Hundreds of school students got a rare peek into what life as a scientist could be like, as Professor Michelle Simmons opened the doors of the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology ahead of National Science Week.
Professor Susan Coppersmith from the University of Wisconsin- Madison will join UNSW next year to work with experimental scientists on problems ranging from quantum computing to new materials.
Science magazine Cosmos has named the top 10 young scientists in Australia - and two of them are UNSW researchers chasing very big advances in the very small worlds of molecular engineering and quantum physics.
