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Contributing to research that strengthens the defence of Australia

ANSTO has safely managed its radioactive waste for over 60 years. Waste is managed in accordance with national and international standards.

A large collaboration of European investigators gained insights into how the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S protein) impacts  with lipid metabolism in the body with implications for COVID-19 infection and mRNA vaccination.

Your students can analyse real research data from ANSTO scientists.

Radiocarbon dating is a well-known method for determining the age of materials up to the age of approximately 50,000 years.

Dr Angus Cowan has been presented with the Stephen Wilkins Medal, which is awarded annually to a PhD student who completed an outstanding thesis based on work at ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron.

ANSTO physicist supports launch of new carbon ion therapy treatment service in Austria.

Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE) is a powerful and relatively simple analytical technique that can be used to identify and quantify trace elements typically ranging from aluminium to to uranium.

Strategic partnership with the University of Sydney expanded to continue a long history of research collaboration.

A lift for fish at Tallowa Dam: Study on dietary impacts.

Seeing inside an ancient Australian Indigenous artefact non-invasively using neutron tomography.

Researchers led by the University of Bristol (UK) have identified a possible cause of SARS-CoV-2’s increased infectivity compared to SARS-CoV

The analytical power of non-destructive X-ray fluorescence microscopy (XFM) at the Australian Synchrotron has been highlighted in a book chapter in Giorgione, Dante and the Sydney Incunable that features its use on an historic Renaissance work, Dante’s Commedia.

An international team has published research in Nature today that identified the oldest known mummified remains of an exceptionally well-preserved terrestrial vertebrate, a 289-million-year-old reptile Captorhinus.

Quantum theory explains the strange and unpredictable behaviour of subatomic particles and the smallest amounts of energy.

In association with the IAEA, ANSTO supports nuclear security in Australia, the Asia-Pacific Region, and around the world, by providing international leadership in nuclear forensic science.

On the 10th of October 2025, the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology provided his Statement of Expectations to ANSTO.