There are at present a number of ‘grand questions’ in physics. From the search for the Higgs boson to the unbalance of matter and anti-matter in the observable universe, but the one that most interest…
On Tuesday a funeral cortege pulled up outside the UK’s Westminster parliament and the mourners pulled out a wreath depicting ‘Science’. Some 100 protesters observed this as part of their protest against…
The chink of light in the few weeks of madness I’ve had was news that European Space Agency (ESA) have decided to commission a mission to Jupiter. A catchy name too, JUICE from JUpiter ICy moons Explorer…
With an enormous fanfare, pomp and ceremony, a consortium of billionaires released their newest space plans: to mine an asteroid. These guys have a history of game changing when it comes to space, having…
As the world braced itself for the large solar storm last month, one fearless rubber chicken looked danger in the eye and went to meet it head on. Armed with only a knitted space suit, Camilla took to…
When thinking about what to kick off this column with, it seemed appropriate to give an insight into a project we’re looking into at the synchrotron.
At coffee a few months ago a fellow researcher Simon…
A young researcher is wandering about the newly planted forest of eminent columns on The Conversation and notices the door to one has been left open …
*Looks about the inside of the column*
It’s nice…
The multi-million dollar facility provides cutting-edge tools for scientists.
Nancy Mills, Australian Synchrotron.
Science is like high-performance racing: today’s Formula One machine is all too soon the jalopy of tomorrow. The Australian Synchrotron, opened in 2007 and located in Melbourne, is currently at the F1…
It's been a long and lonely road for scientists in the quasicrystal camp.
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Earlier this year, an international team of scientists reported that a sample of natural “quasicrystal” found in a Russian mountain range had formed 4.5 billion years ago and arrived on Earth as a meteorite…
Drilling could provide insights on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
Shandchem
Late last week the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) announced they had successfully drilled into the elusive sub-glacial Lake Vostok, a body of water lying under nearly 4km of Antarctic…
