Single session radiation therapy nearing a reality
ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron has been working on an initiative that could substantially improve radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients.
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Surface coatings on Aboriginal rock art provide insights into climate environment
Radiocarbon measurements at ANSTO’s Centre for Accelerator Science have supported research published that provided insights into what the environment was like for the Aboriginal artists who created rock art over intervals spanning 43,000 years.
Understanding depression
Potential new treatments and tools for depression under development.
Progress on organic thin films for solar cells
Modifications to promising novel non-fullerene small molecule acceptor in organic thin film for solar cells demonstrates improved power conversion efficiency.
Ultra-thin lithium strips show great promise as anode material for enhanced lithium ion batteries
Chinese researchers have eveloped a novel strategy for the scalable production of high-performance, thin, and free-standing lithium anodes for lithium-ion batteries with enhanced cycling stability and electrochemical properties.
ANSTO scientists help refine estimates of global methane emissions
A groundbreaking international study has provided new insights into global fossil methane emissions, using innovative multi-isotopic atmospheric measurements.
Sustainability expert joins ANSTO's Innovation Precinct
Dr Anne Hellstedt has been appointed Director of ANSTO’s Innovation Precinct.
From the jaws of a crocodile to powerful synchrotron light, La Trobe researchers discover a mechanism that could help fight fungal infections
La Trobe University researchers have used the Australian Synchrotron in a new study that reveals how crocodiles resist fatal fungal infections with a unique pH sensing mechanism despite living in filthy water.
First SIKA Research Article
Getting South Coast kids excited about science and engineering
Detection of gravitation waves beginning of new realm of physics
Australian environmental research featured in US science magazine
Monitoring air pollution and traffic density in Sydney
ANSTO Environmental Researcher Scott Chambers uses a naturally-occurring radioactive gas called Radon-222 to trace sources of pollution in the atmosphere. This data set contains hourly observations of meteorology, trace gas pollutants, Radon-222 concentration and traffic density collected from Western Sydney University (Richmond campus) in 2016.
Reducing, reusing and recycling mining waste
Two approaches use existing low cost and low energy technologies to reuse stockpiled waste from mining operations - capturing carbon dioxide in the form of valuable carbonate minerals.
Introducing a novel molecular orbital interaction that stabilises cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
A large international team led by scientists from the Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials at the University of Wollongong has verified that the introduction of novel molecular orbital interactions can improve the structural stability of cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries.
New laboratory opens
A new source added to ANSTO’s cosmogenic toolkit to study past climate and landscape change
Experimental evidence of quantum spin liquid
Researchers use Kitaev theoretical model to explain unusual phenomenon in two-dimensional material.
Research investigates low activation and low cost superconducting material for magnetic coils in next generation fusion reactors
ANSTO contributes to new research could pave the way for safer and more efficient COVID-19 testing
International research led by Monash University and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity has achieved a proof of concept for a new, fast, portable saliva screening test that uses an infrared light technology to confirm infection with SARS-CoV-2.
Pass the salt: can sodium power the 21st century
Atomic structure of new cathode material for sodium ion batteries helps explain long life