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Beamtime guide - Imaging and Medical
Information has been provided to assist with the preparation of experiment proposals and beamtime.
Powerful mathematical calculations guide the startup of a nuclear reactor
The nuclear analysis team at ANSTO recently had a significant role in the re-design and optimisation of a cold neutron source facility for the reactor, its installation and the subsequent restart after a six-month shutdown.
Research sheds light on mechanism by which long-term anti-anxiety drug use affects the brain
ANSTO health researchers have contributed to an international study published in Nature Neuroscience that sheds light on the mechanism by which anti-anxiety drugs act on the brain which could lead to cognitive impairment in vulnerable individuals.
Fission vs fusion: an explainer
The release of the Oppenheimer film, the story of the director of the Manhattan Project, has prompted many people to go online and search for an explanation of the difference between fission and fusion, two fundamental scientific concepts.
STEM-SAGE Initiative
Inspiring young women to be part of next generation of scientists.
Through the looking glass: the strange atomic structure of glassy materials
The mechanical, electrical, chemical, optical and thermal properties of glass, as determined by its chemical composition and atomic structure, make it a highly useful material with a myriad of applications.

Funding
Funding for the reconstructing of Australia’s fire history.
Australia charges ahead with new Lithium Technology
Scientists at ANSTO together with Lithium Australia Limited (LIT) have developed a world-first technology to extract more lithium from lithium mining waste, in a game-changer for Australian lithium industry.

Taipan - Thermal Triple Axis Spectrometer
Taipan is used to study the collective motion of atoms, phonons and magnons in materials, and phase transitions and processes involving thermal energy.
COVID-19 Global NASA hackathon win
ANSTO-nandin innovation hub win global hackathon challenge from NASA with COVID19 solution.
Star power reached in nuclear fusion
Australian scientists from ANTSO have congratulated their British colleagues for a major advance in their quest to develop practical nuclear fusion.
ANSTO is helping construct Australia’s first dark matter lab
Launch of the second phase of construction of the underground laboratory to detect dark matter.
Plans to safely manage medical and research waste
ANSTO will make an application to the independent nuclear regulator, ARPANSA, to vary its license for its Interim Waste Store. The original operating license was approved in 2015, enabling the facility to hold what is called a TN-81 cask of intermediate-level radioactive waste that was safely repatriated from France in 2015.
Research may lead to more effective anti-tumour drug
High intensity X-ray beam provides insights into the activity of natural killer cells.
Cosmic dust reveals Earth’s ancient atmosphere
Synchrotron shines path towards light-activated drug delivery
ANSTO star to shine bright on international stage
ANSTO’s Siobhan Tobin has been awarded the 2019 Rhodes Scholarship for Victoria which is one of the most prestigious scholarship programmes internationally.