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ANSTO taking part in international coastal pollution studies
What is radiation?
Radiation can be described as energy or particles from a source that travel through space or other mediums. Light, heat, and wireless communications are all forms of radiation.
Highlights - Energy Materials
Highlights of the Energy Materials Project.
Research highlights the importance of the Murray Darling Basin for Australia’s waterbirds
An environmental study supported by a citizen science project at ANSTO and UNSW has brought greater understanding of the movement of birds between all of Australia’s major water basins and the importance of the Murray-Darling River Basin.
Giving waste plastics a second life as high-performance materials
A new study has shown that, rather than being discarded, plastics can be transformed into valuable carbon nanomaterials that help solve both energy and environmental challenges.
Nuclear Waste Solutions
Combining scientific expertise with more than $1.3 billion in unique operational assets to provide optimal radioactive waste solutions.
Role at ANSTO
Collaboration publishes landmark blue carbon study
ANSTO environmental scientists contribute to investigation of carbon capture in wetlands.
ANSTO’s advanced radiation imaging solution CORIS360® - wins two Gold Good Design Awards
ANSTO’s CORIS360®, an advanced radiation imaging solution, has been awarded two Gold Good Design Awards from Good Design Australia, winning in the categories of Product Design/ Commercial and Industrial as well as Engineering Design.
Australian Synchrotron to join consortium mapping the human brain
Consortium will map the 86 billion nerve cells, 100 trillion connections and neurotransmitters in the human brain.
Deuteration supports blood test to help diagnose breast cancer
The National Deuteration Facility has supplied deuterium labelled lipids to quantify lipid biomarkers in a blood test to help diagnose breast cancer.
Certificate of appreciation from WA DFES
ANSTO and the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) have been recognised for their valuable contributions to the search and recovery efforts for a missing 8mm-long radioactive capsule in the Western Australian outback.
Radiocarbon dating reveals past fall in sea level linked to changes on the Great Barrier Reef
Groundwater study
Using isotopes to understand saltwater intrusion of Rottnest Island groundwater
New technique to improve global climate models
An investigation that set out to resolve some of the uncertainty in the sources and quantities of pollutants reaching Antarctica has produced a new experimental technique to identify and characterise recently terrestrially-influenced air reaching Antarctica.
Multipurpose research reactor providing radiopharmaceutical
Radioactive phosphorous for implantable medical device to treat pancreatic cancer in global clinical trial
Investigations of food authenticity
Use of nuclear techniques to benefit industry and consumers