All roads lead to Sydney for researchers looking to find new treatments for mental illness, neurological disorders, cancer and obesity with the launch of a brand new research centre.
24 Nov 2011The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) will host a routine emergency response exercise at Lucas Heights on Friday 25 November, 2011 from 9.30am.
A new agreement between Macquarie University and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) will help us better understand everything from where earthquakes might occur to where gold is deposited.
Australia’s only nuclear reactor – the Open Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL) reactor – is part of an international research effort to find more out about a 450-year-old Anglican ‘Great Bible”.
27 Oct 2011Ever wonder what scientists are really getting up to behind the gates at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)?
23 Sep 2011The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) is encouraging BlueScope Steel workers to discuss opportunities to work at ANSTO at an employment fair in Wollongong this Friday and Saturday.
19 Sep 2011Australia’s brightest young science minds, including two ANSTO sponsored students, have returned home from the International Science Olympiads medals in hand.
08 Sep 2011The public are invited to a free lecture at Lucas Heights about science’s most amazing physics experiment – the search for the origin of the universe (and the as yet undiscovered constituent often referred to as the God particle) at the world famous Large Hadron Collider.
07 Sep 2011The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) congratulates all those involved in the Eureka Prizes, the awards organised by the Australian Museum to recognise excellence in science.
07 Sep 2011One of Australia’s longest running and most successful scientific collaborations is set to continue with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the University of Sydney and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).
02 Sep 2011Australian scientists are set to gain access to the world’s most powerful X-ray laser facility following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japanese SPring-8 Centre.
Brilliant young Sydney scientist Dr Vanessa Peterson of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has been nominated for a Eureka Prize People’s ChoiceAward for her working into one of the world’s biggest challenges - developing renewable, clean energy technologies.
05 Jul 2011In the interests of stopping further damage to the environment and preventing potential injuries to members of the public and ANSTO staff, motorcyclists and cyclists are being asked to stay out of bushland surrounding the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation’s (ANSTO’s) Lucas Heights campus.
23 Jun 2011Dr Terry Walker, the man who oversaw the transition of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission (AAEC) to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) passed away in Queensland earlier this week.
30 May 2011ANSTO supports the findings of the Comcare Review Panel that an ANSTO employee was not suspended because he complained about alleged health and safety matters, nor was he physically or psychologically injured in his employment.
A two or dual step reactor, known as FlexLAB, has been undergoing testing at the laboratories here at ANSTO since December 2010. It is a key goal in the research program of the CRC for Biomedical Imaging Development (CRCBID), which is developing novel radiopharmaceuticals for use as investigational medicinal products.
06 Apr 2011For parents at their wits’ end trying to find something different and educational for the kids these school holidays, let ANSTO cure the boredom with rocket science.
22 Jun 2011Australia’s demand for electricity is skyrocketing while the country’s power infrastructure ages. But a new software program developed by ANSTO’s materials engineering specialists is aiming to help coal-fired power stations improve their efficiency and sustain a reliable output. The software, ‘Remlife’ is already in use by several power companies across Australia to gauge the wear and tear of plant infrastructure.
24 Mar 2011The results from a national phone survey show clear public support for ANSTO in its endeavours to achieve excellence in the field of nuclear science and technology. One of the key messages conveyed from respondents in the 2010 survey, commissioned by ANSTO, was that Australia should have a national nuclear science centre and that the organisation should provide advice on nuclear issues.
10 Mar 2011The study of human origins has provided some groundbreaking insights into who we really are and where we come from but it is a topic that is hotly debated with many mysteries still remaining. Nuclear science is helping to solve many of these mysteries which is the focal point of a workshop organised by the Embassy of Italy and ANSTO.
ANSTO’s continual delivery of excellence in the field of nuclear science and technology is assured with the appointment of Professor Paul Greenfield AO as Chair of the organisation’s board.
An international team of researchers headed by ANSTO has discovered something you would least expect to find under the ground in outback Australia – clean fresh water. This fresh water, known as ‘lenses’, has been uncovered near Cooper Creek in southwest Queensland and provides a potential insight into how ecosystems along our dry-land rivers are sustained.
04 Feb 2011It’s dubbed the ‘Oscars of Australian Science’ and this year ANSTO will be an integral part to the 2011 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes. For the first time ever, ANSTO will sponsor the award category, the ‘Eureka Prize for Innovative Use of Technology.’
ANSTO Board member, Professor David Copolov, has been awarded with the Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM) for service to medical research, to professional organisations and to higher education.
