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New STEM Ambassadors named

EQUS STEM Ambassadors to help put science on national agenda

5 Mar 2020 Dr. Tara Roberson

Two EQUS researchers have been named STEM Ambassadors by Science & Technology Australia, Dr Ben McAllister from the University of Western Australia and Dr Tara Roberson from the University of Queensland.

Ten young scientists to represent Australia at Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting

Two EQUS researchers to represent Australia at Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting

4 Mar 2020 Dr. Tara Roberson

Two EQUS researchers are among the Australian Academy of Science's representatives for the highly prestigious 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting in Germany.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Social Media Activity

6 Feb 2020 Naomi Griffiths

To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Tuesday 11th February we will be running a social media activity!

Artists' impression of quantum vortices in a liquid. These are the quantum equivalent of vortices in water or a tornado. Their interactions cause dynamics analogous to that of a cyclone. Image: Christopher Baker

No storm in a teacup - it's a cyclone on a silicon chip

20 Dec 2019 Dr. Tara Roberson

Researchers combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the first time.

Quantum Shorts is back for 2019. International short fiction competition inspired by quantum physics

International flash fiction competition - Quantum Shorts - is back!

11 Dec 2019 Dr. Tara Roberson

We want stories of up to 1000 words long that take inspiration from the mind-blowing world of quantum physics for the Quantum Shorts competition. Prizes are up to US$1500. 

A clock moving in superposition of different speeds would measure a superposition of different elapsing times — in a quantum version of the famous ’twin paradox’ of special relativity. Credit: M. Zych.

Quantum paradox experiment may lead to more accurate clocks and sensors

9 Oct 2019 Dr. Tara Roberson

More accurate clocks and sensors may result from a recently proposed experiment, linking an Einstein-devised paradox to quantum mechanics.

Science meets Parliament 2018

Scholarships announced for 2019 Science meets Parliament

10 Sep 2019 Dr. Tara Roberson

Six scholarships have been awarded ahead of this year's Science meets Parliament event, adding to the rich diversity of STEM professionals connecting with Parliamentarians in Canberra 

A day in the lab. Image by Virginia Frey

National quantum-themed competition for game designers

9 Sep 2019 Dr. Tara Roberson

It’s game-on for budding game developers to jump into the weirdly wonderful world of quantum physics.

Image credit: Magdalena Zych. A training simulation by two star ships is interrupted

Physicists find quantum states of time induced by gravity

21 Aug 2019 Dr. Tara Roberson

What happens when an object that is massive enough to influence the flow of time is placed in a quantum state? 

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