Centre and Australian National University PhD student Victoria Bashu is part of the CYGNUS collaboration that is using ultra-sensitive detectors to search for dark matter.
Centre members Kyle Leaver and Peter McNamara and Chief Operating Officer Anita Vecchies travelled to regional Victoria to participate in the Stawell Easter Extravaganza.
The Centre’s 2023 Annual Report is now live. Read about the Centre’s significant achievements in 2023, our research and other Centre activities and get to know some of our Centre members.
Scientists may be one step closer to unlocking one of the great mysteries of the universe after calculating that neutron stars might hold a key to helping us understand elusive dark matter.
Being part of Future Science Talks: Comedy Edition in the Adelaide Fringe this year was an excellent opportunity to make Dark Matter humerous!
Kyle Leaver of The University of Adelaide talks about his role, working on the SABRE South experiment and why he is looking forward to visiting Stawell on the weekend for the StawellBiz Easter Extravaganza.
The reality for women who combine science careers with motherhood is no walk in the park, according to physicist and mother Irene Bolognino.
The gulf between the number of boys and girls who pursue scientific careers refuses to budge in Australia.
Women are at the forefront of the search for dark matter in Australia and our Director Elisabetta Barberio is one of many extraordinary women in our Centre working to help us better understand our world.
Centre Chief Investigator Geoff Taylor has been appointed Chair of the Science Advisory Committee at the Japanese High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK
University of Melbourne PhD student Mike Mews appeared on 3RRR’s Einstein a Go Go program to talk about our search for dark matter.
The DARK Matters exhibition has helped the Science Gallery attract its highest number of visitors since opening its doors.
PhD candidate Guangyong FU had an unusual introduction to Australia, undertaking two weeks’ hotel quarantine when he arrived in Melbourne from China.
When you think of physics, do you think of variety? Postdoctoral researcher at The University of Western Australia, Graeme Flower, certainly didn't. Now, he thrives in a world of constant variety in every moment of his day, which, in his words, "keeps it interesting."
Imagine transitioning from one field of science to another and not just switching specialties but moving to the other side of the world to delve into one of the most profound mysteries of the universe.
Centre member Zuzana Slavkovska of Australian National University spoke on ABC Canberra about her role in the search for dark matter.
To mark Dark Matter Day 2023, Centre member Ben McAllister, of Swinburne University of Technology and The University of Western Australia, spoke to Raf Epstein on ABC Melbourne.
A team of scientists involved with the SABRE South dark matter experiment visited the Swinburne University’s Wantirna campus in Melbourne to practice procedures that will later be repeated 1km underground in an active gold mine in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory.
A combination of passion and pragmatism drive the career direction of postdoctoral researcher Jeremy Bourhill.
Physics is a broad field and can sometimes look like lonely work, but PhD student Elrina Hartman says the dynamism and collaboration within the field of physics confirmed her desire to pursue the sciences.
Centre PhD candidate Grace Lawrence was awarded the Royal Society of Victoria prize for Physical Sciences on Friday.
PhD candidate Guangyong FU had an unusual introduction to Australia, undertaking two weeks’ hotel quarantine when he arrived in Melbourne from China.
A team of international researchers, led by experts at the University of Adelaide, has uncovered further clues in the quest for insights into the nature of dark matter.
Scientists have developed a new way to detect light dark matter using beam dump experiments, which crash high-energy beams of particles into targets, potentially creating dark matter particles.
The world-first use of a muon detector by the mining sector has highlighted the potential for blue-sky research to solve industry challenges.
The recent Lepton Photon 2023 conference featured a plenary panel debate on “Mental Health in Particle Physics”. Centre member and University of Adelaide researcher Dr Harish Potti was a panelist alongside Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health at Monash university Professor Kim Kornish and Tezpur University in India’s Dr Moon Moon Devi.
Learn about the latest in dark matter searches in Australia and internationally with a range of talks and interviews held around National Science Week 2023.
Emily Filmer discusses why she travelled across Australia in the QDM Road Trip to show rural and remote students to show students the true face of STEM.
Centre researcher Jeremy Bourhill spoke to ABC Perth about the National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip that is travelling across remote and rural Australia in August 2023.
As part of National Science Week, Centre Chief Investigator Phillip Urquijo travelled to Stawell to present a talk at the Town Hall.