Invisibility cloaking: Harry Potter's cloak is a theoretical reality, thanks to research into light propagating through metamaterials.
Galaxies hook up: Caught on camera - our two nearest galactic neighbours have been getting to know each other better >wink<
Wriggle-proof scans: A motion correction system for imaging the brain of a conscious rat.
Astronomy & medicine: Looking for synergies between Astronomical and Medical imaging.
The School of Physics at the University of Sydney is the leading Physics department in the country, with outstanding staff and students undertaking world-leading teaching and research.
Our 100 staff and 150 postgraduate students conduct research across a vast range of interests from nanoparticles to clusters of galaxies and from theoretical modelling to laboratory experiments. With access to supercomputers, modern laboratory facilities and observatories, locally, nationally and internationally, the School of Physics is the premier environment for physics education and research.
Suppose you fell through a wormhole into a part of the universe where everything went backwards. Stephen Hawking theorised you wouldn't be able to tell this had happened - your past would become your future.
In late 2009 a small region of sunspots broke an unusual dry spell with little sunspot activity. This activity interrupted a two-year quiet period for the Sun, with few or no sunspots.
The ultra-small revolution has begun with the invention of a new laser that will allow light to be used on a computer chip.
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