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Sandra Saji, the chemist who found her space

During her chemistry PhD at The Australian National University (ANU), Dr Sandra Saji worked just a short walk away from a particle accelerator. She had…

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Australian-designed radiation-hardened chip tested for CERN and deep space

At HIA’s Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) based at The Australian National University, Canberra, an electronic chip tiny enough to sit on a fingertip has…

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HIAF teams up with Integrated Service Technology (Taiwan) to offer semiconductor failure analysis and decapping

Earlier this month, our team at The Australian National University (ANU) hosted the team from Integrated Service Technology, Taiwan (iST), Jack Tseng and Anne Lee,…

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Heavy Ion Accelerators and ANU strengthen partnerships in nuclear science with Michigan State University

The Australian National University (ANU) Research School of Physics and the Heavy Ion Accelerators (HIA) have strengthened their partnership with the Facility for Rare Isotope…

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How ion accelerators helped build quantum accelerators

Quantum accelerators are compact modular quantum computers. “One day they will be the same size as GPU and CPU cards and will be everywhere that…

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HIAF featured in the Nuclear Physics News International

The most recent volume of Nuclear Physics News International features a laboratory portrait of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) and Department of Nuclear Physics…

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Closing the Gaps in Australia’s Radiological Map

For a country with a strong uranium mining industry, a legacy of nuclear weapons testing and globally unique geology, Australia knows surprisingly little about some…

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How a 40-Year-Old Design Became iiLab’s Next Big Upgrade

When Technical Officer Tom Kitchen was shown a scientific paper from the 1980s, he didn’t expect it would become the blueprint for an important upgrade…

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Celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology

The team of the Heavy Ion Accelerators supported the Research School of Physics, Australian National University in delivering the Quantum Science Open Day last weekend….

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Space Radiation Testing for Mars Society Australia’s nanorover

The ANU Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility’s Space Irradiation Beamline (SIBL) team was delighted to host Dr Steven Hobbs and Dr Jon Clarke from Mars Society…

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From stars to super-cold: Vera’s unexpected career journey

Dr Vera Hansper has one of the coolest jobs in the world—literally. She helps to build highly specialised refrigeration systems that enable research in quantum…

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Creating Sunscreen for Satellites

Material physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) Research School of Physics are creating materials to protect satellites from the harsh space environment – essentially…

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