Dr Holmes took the audience on a journey from the photoelectric effect to how birds navigate vast oceans, including experiments with lasers, static electricity, and pipe cleaners.

The Marie Curie Lecture will tour Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Newcastle, Canberra, Wollongong, Perth, Adelaide and Brisbance across July and August.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

The AIP operates from many locations all across Australia. We acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, learn and live. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Upcoming events

Australia/Sydney
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (unlocking mysteries of the universe)

17 Jun 2025 6:00 PM

ANSTO Discovery Centre
Australia/Sydney
Quantum Year National Tour

7 Jul 2025

Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney
Australia/Perth
Talk by Chris Ferrie on Quantum Bullsh*t

9 Jul 2025 6:00 PM

Ross Lecture Theatre (Physics building: 245.G41), The University of Western Australia