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340,000 stars interrogated in search for Sun's siblings[23 April 2018]
A Sydney-led international group of astronomers has revealed the "DNA" of more than 340,000 stars in the first major data release from the Galactic Archaeology survey GALAH for clues about how galaxies formed and evolved. More
First for radio astronomers in gravitational waves breakthrough[27 March 2018]
The historic first detection of gravitational waves caused a media frenzy and put our radio astronomers in the spotlight. As part of the first team to pinpoint where the waves originated, they became part of the story. More
Linkage grants foster new industry collaborations[7 February 2018]
$1.7 million in funding for new projects linking researchers with global pharma, mining and defence companies. More
Explosions in the sky: Gravitational waves and the new astronomy[23 January 2018]
Hear the incredible behind the scenes story of how the collision of two neutrons stars, 130 million light-years away, was detected by astronomers around the world including those at the University of Sydney. More
Microsoft and Sydney forge quantum partnership[25 July 2017]
A multi-year partnership establishes ongoing investment focused on Sydney's Quantum Nanoscience Laboratory to scale-up devices, as Microsoft moves from research to real world engineering of quantum machines. More
Light at the start of the 21st century tunnel[21 April 2017]
Atiyeh Zarifi, PhD student in Physics, provides insights into her photonics research and its applications before the next Sydney Science Forum - Bright lights: The science of light at the nanoscale. More
Harnessing light at the nanoscale[21 April 2017]
Professor Ben Eggleton and Dr Andrea Blanco Redondo from the School of Physics are set to illuminate the science of light at the nanoscale with their dazzling Sydney Science Forum. More
Photonics Breakthrough paving the way for improved wireless communication Systems[5 April 2017]
Researchers from the ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) in the University of Sydney's Australian Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology have made a breakthrough achieving radio frequency signal control at sub-nanosecond time scales on a chip-scale optical device. More
New survey finds Peter Pan Radio Galaxies[13 March 2017]
Astronomers from the School of Physics have identified 1500 compact galaxies powered by newly energized black holes. More
Dame Athene Donald to give memorial lecture[13 March 2017]
The Institute of Photonics and Optical Science (IPOS) and the School of Physics are proud to announce that Dame Athene Donald from Cambridge University will be presenting this year's Dr Peter Domachuk Memorial Lecture. This is Dame Donald's first visit to Australia, so don't miss the chance to see her live. More
Professor Zdenka Kuncic awarded prestigious Harvard Fellowship[1 March 2017]
Professor Kuncic has won a 2017 Australia-Harvard Fellowship to work in Boston on a project that offers hope of better treatment for cancer patients. More
Data-Driven Astronomy MOOC[22 February 2017]
The first online astronomy course of its kind. More