Magic 'mantles of invisibility' have appeared in folk stories through the ages, including a 900-year-old Welsh tale of King Arthur, and in Norse and German fairy tales. Now, new 'metamaterials' have brought invisibility cloaking out of the realm of fiction and into science fact.
In order to achieve the technology seen in many science-fiction movies, we need to move beyond our current computers which are based on technology first developed over half a century ago. As we approach the atomic limit of Moore’s Law, computers will need to change from silicon chips to quantum processes.
Professor Neil Williams PSM FTSE was awarded the 2014 Haddon Forrester King Medal and Lecture and will be presenting this, one of a series of Haddon Forrester King lectures at the 2015 Resources Investment Symposium.
The Haddon Forrester King Medal and lecture is one of the Australian Academy of Science’s prestigious career awards for life-long achievement and outstanding contribution to science.
Professor Neil Williams PSM FTSE was awarded the 2014 Haddon Forrester King Medal and Lecture and will be presenting this, one of a series of Haddon Forrester King lectures at the 2015 Resources Investment Symposium.
The Haddon Forrester King Medal and lecture is one of the Australian Academy of Science’s prestigious career awards for life-long achievement and outstanding contribution to science.
Professor Neil Williams PSM FTSE was awarded the 2014 Haddon Forrester King Medal and Lecture and will be presenting this, one of a series of Haddon Forrester King lectures at the 2015 Resources Investment Symposium.
The Haddon Forrester King Medal and lecture is one of the Australian Academy of Science’s prestigious career awards for life-long achievement and outstanding contribution to science.
Professor Neil Williams PSM FTSE was awarded the 2014 Haddon Forrester King Medal and Lecture and will be presenting this, one of a series of Haddon Forrester King lectures at the 2015 Resources Investment Symposium.
The Haddon Forrester King Medal and lecture is one of the Australian Academy of Science’s prestigious career awards for life-long achievement and outstanding contribution to science.
The 2015 Boden Research Conference entitled 'Comparative Animal Genomics Down Under' will follow the annual Genetics Society of AustralAsia conference. This conference has attracted-world leading national and international researchers in comparative genomics and genome biology.
The conference themes include:
The EMCR Forum’s third national meeting, Science Pathways 2015 - Effective science communication for EMCRs, was held in Adelaide at ‘The Braggs’ Lecture Theatre, University of Adelaide on 23-24 April 2015. The event brought together EMCRs and senior scientists as well as representatives from industry and government.
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