The 2022 AIP Congress secured some high quality and high impact media coverage, with over 300 news articles around the world mentioning the Congress and/or its speakers.

Highlights of the coverage included:

• Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland talking for twenty minutes on Radio National’s Drive program, and also on 5AA’s breakfast show

• A call to boost nuclear science education with AJ Mitchell on RN Breakfast, ABC Melbourne Drive, and in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald

• Andrew Stuchbery and Ken Baldwin talking ‘everywhere’ about the US fusion announcement, including RN Breakfast, ABC News, ABC News Breakfast and The Australian amongst 280 stories around the world, with the help of the AusSMC who picked up and recirculated their comments, referencing the Congress.

• Cathy Foley with an opinion piece about investment in Australia’s quantum sector.

More story highlights from the Congress included:

• Giant machines for giant questions: SKA, gravitational waves, ESO
• An unlucky star. A new comb.
• Diamonds in your phone. Mining for dark matter
• Quantum composer. Navigation without GPS. War disrupts physics
• Nobel lasers, before the Big Bang, are we winning the quantum race, and more.

See the Congress speakers in the news media, including:

Ken Baldwin on ABC News Breakfast talking about fusion energy

Andrew Stuchbery on RN Breakfast commenting on the US fusion breakthrough

AJ Mitchell on RN Breakfast and ABC Melbourne with a call to boost nuclear science education

Ken Baldwin in The Australian on the fusion breakthrough

Expert comments on fusion breakthrough via AusSMC

Cathy Foley with her opinion piece about investment in Australia’s quantum sector.