Quantum computing: Australian researchers store data on a single atom!
Computers are everywhere these days. They play us music, tell us when to wake up,
Markus
Markus Hammonds is a research fellow at the University of Tokyo who spends his life looking at very small things on very large scales, and trying to better understand the chemistry of interstellar space. He also writes for several science blogs, and is an advocate of the idea that science can and should be for everyone. When not busy
being sciencey, he can often be found playing a ukulele, drinking mojitos or staring at the sky. Markus can be contacted via his personal blog at supernovacondensate.net or on twitter as @InvaderXan
Mosquito-borne diseases: Fighting fire with fire
I have a decidedly “live and let live” approach to life. There are no animals
The World’s Slowest Experiment
What exactly is a liquid? It’s a seemingly basic question with an answer which may
Australia from orbit
From December 19th last year, Chris Hadfield has been living aboard the International Space Station
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It’s been rather a turbulent week, all told. There’s been a lot going on in
The Schoolchild who Discovered a New Jellyfish Species
The thing I love the most about scientific discovery is that anyone can do it.
A Supernova Post-Mortem in Radio Waves
It was a late February night in 1987 when, standing on top of a Chilean
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Ahhh, the end of the week again. It seems that every time it’s my turn
It’s a small world after all
What we know of exoplanets has developed at the same time as the technology which
Asteroids, extinctions, and biodiversity: Wiping the slate clean for new life to flourish
The recent meteor strike in Russia has been a rather sobering reminder that Earth has
Andromeda and the 13 Dwarfs
Astronomy is quite notorious for being full of things we don’t entirely understand. Sometimes it
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Ah, the end of the week. Time to relax, unwind, and look over the most
Rare echidna species not so extinct after all?
Speaking as a European, Australia has something of a reputation for having some rather unusual
Could the next generation of electronics be made with graphene?
While it may look like little more than molecular chicken wire, graphene really is wonderful