The complex task of developing future materials, built on the stable crystal forms of new molecules with outstanding properties, relies on the speed and power only available through supercomputing. By using highly specialised codes, researchers can get supercomputers to tackle this challenge...

In fundamental physics, theory and experiment go hand-in-hand. Without theoretical modelling, it's hard to come up with new ideas and move things forward. Experimental validation of theoretical predictions brings it all together. Nowadays, combining the power of supercomputer calculations with the...

If you look at the sun through a sheet of paper, you can see the light shining through. Now imagine you take that sheet of paper and shave it into 720 separate layers, each 90 nanometres thick. Holding one of those up to the sun will do so little to block the light you may as well not be holding...

If we want to understand how devastating storms form and evolve, and how a changing climate might affect them, we need to go beyond the measurements that come from weather stations and sensors in satellites. Those measurements provide a lot of localised detail for some specific variables, but storms...

Physics research at NCI straddles the boundary between fundamental and applied science. A wide range of researchers are investigating some of the most fundamental phenomena that guide the functioning of our universe, including sub-atomic particle physics and dark matter, while others are applying...

Long, spiny legs and alien-like armour sound like the stuff of science fiction, but our terrestrial neighbours can look out of this world if you look up close. ANU School of Art PhD student, Erica Seccombe, has been working with the Department of Applied Mathematics to reveal unseen details of the...