹 A/Prof @jaxhalpin.bsky.social 🔹 Dr @adele-morrison.bsky.social 🔹 Dr Amelie Meyer 🔹 Dr @dkhutch.bsky.social 🔹 Prof Jeffrey McGee 🔹 Dr Mark Hoggard
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Six ACEAS researchers secure prestigious ARC Future Fellowships - ACEAS
Six researchers from the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) have been awarded prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships, securing funding to advance n...
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Phenomics Australia @phenomicsaustralia.org.au · 08/09/2026
Congratulations to Prof Simon Jiang and the ANU Centre for Personalised Medicine on a $4.5M philanthropic donation to advance personalised approaches to complex immune disease. phenomicsaustralia.org.au/a-new-chapte... @scienceanu.bsky.social
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A New Chapter for Personalised Medicine and a Collaboration Built for Discovery
Phenomics Australia congratulates Professor Simon Jiang and the entire team at the ANU Centre for Personalised Medicine (CPM) on securing a transformative $4.5 million philanthropic donation […]
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can we improve the end-of-life care provided by busy cardiology wards? A recent ANU study shows that recognising failing patient health earlier, improving communication and delivering evidence-based care can help 🔗 researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/publicati...
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Improving End-of-Life Care for Patients in Australian Cardiology Wards: A Retrospective Medical Record Audit
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Congratulations to Dr Sophie Jie Zhao, 2027 @aip.org.au Women in Physics Medallist, touring her research on quantum technology enabled by correlated light. Dr Zhao is a CI in Centre for Quantum Computing Performance and Integration physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Congratulations to ANU Professor Emerita Penny Brothers on her new appointment as head the Royal Society Te Apārangi. www.royalsociety.org.nz/news/next-pr...
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Congratulations to Prof Rod Boswell, honoured for his invention of the helicon plasma source and more than five decades of innovation, winning the 2026 University of Michigan Prize for Excellence in Plasma Science & Engineering physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Michigan Prize honors helicon plasma pioneer Professor Rod Boswell
Research School of Physics News Item - Michigan Prize honors helicon plasma pioneer Professor Rod Boswell
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 26/08/2026
Scientists have been able to catalogue the largest earthquakes for a very long time.
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Are earthquakes becoming more common? Here’s what the numbers say
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Australian Science Media Centre @aussmc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🌡️ EXPERT REACTION: Quick action needed as the world is set to get hotter than we hoped 🗨️ @scienceanu.bsky.social @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @unimelb.edu.au experts respond www.scimex.org/newsfeed/wor... #science #climatechange #globalwarming #parisclimatetarget
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Professor Christoph Nitsche is on a mission to fight infections and cancer. His team has received our Research School of Chemistry's first ever NHMRC Investigator Grant to continue the work engineering new metal-bound proteins and peptides to treat disease: science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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A chemist’s quest to design new disease-fighting molecules
Professor Christoph Nitsche is on a mission to develop new proteins and peptides to fight infections and cancer.
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Damien Farine @damienfarine.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The case of the disappearing fairywrens. Article just out focusing on our @fairywrensanu.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social @anupress.bsky.social long term study and the recent declines we've detected. Nice to see our call for long term studies is highlighted. news.mongabay.com/2026/08/supe...
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Superb fairywrens disappearing in Australia’s capital: Conserving insects could help save them
If you sit in an Australian park or garden for long enough, chances are you might catch a flash of brilliant feathers out of the corner of your eye: the superb fairywren. With its bright blue and soft...
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Caitlin Byrt @botanicgeek.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The amazing powers of cyanobacteria. Regularly on display outside @biologyanu.bsky.social buildings, Sullivans Creek @scienceanu.bsky.social Earth's oceans, & the worlds freshwater, turning greener and greener. Awesome to discover more about ocean cyano C capture - academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You had us at cake, @anu-rses.bsky.social 🎂 Bake Your PhD has made its triumphant return in 2026, challenging students to represent their research in dessert form. Read all about it here: science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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Bake your PhD: Can you have your doctorate and eat it too?
Students in the Research School of Earth Sciences took their science into the kitchen for this year’s Bake Your PhD competition.
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Australian Science Media Centre @aussmc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🦭 EXPERT REACTION: H5 bird flu detected in Aussie mammal for first time Commentary from: @monashuniversity.bsky.social @utas.edu.au @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @scienceanu.bsky.social @thedohertyinst.bsky.social @unimelb.edu.au www.scimex.org/newsfeed/exp... #science #H5N1 #H5 #BirdFlu
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Entangled photon pairs used for quantum light sources can degrade. By encapsulating them in graphene, a @physicsanu.bsky.social team produced a stable a stable photon-pair source and integrated the material onto an optical fibre, a promising step forward in quantum: pubs.acs.org/nalefd/artic...
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Air-Stable Bright Entangled Photon-Pair Source from Graphene-Encapsulated van der Waals Ferroelectric NbOI2
Abstract. van der Waals (vdW) ferroelectrics are emerging nonlinear photonic materials that combine large second-order susceptibility χ(2) with heterostruc
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
ANU researchers Dr Lucy Gloag and Dr Sima Mousavi are the ACT'S Young Tall Poppies for 2026! Lucy and Sima have been recognised for bringing their research on nanoparticles and earthquakes out of the lab and into the community science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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ANU chemist and Earth scientist celebrated with Young Tall Poppy Awards
ANU chemist and Earth scientist recognised for research excellent and communication in prestigious Young Tall Poppy Awards.
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Dr. Hilary Rose Dawson @hilaryrosed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Featuring work done at @scienceanu.bsky.social by researchers from @anufennerschool.bsky.social and @biologyanu.bsky.social!
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 18/08/2026
The Milky Way contains a fossil record of galaxies it has absorbed.
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Galactic archaeologists find stars in the Milky Way came from another galaxy 12 billion years ago
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The acidification of our oceans threatens coral reefs by reducing both seawater pH and carbonate saturation state. Could high-magnesium calcite-producing coral communities help buffer reefs against future acidification? @anu-rses.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Crustose coralline algae buffer shallow reef environments from dissolution - Communications Earth & Environment
Crustose coralline algae overlying reef structures can reduce coral dissolution, especially at night-time, according to in-situ carbonate chemistry data from the Great Barrier Reef.
