Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating is a well-known method for determining the age of materials up to the age of approximately 50,000 years.
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An unambiguous message of support for carbon capture: a new ARC Centre of Excellence
The ARC Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide, GETCO2, will support innovative approaches to carbon capture.
Champions are accelerating progress in the empowerment of women
High-energy heavy ion microprobe
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.
Infrastructure - Cultural Heritage
In Australia and the Southeast Asia basin, the ANSTO facility offers a wide range of unique nuclear-beam techniques for cultural heritage research.
Part 1: An explanation of the three-body problem featured in science fiction series
Two ANSTO physicist explain the three-body problem as featured in science fiction series of the same name
Improving carbon dating
Study helps make carbon dating a more accurate chronological tool.
Pioneering Australian partnership of art and science reveals hidden masterpiece
An investigation of residual stresses in insulated rail joints
Nuclear Materials Research and Technology
ANSTO addresses key scientific questions in the nuclear fuel cycle for both the current generation of nuclear reactors and future systems.
Celebrating crystallography - New video
Feathery moa’s fossilised footprints, ancient age revealed
ANSTO scientist, Dr Klaus Wilcken of the Centre for Accelerator Science, used cosmogenic nuclide dating to determine the ages of layered sand and gravel samples, in which seven footprints of the flightless bird, the moa, were found on the South Island in New Zealand in 2019.
Global Innovation Projects Coordinator & Lecturer
Aaron is the International Research and Development Projects Coordinator at DesignFactory Melbourne, and currently delivers DFM’s global programs with the Centre fo rDesign Research at Stanford University, the SUGAR Network for Global Innovation and Ide
2019 Shorebirds Competition Summary and Results
From June to August we invited primary schools in Greater Sydney/Illawarra and Melbourne to participate in our 2019 Shorebirds Competition. Students in Years 3 to 6 were asked to create a public awareness poster for a threatened shorebird found in Australia.
User Meeting 2020 Invited Speakers
The User Advisory Committee (UAC) are pleased to present this year's invited speakers.
Innovator in energy and sustainability uses power of synchrotron light to make advances
Accessing ANSTO’s Service Portal
ANSTO offers a broad range of programs and services to various industries and customers. Many of these services, including the Australian Nuclear Medicine Traceability program, are supported by online customer portals.
Improved understanding of progression rates in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia
Highlights - Cultural Heritage
Over the last decades, neutron, photon, and ion beams have been established as an innovative and attractive investigative approach to characterise cultural-heritage materials.
Workbooks
ANSTO provides secondary students with a range of learning resources for those interested in science or studying for exams. For teachers, ANSTO provides learning resources and professional development, as well as in-school-term science tours and videoconferences. Workbooks are provided as required learning material to accompany a school visit to ANSTO. They can also be used on their own as a classroom resource.