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OPAL's eleventh neutron beam instrument KOOKABURRA has received approval to commence testing and will help enhance the reputation of the Bragg Institute as one of the world’s leading research organisations in the field of neutron scattering. 

Today, the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency gave approval to commence neutron beam testing of KOOKABURRA, our new ultra-small-angle neutron scattering instrument. 

Following the return to service of OPAL's cold neutron source on 18th July, we are glad to announce that both PLATYPUS and QUOKKA are now running "friendly-user" experiments with cold neutrons again.

ANSTO would like to congratulate the CSIRO team behind the innovative 3D mapping device Zebedee and our own materials engineers who were recognised at the 2013 Eureka Prizes.

Microfluidic technology may offer faster and more controlled ways to produce radiotracers for medical imaging, including studies into Parkinson’s disease, thanks to a first of its kind approach in the Southern Hemisphere at ANSTO.

Today, the Bragg Institute's most experienced mechanical designer, Alain Brule has "hung up his steel-capped boots" and retired from ANSTO.

Dr Karina Meredith’s use of an isotope normally associated with planetary studies to understand the Darling River’s complex water systems has earned her recognition at this year’s Goldschmidt Meeting, the biggest geochemical conference in the world.

Today, we successfully performed the first dynamic vapour sorption experiment using our new system on the WOMBAT high-intensity powder diffractometer.

This week, the University of Warwick, in England, is celebrating the lives and contributions of William and Lawrence Bragg, via the "Two Bragg Exhibition - Illuminating a Century of Crystallography" and a general knowledge quiz. 

Today we performed the first dilution-refrigerator experiment in a neutron beam at OPAL: using our WOMBAT high-intensity powder diffractometer. 

This week, we have started to glue the large array of perfect-silicon crystal wafers, which form the energy analysers for our new EMU backscattering spectrometer, to their spherical backing plates. 

ANSTO is saving time, improving production processes and saving millions of dollars following a partnership with specialist business improvement consultancy, Oliver Wight.

Ever wondered what it would be like to stand face-to-face with a group of Nobel Prize winners and share your ground-breaking work? ANSTO's Anwen Krause-Heuer was fortunate enough and reported on her trip to Lindau in Germany. 

This week, ANSTO is playing host to Dr. Yuntao Liu of the China Institute for Atomic Energy, which hosts the new 60-MW CARR Research Reactor. 

Today, we recorded the first neutron radiography image using the brand-new DINGO radiography/tomography/imaging station at the OPAL Research Reactor, of a traditional alarm clock.

ANSTO and Monash University have announced start-up funding for seven research projects that will bring together some of the nation’s brightest minds and best scientific infrastructure.  

Please join us in congratulating Dehong Yu, who has been awarded a three-year guest professorship at Shandong University, in Jinan, China.

Today our nuclear regulator, ARPANSA, gave approval to commence neutron beam testing of DINGO, our new neutron radiography/tomography/imaging station. 

ANSTO was fortunate to host a free science talk by guest lecturer and Nobel Laureate Professor Peter. Listen to the full audio recording now!