News: Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing - IPAS
Open day showcases science careers and ground breaking research within IPAS
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Re-live the first #IPASOpenDay, attended by the general public, university stakeholders, STEM students and industry partners.
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Nanocrystals may replace traditional hard drives for data storage
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Physicists discover that nano-sized crystals of salt encoded with data using light from a laser could be the next data storage technology of choice.
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Time to celebrate: Scientists win award for the world’s most precise clock
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A University of Adelaide team of scientists has won one of the prestigious Eureka Prizes for science.
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Designer molecule targets cancer growth protein
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Check out the new molecule designed by University of Adelaide researchers. It shows huge potential for future cancer treatment.
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A plan to build the world’s fastest charging battery
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Our newest Ramsay Fellow, Dr James Quach, aims to build world’s fastest charging battery.
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Scientists pumped with new quantum computing potential
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An international team of researchers have developed a new product that moves the world one step closer to reliable, high-performance quantum computing.
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Scientists create laser that ‘smells’ like a hound
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Scientists have created a laser which may eventually be used as a human breath test to screen for serious illness.
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