The award recognises research in the physical and biological sciences by outstanding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PhD students and early- and mid-career scientists.
Eamonn O'Brien, who received the B.H. Neumann Prize while undertaking his PhD at ANU in 1987, was recently interviewed on "The Neumann Talk" podcast about his experience at ANU under the supervision of Professor Mike Newman.
Physicists in the US briefly generated self-propagating nuclear fusion reactions in a lab. Professor Hole explains its implications for the future of nuclear fusion technology.
Dr Xia Hua, who recently won a prestigious Eureka Prize for her mathematics research, used to hate maths. What she really loved was frogs. Which is lucky, because it’s the frogs that helped to get her here.
ANU has appointed distinguished theoretical astrophysicist Professor Lilia Ferrario as the new Director of the Mathematical Sciences Institute in the College of Science.
Professor Song Xi Chen has been awarded membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a lifelong honour given to Chinese scientists who have made significant achievements in various fields.
The annual Simon Marais Mathematics Competition (SMMC) aims to encourage creative mathematical problem-solving, identify talented students, forge links between academics and promote healthy competition in the mathematical community.