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The bottom-up approach is considered a potential alternative for the low cost manufacturing of nanostructured materials. It is based on the concept of self-assembly of nanostructures on a substrate, and is emerging as an alternative paradigm for traditional top down fabrication used in the (...)

The interplay of electron-electron interactions and spin-orbit coupling has been the subject of much debate recently. On the one hand, spin-orbit coupling is at the heart of novel materials such as topological insulators and superconductors as well as Dirac and Weyl semimetals. On the other hand (...)

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The quest for gravitational waves began with Einstein’s prediction exactly 100 years ago. The first experimental search began in 1960. From 1970 onwards the gravitational wave spectrum was mapped out theoretically. Misunderstandings and false claims of detection have created scepticism and (...)

The quest for gravitational waves began with Einstein’s prediction exactly 100 years ago. The first experimental search began in 1960. From 1970 onwards the gravitational wave spectrum was mapped out theoretically. Misunderstandings and false claims of detection have created scepticism and (...)

For an optical lattice clock the atoms need to be cooled to as low a temperature as possible to increase transfer rates to the lattice. With 171-Yb we have found an effective means of cooling 171-Yb atoms to 20 micro-K by use of a newly found resonance. The resonance was first identified here (...)

X-ray Diffraction is a very useful technique for characterisation of various materials in different ways. With the recent advancement in hardware and software technology, high end X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Scattering experiments usually done on Synchrotron can be performed at lab scale even (...)

Searches for generic transient ("burst") gravitational waves identified the presence of the gravitational wave signal, GW150914, within three minutes of the data acquisition. Burst gravitational wave searches identify time-correlated transients in multiple detectors with minimal (...)

Title: Galois and his groups

Abstract: When Galois invented groups they were very different from the structures taught and learned and loved in undergraduate courses at UWA and other modern universities. My purpose in this lecture will be to explain the differences and calibrate (...)

Abstract: The discovery of the first gravitational waves (GW150914) from a binary black hole merger initiated the era of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy. An electromagnetic signal accompanying a GW signal could significantly enhance the information that can be obtained from such events. In the (...)

High-energy X-ray beams have become the principal tool for radiation oncology in Australia and are used in treatment of almost half of all cancer patients. Protons and heavy ions offer an alternative with particularly appealing characteristics for the treatment of specific cancer types and in (...)

Hermann Nicolai has been a Director of the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (also known as the Albert Einstein Institute) since 1997, and is Head of the Division of Quantum Gravity and Unified Theories. Professor Nicolai is an internationally renowned expert in quantum (...)

This workshop will outline how CERI can help researchers develop entrepreneurial skills and assist them through the innovation process. CERI is a not-for-profit organisation based in Nedlands.

Over the past 20 years, focused ion bean (FIB) and SEM/FIB instrumentation has transformed scientists' ability to investigate materials to develop new sample preparation methods to become the industry standard and 'work-horse' for site-specific cross-section analysis, S/TEM sample preparation (cross (...)

Abstract: I will start by providing an introduction to the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) at the University of Adelaide and then examine in detail one of the spectroscopic technologies created within my research group to demonstrate an example of the benefits of the trans-disci (...)

Abstract: The talk will cover an intriguing yet powerful way of accelerating and trapping molecular hydrogen in a self-organized extremely deep potential well. In this new Lamb-Dicke regime of stimulated-Raman-scattering, hydrogen molecules inside a photonic bandgap hollow core fibre are deeply-tra (...)

In principle, NMR is an ideal technique for metabolomics. It is non-destructive, non-biased, highly quantitative, requires no prior separation, permits the identification of novel compounds and needs no chemical derivatization. However, relative to other analytical techniques NMR is slow and (...)

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Today, atomic clocks enable precision estimates of time and position. Through the use of ultra precise atomic frequency standards, we can form time scales, such as the international time standard Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), capable of dating events with nanosecond accuracy (...)

Seminar Abstract: Mergers of black holes cause permanent deformation of space, due to the Christodoulou effect. While this gravitational-wave memory signal is weak, I will argue it will be measurable once advanced LIGO reaches its design sensitivity. I will also show that Pulsar Timing Arrays will (...)

Everyone is warmly invited to our Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium. This will be the first talk by our newly appointed Professor of Applied Mathematics, please come along to welcome Professor Abarzhi to the School.

Talk title: Rayleigh-Taylor instability and interfacial mixing
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