Computing
Sciences & Technology
Happy 70th Birthday to Australia's first computing class
We now carry computers in our pockets, but in 1955, the University of Melbourne became home to the two-tonne CSIRAC computer. Our picture gallery celebrates 70 years of Australia’s first university computing department
Sciences & Technology
From sand to superposition: A key step towards a powerful silicon quantum computer
A major obstacle to quantum computing has been overcome by modifying a common industrial method to create large arrays of single atoms in a silicon chip
Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
Using maths to prove computer security
Eureka prize winner Associate Professor Toby Murray thought maths was boring, but he now relies on it to secure critical systems like those of Defence against hackers