Stellar black holes much bigger than previously thought, study finds
An international study involving Monash astronomers has discovered for the first time that some black holes may be born more than twice the size than previously thought.
Physics and Astronomy 28 November, 2019
Controlling the charge state of organic molecule quantum dots in a 2d nanoarray
A Monash University study has fabricated a self-assembled, carbon-based nanofilm where the charge state (ie, electronically neutral or positive) can be controlled at the level of individual molecules, on a length scale of around one nanometre.
Physics and Astronomy 20 November, 2019
Monash science researchers awarded just over $2 million in funding as part of ARC DECRA scheme
Monash science researchers have received just over $2 million in Australian Research Council (ARC) funding for five projects under the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme.
Science 18 November, 2019
Monash Biologists and Physicists awarded ARC Future Fellowships
Two biologists and two physicists have collectively been awarded four Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships worth approximately $4 million.
Science 17 October, 2019
Glitch in neutron star reveals its hidden secrets
Neutron stars are not only the most dense objects in the Universe, but they rotate very fast and regularly.
Until they don’t.
Physics and Astronomy 13 August, 2019
Second baby planet found using technique pioneered by Monash astrophysicists
Monash astrophysicists using the ALMA telescope in Chile have made a world-first discovery with the sighting of a second new ‘baby’ planet (two to three times heavier than Jupiter) inside a gas and dust gap.
Physics and Astronomy 13 August, 2019
Koos control: The man who made the Apollo 11 Moon landing possible
If it wasn’t for Dick Koos, it seems certain that the 20 July, 1969, Apollo 11 Moon landing would have been aborted just 10 minutes from completing the assignment announced by President John F. Kennedy eight years earlier
Physics and Astronomy 17 July, 2019
Order from chaos: Monash vortex study first proof of decades-old theory
A Monash study published today offers the first proof of a 70-year-old theory of turbulence.
Physics and Astronomy 28 June, 2019
New lens design is set to revolutionise electron microscopes
Understanding the connection between atomic structure and the magnetic structure it produces could enable designing magnetic materials and devices, like computer memory, from the atomistic scale.
Physics and Astronomy 13 June, 2019