Mt Stromlo News Today

Explore the rich history of timekeeping, from sundials to atomic clocks, and how Australia led precision timekeeping advancements.

After eight years at the helm of Australian National University, Brian Schmidt says he’s been hit by everything – except locusts.

Hi everyone, I’m so pleased that Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell AO FAHA FTSE has been appointed as our new Vice-Chancellor. Many of you will already know Genevieve as the Director of the School of Cybernetics and 3A Institute (3Ai). Since her arrival at ANU in 2017, Genevieve has been a significant figure on our campus and I’m confident that she will be an outstanding

Professor Brian Schmidt, the only Nobel Laureate to head an Australian university, has been awarded this year’s AFR Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to research and higher education.

A new book claims international students are a drain on universities and they regularly lose money by educating them.

Three aluminium framing products from Alspec were specified for a new swimming pool complex in Stromlo, ACT to ensure the facility could endure the potentially corrosive indoor pool environment. Located in the western foothills of Canberra, Stromlo Leisure Centre combines soaring timber beams and large glazed aluminium facades to connect with its natural surrounds. Large timber beams made from glulam (glued laminated timber) have been paired with expansive aluminium window and door framing syst...

World-first laser to shunt deadly space junk out of orbit EOS Space Systems has developed the technology to protect infrastructure worth $900 billion. The laser, which will be fired from the Mt Stromlo Observatory in Canberra, has been seven years in the making. READ MORE: Australian scientists are hailing a world-first laser designed to shunt potentially deadly space junk out of orbit, fired from a Canberra hilltop.(9News) It was produced as part of a federally-funded research centre involving...

An image of a venomous Eastern brown snake. Photo: John Tann, Flickr. PARAMEDICS have already reported to attending a number of snake bite victims that have coincided with a rise of incidences across the bush capital this summer.  Canberrans are being urged to take the necessary precautions before an ambulance arrives following high snake activity at Mt Stromlo in recent weeks. ACT ambulance service chief officer Howard Wren said the victims on the popular hiking and mountain-biking trials cal...