Hobart & Launceston, 9th and 10th October. For details, please click on "Branch Meetings" in panel at left.
 

The Annual Physics Quiz for Year 11/12 College students for 2007 will be held simultaneously in Hobart and Launceston on 6 October.
 

The book "History of Physics in Tasmania 1792 - 1982", by A G Fenton, is available for $15 plus postage. Please contact the Branch Secretary.
 

Dr Cathy Foley formally took over the reins as President of the Australian Institute of Physics following the 59th AGM held in Melbourne on Monday 19 February 2006.
 

The 2006 Walter Boas Medal awarded to Professor Michael Edmund Tobar, Research Professor and ARC Professorial Fellow, Frequency Standards and Metrology Research Group, School of Physics, AWA.
 

Dr Alex Argyross was awarded the Bragg Medal for his thesis entitled: "Bragg Reflection and Bandgaps in Microstructured Optical Fibres"
 

There is a rising energy debate in our community. But what we need is not energy – but power. There is a not so subtle and very important difference. Let me explain.
 

The 44th Annual General Meeting of the AIP is to be held in the Hercus Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne, at 1800 on Monday 19th February 2007.
 

AIP Office Bearers will be elected at the 2007 AGM to be held Hercus Lecture Theatre, University of Melbourne, at 1800 on Monday 19th February 2007. Nominations are sought for key positions.
 

The new OPAL reactor reached its maximum power of 20MW as part of the on-going commissioning process. This is a very significant milestone on the path to full commissioning of the reactor.
 

Dr Terence Murray SABINE, a former AIP President, passed away peacefully October 31, 2006. Click above for Funeral Details.
 

Applications are sought for the DSTO-AIP Scholarship Scheme. The purpose of the Scheme is to provide two scholarships to the value $15,000 each to two suitably qualified candidates.
 

RFCD and SEO codes as currently used e.g. by the ARC for categorising grant applications are currently being reviewed and your input is sought.
 

The 2006 Walsh Medal has been awarded to Prof. Andrew Blakers and Dr Klaus Weber for their work on novel silicon solar cells at the ANU.
 

The winner of the Bragg Medal is Philip Bartlett, of Murdoch University, for the thesis "Complete numerical solution of Electron-Hydrogen Collisions".