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Engineering the enzymes used on industrial scale to improve their performance rapidly reaches an evolutionary ceiling. Our researchers have shown that ceiling can be broken with azatryptophans and a new fluorescence-based kinetic assay, PETra 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Isosteric Engineering of Enzymes: Overcoming Activity–Stability Trade‐Offs by Site‐Selective CH → N Substitutions
Coupling biosynthetic noncanonical amino acid production with genetic code expansion enables site-specific incorporation of azatryptophans into PET-degrading enzymes (PETases). By isosteric single-at...
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Enjoy a rare glimpse into an extraordinary 80 years of science and medicine with our research community as we celebrate #ANU80 youtu.be/EXrnVhbUaGk?...
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Scientists react to 80 years of history at ANU
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Skilled 3D imaging drastically improves hernia surgery. Philipp Loesel from Materials Physics & Heidelberg University Hospital surgeons imaged hernias for near perfect results for surgery! For ops price tag >$1B, that's big! physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Our Testing Traces Team have been nominated for a Eureka Prize! These chemical forensics are on the hunt for new and dangerous substances, investigating drug testing samples to protect the community through early intervention #EurekaPrizes @cantestcbr.bsky.social @eurekaprizes.bsky.social
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Meet the team identifying new and dangerous substances in the illicit drug market
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
There’s still time to join us for STEM Challenges 2026. Unique questions to grow your scientific skills with a social community of STEMthusiasts to inspire you – what's not to love? It all kicks off on 4 August, register now!
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2026 STEM Challenges
This event series is an opportunity for high school and college students to participate in fun and hands-on weekly challenges on a range of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) top...
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ICYMI ⚛️ Our experimental physicist Sean Hodgman joins @neildegrassetyson.com on StarTalk to explain his research observing atoms in two places at once: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfFu...
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Is Entanglement the Key to a Theory of Quantum Gravity? with Sean Hodgman
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 14/07/2026
What happens in the deep ocean might seem far removed from your everyday life. A new study shows otherwise.
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Tiny waves in the deep ocean can affect the climate thousands of kilometres away
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A new way to set up quantum ops/gates sends info thru trapped ions like a Newton's cradle. Zap a laser pulse, watch ions wiggle, hit em again = 2 entangled ions 100x faster than before! Niv work Izzy Savill-Brown & Zain Mehdi physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Why are nanobubbles used to clean America's highest profile pool in Washington? Prof Vince Craig & Noura Alzaidan from Materials Physics explain the fascinating properties of nanobubbles, in @theconversation.com physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
What exactly happens at the surface of a black hole? It's almost impossible to know - unless you unravel signals from black holes colliding! Amazing work with gravitational waves by Neil Lu & Ling Sun @scienceanu.bsky.social CGA & @ozgrav.bsky.social physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au
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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This week our professional and technical staff attended the inaugural ACRI conference that brought together Australia's research infrastructure workforce. It was a golden opportunity to swap stories and experiences of working in research infrastructure and to form new connections and collaborations.
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A global team has cracked a decades-old mystery, revealing the atomic structures of the molecules in our eyes that allow us to see colours. “To understand how we detect light and perceive colours, we need to know the exact structure of light-sensitive molecules in our eyes.”
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Scientists uncover molecular secrets of how we see colour
A global team has cracked a decades-old mystery, revealing the atomic structures of the molecules in our eyes that allow us to see colours.
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Damien Farine @damienfarine.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Very fun to chat with BBC World Service about Bluetooth and how it's powering our bird tracking projects. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... @scienceanu.bsky.social @biologyanu.bsky.social
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BBC World Service - CrowdScience, How does Bluetooth work?
Bluetooth lets us share files and listen to music without wires. But how does it work?
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Lisa Fontana @lisafontana.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Today I presented my talk at ASSAB 2026 (@animbehav.bsky.social) about my experimental work investigating innovation and social learning in wild cockatoos. Always a privilege to share my work, and hear what everyone else is up to across the Australasian region!
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
What are nanobubbles and why would they be used to address an algal bloom? ANU researchers Professor Vincent Craig and Noura Alzaidan from @physicsanu.bsky.social share their expertise with @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-lincoln-...
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is treated with ‘nanobubbles’. What are they and how do they work?
Nanobubbles are invisible, mysteriously stable, a thousand times thinner than a human hair, and surprisingly versatile.
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Should we stop viewing ignorance only as a problem? Emeritus Professor Michael Smithson says it's time for psychology to form a social constructivist view of ignorance science.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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Rethinking what we think we know about ignorance
Should we stop viewing ignorance only as a problem? In his new book, Emeritus Professor Michael Smithson explores why psychology needs to pay more attention to what we don't know. Arguing that ignoran...
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ANU Research School of Biology @biologyanu.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Join us on campus & online on Thursday, 25 June 2026 at 1pm for a seminar by Dr Shimona Kealy, ARC Early-Career Industry Fellow, from the ANU and the Australian Museum. Details: biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
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ATA Scientific @atascientific.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New analysis of cosmic debris from the ocean floor points to a mysterious huge explosion more than 100 million years ago. A great collaboration between ANU, @ansto.bsky.social & HZDR in Germany. physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
ANU has climbed three places to 29th in the QS World University Rankings 2027. Read more: quicklink.anu.edu.au/4ac4
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Prof Lan Fu's amazing journey with Ketone Innovations ketoneinnovations.com.au turning nanomaterials into life-changing breath-monitoring for diabetes "I had no idea that I'd change a person’s life in this way" physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @anff.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A/Prof Rose Ahlefeldt on Decoding the Future Podcast on quantum computing. She breaks down one of the most misunderstood technologies of our time. They also talk real-world applications, like cryptography, drug discovery. open.spotify.com/episode/5PiX... @scienceanu.bsky.social @aip.org.au
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Science & Medicine at ANU @scienceanu.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Catch some amazing presentations at Pint of Science in Canberra next week. Tickets: pintofscience.com.au/events/canbe...
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Dr Rajika Kurawita ANU: Sci-fi plantets & the planets of science.

