physics /newsroom/ en Illuminating the proton’s inner workings /newsroom/news/list/2025/02/21/illuminating-the-protons-inner-workings Scientists have now mapped the forces acting inside a proton, showing in unprecedented detail how quarks—the tiny particles within—respond when hit by high-energy photons. February 21 2025 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2025/02/21/illuminating-the-protons-inner-workings Quantum entanglement detected in top quark /newsroom/news/list/2024/10/03/quantum-entanglement-detected-in-top-quark A team of international scientists working on the ATLAS experiment, including experts from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, has taken a major step forward in discovering more about quantum entanglement, one of the key properties underlying quantum physics. October 04 2024 Rhiannon Koch /newsroom/news/list/2024/10/03/quantum-entanglement-detected-in-top-quark New clues to the nature of elusive dark matter /newsroom/news/list/2023/09/18/new-clues-to-the-nature-of-elusive-dark-matter A team of international researchers, led by experts at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, has uncovered further clues in the quest for insights into the nature of dark matter. September 18 2023 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2023/09/18/new-clues-to-the-nature-of-elusive-dark-matter NASA space science internship for stellar PhD student /newsroom/news/list/2023/05/02/nasa-space-science-internship-for-stellar-phd-student University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Physics PhD student Emily Ahern has been selected to take part in a prestigious ten-week SmartSat-led internship program at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, USA. May 02 2023 Jessica Stanley /newsroom/news/list/2023/05/02/nasa-space-science-internship-for-stellar-phd-student Leading photonics expert crowned Innovator of the Year /newsroom/news/list/2022/11/28/leading-photonics-expert-crowned-innovator-of-the-year A University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø professor who is helping to position South Australia as a hub for photonics and quantum innovation has been named the 2022 South Australian Innovator of the Year. November 28 2022 Lee Gaskin /newsroom/news/list/2022/11/28/leading-photonics-expert-crowned-innovator-of-the-year Discovery projects’ wide-reaching impact /newsroom/news/list/2022/11/25/discovery-projects-wide-reaching-impact Fourteen grants totalling $7,269,318 have been awarded to University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers from the Federal Government to continue their work in a range of important areas including health, wine and food production, pollution and nuclear physics. November 25 2022 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2022/11/25/discovery-projects-wide-reaching-impact IceCube neutrinos provide new view of active galaxy /newsroom/news/list/2022/11/03/icecube-neutrinos-provide-new-view-of-active-galaxy An international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, have gathered new evidence about the energetic core of an active galaxy millions of lights years away by detecting neutrino particles emitted by it. November 04 2022 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2022/11/03/icecube-neutrinos-provide-new-view-of-active-galaxy Ultra-precise quantum thermometer to measure the temperatures of space and time /newsroom/news/list/2022/10/17/ultra-precise-quantum-thermometer-to-measure-the-temperatures-of-space-and An international team of scientists including experts from the University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø has designed a quantum thermometer to measure the ultra-cold temperatures of space and time predicted by Einstein and the laws of quantum mechanics. October 17 2022 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2022/10/17/ultra-precise-quantum-thermometer-to-measure-the-temperatures-of-space-and ‘Micro-fridge’ helps investigate behaviour of atoms and molecules /newsroom/news/list/2022/08/29/micro-fridge-helps-investigate-behaviour-of-atoms-and-molecules University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø researchers are part of an international team of experts who have taken a major step in testing quantum mechanics by cooling glass beads the size of a blood cell to the coldest temperature in the Universe. August 29 2022 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2022/08/29/micro-fridge-helps-investigate-behaviour-of-atoms-and-molecules Underground cavern ready for dark matter experiments /newsroom/news/list/2022/08/19/underground-cavern-ready-for-dark-matter-experiments Stage 1 of the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) is open today, Friday 19 August 2022. The University of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø is a founding partner of the project to construct a national underground facility to study dark matter. August 19 2022 Crispin Savage /newsroom/news/list/2022/08/19/underground-cavern-ready-for-dark-matter-experiments