UNSW School of Physics

Professors Paul Curmi and Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh

UNSW researchers receive distinct honours within the scientific community

27 Jan 2022

The American Association for the Advancement of Science has recognised UNSW academics for their contributions to the scientific enterprise.

Artwork showing light emitted from electronic circuitry

The hunt for ‘sterile neutrinos’: hopes of undiscovered particle dashed by new experiment

01 Nov 2021

A new result from the MicroBooNE neutrino experiment has dashed hopes for a neat resolution to several puzzles for physicists.

Five UNSW researchers honoured by Royal Society of NSW

10 Dec 2020

Australia's oldest learned society recognises UNSW Sydney researchers with prestigious awards for 2020.

UNSW researcher receives $16m to build a motor made from proteins

06 Nov 2020

In an Australian first, UNSW Sydney's Paul Curmi will use a European Research Council Synergy grant to develop an artificial biological molecular engine.

New findings suggest laws of nature not as constant as previously thought

27 Apr 2020

Not only does a universal constant seem annoyingly inconstant at the outer fringes of the cosmos, it occurs in only one direction, which is downright weird.

UNSW tops ARC funding for investment in research infrastructure

17 Jan 2020

More than $4.4 million has been awarded to six UNSW projects under the Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities scheme.

Atomic clock can shrink by "magic"

28 Nov 2008

The world's most precise clock might be made as small as a wristwatch with a new design proposed by an international team of physicists.