LI Spriggs ANU: Do stars twinkle in space.

Dr Ainsley Davies CBR Clinical Phenomics, ANU: Your immune system: cool, calm and complicated.Social card. Text reads:

Tuesday, 19 May at 6.30pm
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Michael Tan University of Canberra: Our myopic view on visual noise.

Dr Sofia Samper Carro ANU: The Last of Them: Neanderthals on the brink of extinction.

YLadhi Shah ANU: The zombie cells of cancer & how we fight backSocial card. Text reads:

Wednesday, 20 May at 6:30pm
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Dr Anjali Gowripalan ANU: A devilsih solution for treating cancer in Tasmanian devils.

Dr Umar Farooq CSIRO: Tiny engineers, big impact: How termites shape our climate.

Dr Joshua J. Brown CSIRO: Prebiotic networks in the emergence of the RNA world.Social card. Text reads:

Wednesday, 20 May at 6.30pm
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Dr Liana Rauf ANU & OzGrav: Linking gravitational waves to their host galaxies

Dr Rowina Nathan ANU: Listening to the Universe with a galaxy-sized ear

Yuri Sheinker ANU: Seeing the stars: the evolution of adaptive optics
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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
How to use signals from black hole collisions to measure & correct detectors that observed them. "How cool is that!” says Dr Lilli Sun @ozgrav.bsky.social, & Int'l team, part of @ligo.org & team from@swinburneuni.bsky.social physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social
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anuobig @anuobig.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thrilled to share that our team’s latest work is now live in @natcomms.nature.com ! 🔬, we established RO-iSCAT (speckle-free iSCAT) and use it to track membrane protrusions in 3D. *Online* www.nature.com/articles/s41... *PDF* rdcu.be/fiFM3 *Press* www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Using rotational integration of oblique interferometric scattering to track axial spatiotemporal responses of tubular membrane protrusions - Nature Communications
The authors develop RO-iSCAT, which uses rotational integration of off-axis oblique-illuminated interference scattering signals to remove speckle noise in real time. It enables fast, label-free imagin...
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