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Welcome to my monthly email to AIP members.
Coming up in May: plasmas, orreries, musical wind instruments and particles in AIP events around the country.
Astronomy features at the Sydney Writers Festival and in talks in Sydney, Melbourne and the ACT. And there are teacher development courses covering nanotechnology, astronomy and astrophysics. All these and more below. Read the full article →
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Coming up in April: acoustics of wind instruments and the opening of a new photonics institute in Sydney; Brian Schmidt explains the universe from beginning to end; and the gaseous holes of galaxies in Melbourne. And dozens of astronomy events. Read the full article →
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This month discuss optical illusions in Canberra; and film special effects in SA; there’s a physics in-service for teachers in Melbourne; and a workshop on undergraduate teaching in Canberra. Read the full article →
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3 December 2008
Three medals will be presented to leading scientists in Adelaide tonight.
Three CSIRO scientists will be awarded the Walsh Medal in Adelaide tonight for their work to destroy CFCs. Their approach – using a plasma reactor working at 20,000 degrees – is now in use in the US and Australia, and is earning carbon credits for Mexico. Read the full article →
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The UK’s Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars by chance when she was a student. Detecting a bit of “scruff” on her chart recorder papers that tracked across the sky with the stars, Bell Burnell found that the signal was regularly pulsing, about once each second. Read the full article →
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The nation’s physicists are meeting in Adelaide this week.
Some of the topics on the agenda are:
Michael Geyer, Abengoa Solar will talk about introducing concentrated solar power on the international energy market. This Spanish company is building the world’s largest solar plant – 280 Mw – in Arizona. Read the full article →
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Read about The University of Melbourne and University of Sydney public/student events here
In a circular tunnel beneath the border of France and Switzerland, scientists will this Wednesday just after 6pm begin one of the most ambitious scientific projects ever undertaken. Half a world away, researchers in Melbourne and Sydney who have played a crucial part in the enormous collaborative effort will be watching in great anticipation.
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