Dating Aboriginal rock art using mud wasp nests
Radiocarbon dating of mud wasp nests was used as an indirect method of dating the Gwion Gwion style.
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Monash scientist earns Stephen Wilkins PhD Thesis Medal for innovative brain imaging
Dr Linda Croton, a Research Fellow at Monash University, has been awarded the 2020 ANSTO Australian Synchrotron Stephen Wilkins Thesis medal for her outstanding work using synchrotron-based X-ray for brain imaging.
Surprise cell death discovery provides birth defect clues
Understanding of the role that programmed cell death has in development.
Australian Synchrotron FAQs
Frequently asked questions about beamtime, accommodation and the user portal.
Board Chair
Mr Michael Quigley is an experienced director, senior business executive and former engineer. He has extensive corporate, financial and governance experience across the public and private sectors.
Energy Materials
Creating a global energy system that is both environmentally and economically sustainable is unquestionably one of the largest challenges facing the scientific and engineering communities.
Powder Diffraction
The Powder Diffraction beamline at the Australian Synchrotron is optimised for carrying out structural investigation under non ambient conditions and as a function of time.
Radioactivity Measurement
ANSTO has responsibilities mandated by the Australian Government for the maintenance of the national measurement standard for radioactivity.
From the frontline: Dating the ancient past in tiny bites
New beamline provides state-of-the-art imaging capability
The new Micro Computed Tomography (MCT) beamline is the first instrument to become operational as part of the $94 million Project BRIGHT program, which will see the completion of eight new beamlines at ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron.
Research confirms antiferromagnetic order in real quasicrystals
Exceptional group of women at the forefront of science outreach at ANSTO
Five exceptional female science communicators are part of a larger team who use skills in education and engagement to promote an interest in science amongst the public and students.
Australia leads progress in agriculture project in Asia and the Pacific
Australia is leading an agriculture project in the Asia and Pacific region, in partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific (RCA) to progress Atoms4Food.
Indigenous knowledge linked to pollution data
Atmosphere scientists find link between indigenous weather knowledge and Sydney air pollution.
Restarting a nuclear reactor series: It’s all in the preparation and slow and careful actions
ANSTO recently re-started the OPAL Reactor after a six-month shutdown for essential maintenance and the installation of an upgraded facility.
General Manager People Performance & Capability
With almost 30 years of Human Resources (HR) experience, Venessa has worked at global investment banking and some of Australia's top financial institutions.
Hydrogen Hub Community Facilitator - Design Factory Melbourne
Amelia Iverson is a Community Facilitator with the new VH2 Hydrogen Hub at Swinburne.
THz - Far Infrared
The THz/Far-IR Beamline couples the high brightness and collimation of a bend-magnet synchrotron radiation to a Bruker IFS125HR spectrometer providing high-resolution spectra (0.00096 cm-1) with signal to noise ratio superior to that of thermal sources up to 1350 cm-1 for gas-phase applications; the beamline also delivers signal to noise ratio superior to that of thermal sources up to 350 cm-1 for condensed phase samples.
Oil and Gas Decommissioning
With more than 50 years of experience in monitoring natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in the environment, ANSTO can provide the crucial data and insights you need to assist with the planning and risk management associated with oil and gas decommissioning.
Group Manager - Scattering