by Captain Skellett | Jan 27, 2012 | Recent Research
What kind of control we can wield over atoms! An electron orbiting an excited potassium atom has been confined with radio waves to mimic the movement of the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter. The Trojan asteroids precede and follow Jupiter as it orbits the sun, like an...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 2, 2011 | Science Communication
Yesterday afternoon I went to a prospectus to the HMS Beagle Project while founder David Lort Phillips is in Adelaide. It’s a CRAZY exciting project which plans to build a modern version of Darwin and FitzRoy’s tall ship the HMS Beagle, kitted out as a floating...
by Captain Skellett | Jun 24, 2011 | Recent Research, Science Communication
One of the biggest dams in the world, Geheyan Dam in China holds more water than five Sydney Harbour’s, a massive 3.12 billion cubic metres worth. What would happen if it failed? Australian CSIRO scientists collaborated with China’s Satellite Surveying...
by Captain Skellett | Feb 7, 2011 | Science Communication
Couple of interesting conferences coming up this year. The first one is Inspiring Australia in Melbourne from March 28-29. ‘Tis a science communication conference, tackling topics like social media, politics, and a whole bunch of exciting sci-comm stuff....
by Captain Skellett | Jan 30, 2011 | Just for Fun, Recent Research, The Realm of Bizzare
Have you ever noticed a mysterious loss of teaspoons at your workplace? Maybe it’s not teaspoons, but some other cutlery item. At my old work it was forks, which dwindled even when I bought new replacement ones. At the Australian National University neither...