Igor Aharonovich (@igordownunder) 's Twitter Profile
Igor Aharonovich

@igordownunder

Quantum Nanophotonics Group Leader, OPTICA & SPIE Fellow, Professor @UTS. Science, Travel and Scubadiving! Views my own

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Peter Tulip (@peter_tulip) 's Twitter Profile Photo

2,000 apartments, 500m from Menangle Park train station, REJECTED. Because "excessive scale". This is why housing is unaffordable. southwestvoice.com.au/2073-apartment…

BowTiedStocks (@bowtiedstocks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why is the top marginal tax rate in Australia so much higher than the company rate? Do we like to discourage hard work and individuals providing value here? Or is it just a cash grab by the govt because they can? It is also likely a factor that encourages negative gearing

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Harvard mathematician and satirist Tom Lehrer said that satire died when they gave Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. Is making Scott Morrison a Companion of the Order of Australia the Australian equivalent? James Proctor, Maiden Gully The Age letters

Harvard mathematician and satirist Tom Lehrer said that satire died when they gave Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. Is making Scott Morrison a Companion of the Order of Australia the Australian equivalent?
James Proctor, Maiden Gully
<a href="/theage/">The Age</a> letters
Malcolm Turnbull (@turnbullmalcolm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The UK is conducting a review of AUKUS. The US DoD is conducting a review of AUKUS. But Australia, which has the most at stake, has no review. Our Parliament to date has been the least curious and least informed. Time to wake up?

Malcolm Turnbull (@turnbullmalcolm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Most of the debate today is missing the point. The US can comply with the AUKUS deal without transferring any submarines to Australia. substack.com/@malcolmturnbu…

BowTiedStocks (@bowtiedstocks) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How does Qantas still not have Wi-Fi on flights? What decade are we living in here… Australia apparently one of the β€˜wealthiest’ countries on earth, Wi-Fi on flights is too much though $QAN.AX

How does Qantas still not have Wi-Fi on flights?

What decade are we living in here…

Australia apparently one of the β€˜wealthiest’ countries on earth, Wi-Fi on flights is too much though

$QAN.AX
Nanophotonics (@nanophotonics_j) 's Twitter Profile Photo

πŸ† We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Early Career Award! Four deserving scientists won for their outstanding contributions to the field of optics and photonics! Congratulations to Melissa Guidry of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Huan Zhao of Oak Ridge Lab, Minkyung Kim of GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology), and

πŸ† We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Early Career Award! Four deserving scientists won for their outstanding contributions to the field of optics and photonics!

Congratulations to Melissa Guidry of <a href="/MIT/">Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)</a>, <a href="/HuanZhaoPhD/">Huan Zhao</a> of <a href="/ORNL/">Oak Ridge Lab</a>, Minkyung Kim of <a href="/GIST_science/">GIST(Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology)</a>, and
Andreas Wallraff (@andreasateth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Learned from Aephraim Steinberg that Ray Laflamme passed away. Sad news. Here is what Aephraim wrote: RIP Ray Laflamme, gone too soon. Ray was a stellar scientist, the founding director of ⁦the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and ⁦of CIFAR 's⁩ #Quantum #Information program, but more

Learned from Aephraim Steinberg that Ray Laflamme passed away. 
Sad news.
Here is what Aephraim wrote:

RIP Ray Laflamme, gone too soon.

Ray was a stellar scientist, the founding director of ⁦the <a href="/QuantumIQC/">Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)</a> and ⁦of <a href="/CIFAR_News/">CIFAR</a> 's⁩ #Quantum #Information program, but more
John Preskill (@preskill) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Raymond Laflamme 1960-2025. A great scientist, renowned for his pioneering contributions to quantum error correction. A great leader, founding director of Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC). A great colleague and teacher whose legacy continues to inspire us. uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-…

Jarrod McClean (@jarrodmcclean) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Google Academic Research Awards (GARA) (goo.gle/GARA) support a range of positive and speculative directions for academics. This year, one of the focus areas is Quantum Neuroscience. Learn more and apply by July 23, 2025 at goo.gle/GARA.