Jack the Super Prawn lives in the Great Barrier Reef and uses his superpowers to protect the environment. Jack’s main job is to educate young readers on the impact of plastic and other types of pollution and to empower them to find a solution.
Created by Antoine Jaja, Jack’s first two adventure books entitled, “Drastic Plastic” and “Pollution Solution,” are now available in paperback in bookstores throughout Australia, as well as the ANSTO Shop. ANSTO provided scientific input into these stories that are helping to raise awareness of the impact of pollution on our waterways and the marine environment.
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Celebrating NAIDOC week
ANSTO proudly contributes to measures that recognise all aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage during NAIDOC Week and all year.
Portable XRF technology is viable approach for seafood provenance
Research indicates that the portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) is an appropriate analytical technique for determining seafood provenance at external sites.
Potential of science to support traditional Indigenous knowledge in natural products
ANSTO presented and participated in a panel discussion at the annual Natural Products Futures Forum in Ballina.
Clean water hackathon delivers potential solutions
Sri Lankan students took part in an innovative hackathon to develop novel solutions to a wastewater runoff problem from reverse osmosis water treatment plants.
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Powerful new microscope a game changer in battle against disease
The Titan Krios cryo-electron microscope reveals the inner workings of life at the cellular level.
ANSTO scientists help refine estimates of global methane emissions
A groundbreaking international study has provided new insights into global fossil methane emissions, using innovative multi-isotopic atmospheric measurements.
Deciphering the complex molecular activity that leads to cell death
Research on the mechanism of cell death has insights to bring progress on neurodegenerative diseases and plant biosecurity.
Producing quality steel products can be 'hard' work
How can you speed up your production pathway to better surface modification?
Eureka finalist
Two ANSTO scientists were part of a research team led by the University of Wollongong, who are finalists for the 2019 NSW Environment, Energy and Science (DPIE) Eureka Prize for Environmental Research.
ANSTO celebrates student-science success! 230 medals for 115 primary and secondary schools
A changing of the guard in the 2018 ANSTO Top Coder Competition
The winners of the 2018 ANSTO Top Coder Competition were decided at two keenly contested grand finals with Robotics hosted by UTS and Coding held at the ANSTO Discovery Centre.
First steps underway in $168.8 million nuclear medicine facility
Promising material provides a simple, effective method capable of extracting uranium from seawater
An Australian-led international research team, including a core group of ANSTO scientists, has found that doping a promising material provides a simple, effective method capable of extracting uranium from seawater.
A closer look at the science of detecting flu
Fossilised remains of Ice Age top predator dated with radiocarbon
Progress in PNG
PNG Fisheries expresses great satisfaction with the progress of aquaculture initiative.
Grant funds a search for the precursors of life on icy Titan
ANSTO will participate in a New Zealand Marsden project which will search for chemical clues linked to the origins of life on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.