The gulf between the number of boys and girls who pursue scientific careers refuses to budge in Australia.
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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.
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Centre Chief Investigator Geoff Taylor has been appointed Chair of the Science Advisory Committee at the Japanese High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, KEK
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Scientists will mark a major milestone in the search for dark matter when they place the first major scientific equipment 1km underground in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL).
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University of Melbourne PhD student Mike Mews appeared on 3RRR’s Einstein a Go Go program to talk about our search for dark matter.
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The DARK Matters exhibition has helped the Science Gallery attract its highest number of visitors since opening its doors.
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PhD candidate Guangyong FU had an unusual introduction to Australia, undertaking two weeks’ hotel quarantine when he arrived in Melbourne from China.
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A team of international experts will descend on Sydney today to help chart a new direction for dark matter research.
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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."
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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.
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A fridge that is 300 times colder than outer space will make its home in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory after it received Australian Research Council and university funding.
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The only deep-underground physics laboratory in the Southern Hemisphere is getting a very cool new toy—a fridge that cools things to temperatures 300 times colder than outer space.
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Centre member Zuzana Slavkovska of Australian National University spoke on ABC Canberra about her role in the search for dark matter.
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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.
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On Dark Matter Day 2023, CDM researcher Ben McAllister discussed dark matter and why it remains one of the great mysteries of the universe.
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Scientists have received the first transmissions from a muon detector placed 1km underground in the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory.
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Astronomers and dark matter scientists will hold a spooktacular event to celebrate Dark Matter Day on Tuesday, October 31
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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.
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A combination of passion and pragmatism drive the career direction of postdoctoral researcher Jeremy Bourhill.
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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.
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