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Thu, 9 Jul 2015
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Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory to receive $1.18M from the ARC Linkage Projects scheme

The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) received yet another boost with the award of \$1.18 million through the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) Linkage Projects scheme. 252 research projects were awarded a total of \$86.9 million dollars under the scheme.

Events
Thu, 9 Jul 2015
9.00 AM

International Masterclass for high school students

CoEPP extends a special invitation to year 11 and 12 students studying physics to attend the International Particle Physics Masterclass on 9 July. The class will be offered at the Universities of Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney and will be run concurrently. Students will work with CoEPP physicists and analyse real data from the ATLAS experiment at CERN. 

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Physics News
Wed, 3 Jun 2015

Large Hadron Collider is cranking up again: prepare to have your mind blown

...scientists are cranking up the proton beams to energy levels 162 per cent higher than when the Higgs boson was found.

Media Releases
Wed, 13 May 2015

Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory receives major federal funding boost

Stawell Underground Physics laboratory (SUPL) received a major funding boost with the announcement of $1.75 million from the National Stronger Regions Fund.

Physics News
Wed, 13 May 2015

Budget 2015: Funding secured for Grampians' Peak Trail tourist development, Stawell dark matter lab

Funding secured for Grampians' Peak Trail tourist development, Stawell dark matter lab The Federal Government has announced two big projects...

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Physics News
Wed, 25 Feb 2015

The LHC is back and it's ready to probe the limits of matter

...the Future Fellowship scheme. He is affiliated with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics and the Terascale and is the recipient...

Events
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
6.00 PM

The Known Unknowns of the Universe

Ray Volkas' public lecture now available online for those who missed this great event! This talk surveys the challenges to fundamental physics posed by the discovery of dark matter and neutrino masses, and the enduring question of why the universe is bereft of antimatter.

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Physics News
Mon, 16 Feb 2015

Stawell particle physics lab a step closer after State Government's $1.75m commitment

...t think we understand how big it could be yet, he said. The Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics has got a 10-year plan and within that...

Physics News
Tue, 9 Dec 2014

Stawell mine could hold key to finding dark matter, scientists say

...measuring very tiny signals that might come from dark matter. Professor Geoffrey Taylor, a physicist from the University of Melbourne, said the...