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The Australian Synchrotron

A world-class national research facility that uses accelerator technology to produce a powerful source of light-X rays and infrared radiation a million times brighter than the sun.

The International Year of Light comes to an end

Beamtime Guide - X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy

Beamtime Guide - XFM

Beamtime Guide on the X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron.

Research highlights how to make food different and better by design

International researchers have used nuclear techniques at ANSTO - a centre for food materials science - to develop a methodology that could assist in the design of oleogel systems for food applications.

New advanced material shows extraordinary stability over wide temperature range

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.

Going global with nuclear medicine

Surprise cell death discovery provides birth defect clues

Understanding of the role that programmed cell death has in development.

Dr Anwen Krause-Heuer

Laboratory Operations Manager, National Deuteration Facility

Role at ANSTO

Significant progress on breakthrough cancer therapy

Research has demonstrated that internally generated neutrons could be used to effectively target micro-infiltrates and cancer cells outside of the defined treatment regions.

High-energy Heavy Ion Microbeam

The high-energy heavy-ion microprobe is used for the characterisation or modification of material properties at depths from approximately 1 micrometre to maximum depths of up to 500 micrometres from the material surface.