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Outstanding individuals and teams have been recognised for their outstanding work, innovation, excellence in the 2025 ANSTO Awards. 

Measurement research undertaken to ensure safe, well-engineered nanoparticles

German ambassador visits to see a ‘sparrow’ being assembled.

ANSTO’s National Deuteration Facility has provided deuterated cholesterol for international research to gain a better understanding of how the Spike protein of the COVID virus, SARS-Co-V-2, infects human cells through a membrane fusion mechanism.

An international team of academic researchers led by Curtin University have provided a description of a new species of pterosaur, a flying reptile.

Neutron association award to energy materials researcher Prof Vanessa Peterson.

Polarised neutron scattering on Sika instrument

In Part 2 of our series exploring the world of nuclear science and technology at ANSTO, we share more detailed information about the nuclear scientist’s toolkit.

Emu instrument Scientist Gail Iles has left the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering for RMIT.

This week marks 20 years since ANSTO’s OPAL multi-purpose reactor first achieved criticality - a defining moment for Australian nuclear science and the beginning of two decades of discoveries, medical advances and industrial innovation delivered from ANSTO’s Lucas Heights campus.

Government response to 2016 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap

A Powerhouse exhibition was recognised with a prestigious Museums and Galleries National Award for Research at a ceremony in Perth this morning.  The Invisible Revealed exhibition was organised in collaboration with ANSTO and the University of NSW.

A sparrow with 257 parts weighing more than 29 tonnes arrives safely at ANSTO

ANSTO renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) operated by the High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation (KEK) and Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). Now broadened to include their partner Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS), the signing took place early in the year and a celebratory workshop was held late July.

Garry McIntyre joins editorial board of Journal of Applied Crystallography.

Researchers from UNSW have found an extraordinary material that does expand or contract over an extremely wide temperature range and may be one of the most stable materials known.