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What is radiation?
Radiation can be described as energy or particles from a source that travel through space or other mediums. Light, heat, and wireless communications are all forms of radiation.
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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.
Pioneering Australian partnership of art and science reveals hidden masterpiece
Improved understanding of progression rates in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia
It's GO time
nandin member, SVSR, report on their proof-of-concept for a reusable Graphene Oxide (GO) membrane to capture waste water vapours from ageing sewerage systems.
Role at ANSTO
Nick is a radiation biologist who works for the NST Human Health research theme.
Advanced nuclear waste forms
ANSTO co-developed technology LieNa® receives funding boost in a win for Australia’s lithium and critical minerals industry
A world-first processing technology developed in collaboration by ANSTO’s Minerals unit.
Next-gen wearable electronic devices
Ultra-flexible electronics has many potential applications within areas such as for example the military, healthcare and energy.
Medium Energy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Beamline (MEX-1 and MEX-2)
The Medium Energy- X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy beamlines provides access to XANES and EXAFS data from a bending magnet source, optimised for cutting-edge applications in biological, agricultural and environmental science in an energy range that is not currently available at the Australia Synchrotron.
Role at ANSTO
Role at ANSTO
12,000 year temperature record
A new continuous record of temperature dating back 12,000 years provides an import resource in understanding current and future climate changes,
Using uranium to create order from disorder
The first demonstration of reversible symmetry lowering phase transformation with heating.
Feather Map of Australia
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.
Decommissioning
ANSTO recognises scientific achievement, leadership, external collaboration and outreach at Awards event
ANSTO recognised the contribution of individuals and teams to nuclear science and technology at the 2023 ANSTO Awards Ceremony held on 25 July.