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Portable Atomic Clock Team awarded NMI Measurement Impact and People's Choice Awards
The University of Adelaide Portable Atomic Clock Team, represented by Dr Rachel Offer from the University’s Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, won the NMI Measurement Impact award for measurement-related achievements demonstrating real-world impact. The team won for their world-first deployable, autonomous optical atomic clocks. The team also won the People's Choice award.
ARC Centre of Excellence for Breakthrough Science
IPAS researchers Prof Kishan Dholakia, Prof Andre Luiten, Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Dr Sarah Scholten and Dr Andy Boes, along with Prof David Lancaster at UniSA are thrilled to be part of the $35m ARC Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science (COMBS) led by RMIT. The South Australian node will be the largest in the Centre of Excellence.
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Conventional wisdom on tissue imaging turned on its head
An international team of experts has made a technological breakthrough for one of the most important forms of imaging: optical coherence tomography (OCT). They believe that selective collection of multiple scattered light may lead to improved image contrast at depth.
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Holograms for life: improving IVF success
In a world-first, 3D holographic images of an embryo have been developed as part of a collaborative research project between the University of Adelaide and University of St Andrews. The images are created using miniscule amounts of light in a fraction of a second.
A Decade of Innovation: Celebrating The Braggs Building's 10th Anniversary
The University of Adelaide celebrates a decade of scientific achievements with the 10th anniversary of The Braggs Building, a $100 million state-of-the-art facility named after Nobel Laureates Sir William Henry Bragg and Sir William Lawrence Bragg. A hub for groundbreaking research and innovation, The Braggs, housing the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), symbolizes the university's commitment to scientific excellence.
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IPAS Deputy Director won ARC Industry Laureate Fellowship
Congratulations to Prof Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem for being successfully awarded $3,359,464 ARC Industry Laureate Fellowship. This four-year fellowship will be a valuable opportunity for Heike to collaborate with Flawless Photonics group to develop efficient purification methods for ZBLAN optical fibres.
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John Bruning received the 2023 Oracle Research Fellowship for groundbreaking Alzheimer's research
Dr John B. Bruning has been honoured with the prestigious 2023 Oracle Research Fellowship for his groundbreaking work in Alzheimer's research at the University of Adelaide. With warpDOCK, a cloud platform for virtual drug discovery, Dr Bruning's dedicated team engages in the rapid screening of billions of molecules, dramatically accelerating the drug development process.
Opening of the Centre of Light for Life at The University of Adelaide
The Centre of Light for Life opened its doors on the 21st of February, marking the beginning of a new era of advanced research and innovation. Under the leadership of ARC Laureate Fellow Prof. Kishan Dholakia, the Centre aims to pioneer cutting-edge optical imaging and sensing techniques within its dedicated laboratories located in the Engineering, Math, and Sciences building on the North Terrace Campus.
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ARC Linkage Grants underline ability to partner with industry
The University of Adelaide has been awarded $1,405,458 in linkage grants by the Australian Research Council (ARC) to undertake two projects that aim to reduce the uncertainties of capturing and storing CO₂ and to create a new class of optical fibre that will enable the future quantum internet.
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Manufacturing advances bring material back in vogue
One of the world’s most important artificial materials is back in vogue because scientists are harnessing its properties for new and diverse future applications such as space navigation and farming.
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