News: School of Physical Sciences
More than just a sparkling gem: what you didn’t know about diamonds
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They’re made of carbon – but there’s something almost supernatural about diamonds.
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Tiny Research wins Tall Awards
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They’re working on a small scale to make a big impact in their respective fields. Meet Dr Ben Sparkes and Dr Cameron Shearer.
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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Scientists explore mine over matter
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Scientists are placing giant crystals in an old gold mine more than 1km underground, in order to find elusive dark-matter particles.
Love Story Wins Sciences 3-Minute Thesis Final
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Judges fall in love with Joseph Rossi’s biochemistry story about love and betrayal at the Faculty of Sciences 3-Minute Thesis final.
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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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First evidence of neutrino source discovered in distant galaxy
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Scientists discover that an energetic galaxy four billion light years from Earth is the source of high-energy neutrino particles.
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Physicists charge ahead with proton discovery
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A University of Adelaide physicist has assisted in a discovery which may catalyse the ability to solve some of science's biggest remaining mysteries.
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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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