School of Physics

Solar panels at UNSW

Nine UNSW projects to receive funding under the ARENA Research and Development Program.

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Pioneering a new technique, researchers have peered into the extremely faint light that exists between galaxies to describe the history and state of orphan stars.

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The two projects aim to produce materials used in electronic, magnetic, and optical devices and infrastructure for the bioprinting of 3D models of organs and tissues.    

3d rendered illustration of parallel universes in many worlds interpretation of quantum physics

A quantum mechanics interpretation can help us comprehend the hypothetical existence of many worlds.

Kensington Mall with Globe sculpture

ARC funding supports UNSW academics participating in cooperative national and international facilities and partnering with business, industry and the community.

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We might’ve been under lockdown this year, but science sure wasn’t.

Artist's impression of the rocky terrain and lava rivers on the surface of Gliese 486b

A rocky planet discovered in the Virgo constellation could change how we look for life in the universe.

An ensemble of twenty-five disk galaxies

UNSW-led research will enable astronomers to look at any galaxy in the Universe and predict when it will stop producing stars.

Gas bubbles in ice sample

The most-read stories of 2020 take us from the depths of the mind to the edges of the universe.

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Australian researchers have found the ideal position for qubits in silicon - a development that will help them to scale up atom-based quantum computers.

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