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Liquid lenses for better satellite monitoring

July 5, 2024

Space is a harsh place. On Earth, we’re protected from extreme radiation by our atmosphere and magnetic field. Spacecraft don’t have this protection and are highly…

HIAF Open Day – 10 August

July 2, 2024

The Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) based at the Australian National University, Canberra will open its doors to public on Saturday 10 August….

HIAF-SIBL team is the Academic Research Team of the Year finalist at the Australian Space Awards

June 6, 2024

The Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility’s Space Irradiation Beamline (HIAF-SIBL) team was delighted to attend the Australian Space Summit and Awards Night early last week in…

Implanting a Revolution

April 8, 2024

Quantum computing is a revolution in progress, and Dr Shao Qi Lim is excited to be part of it. “I’m lucky to be part of…

The business of Heavy Ion Accelerators

February 20, 2024

Canberra Business Chamber launched new Canberra Business podcast this year. We are proud for our CEO Dr Thomas McGoram to be featured in one of…

Professor Mahananda Dasgupta – the world-leading nuclear scientist advising the Prime Minister

February 10, 2024

Professor Mahananda Dasgupta, Director of the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility at HIA was appointed to the National Science and Technology Council for a three-year term….

Nuclear footballs slow to turn into soccer balls

August 8, 2022

It turns out atomic nuclei – the tiny soccer balls at the heart of the atoms that make us up – sometimes turn into footballs….

Global traces of plutonium could mark the start of the anthropocene

July 18, 2022

A thin layer of plutonium that encircled the globe during the first nuclear weapons tests in the fifties could mark the dawning of a new…

Interview: new carbon creation rates set to rock astrophysics models

June 21, 2022

Hear from our nuclear physics researchers about the surprising new measurement of how quickly stars create carbon. Measurements in the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility are…

Irregular dynamics surprise scientists in exquisite nuclear measurements

February 14, 2022

New results from the ANU Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility, measuring the incredibly fast movement of protons and neutrons whizzing back and forth in nuclear reactions…

Breakthroughs demonstrate reliable quantum computing in silicon chips

February 14, 2022

An international group of scientists has proven that near error-free quantum computing is possible, using silicon wafers implanted with ions at the Experimental Condensed Matter…

Supernovae, quantum puzzles, better cancer therapy and space environment: research at the ANU heavy ion accelerator

February 8, 2022

This recent School Seminar provides a perfect summary of the research that’s currently happening at the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) – that big white…