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  • Astronomers converge at Keck workshop

    Astronomers converge at Keck workshop

    Date posted: Monday 26 Mar 2012

    Swinburne is hosting a workshop for users of the world's largest optical telescopes located at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii.

  • Astronomers discover 'emerald-cut' galaxy

    Astronomers discover 'emerald-cut' galaxy

    Date posted: Tuesday 20 Mar 2012

    An international team of astronomers has discovered a rare square galaxy with a striking resemblance to an emerald cut diamond.

  • Distant galaxy cluster found in plain view

    Distant galaxy cluster found in plain view

    Date posted: Wednesday 7 Mar 2012

    Swinburne researchers are part of a team of astronomers that has discovered the most distant example of a galaxy cluster.

  • Australian innovators in solar world first

    Australian innovators in solar world first

    Date posted: Wednesday 15 Feb 2012

    Researchers at the Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility have developed the world's most efficient broadband nanoplasmonic solar cells.

  • Take a trip to Mars

    Take a trip to Mars

    Date posted: Wednesday 4 Jan 2012

    Experience another world through the eyes of robotic explorers in Swinburne Astronomy Productions' new 3D movie Mars.

  • Swinburne magazine out now

    Swinburne magazine out now

    Date posted: Thursday 15 Dec 2011

    The December 2011 edition of Swinburne magazine is now available.

  • Kim Carr launches ATC

    Kim Carr launches ATC

    Date posted: Thursday 8 Dec 2011

    Senator Kim Carr has formally launched Swinburne's architecturally striking 'see-through' Advanced Technologies Centre.

  • Swinburne astronomer at Nobel ceremony

    Swinburne astronomer at Nobel ceremony

    Date posted: Wednesday 7 Dec 2011

    Swinburne astrophysicist, Professor Warrick Couch has been invited to attend this year's Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm.

  • Making future buildings safer

    Making future buildings safer

    Date posted: Tuesday 6 Dec 2011

    The capacity to test the integrity of new structures has been boosted thanks to Swinburne's new Smart Structures Laboratory.

  • Selling science: the lure of the dark side

    Selling science: the lure of the dark side

    Date posted: Tuesday 22 Nov 2011

    Has prolonged scrutiny of climate science revealed more about the way science works than scientists themselves might like?