Interstellar measurements at ANSTO provide new insights into the formation of gold and other heavy elements
ANSTO’s Centre for Accelerator Science measures extra-terrestrial plutonium in a study to clarify the origin of the heavier elements
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Tracing the impact of toxic metals
Two ANSTO environmental scientists are part of a large team led by the Australian National University (ANU), who have received an Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant to investigate how environmental change and human activities since industrialisation have impacted the transport and deposition of toxic metals on the south coast of Australia, Tasmania, and remote Southern Ocean islands.
Researchers uncover how pathogens hijack phosphate pathways to infect crops
A team of scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered how a powerful “weapon” used by many fungal pathogens enables them to cause disease in major food crops such as rice and corn
ANSTO welcomes progress on national radioactive waste management facility
Distinguished lecture highlights how Australia can be more innovative
Technical Information - Platypus
Specifications, Instrument reference, User manual.
Synchrotron scientist selected for ATSE Emerging Leaders network
Dr Emily Finch, Microscopy Group Manager at the Australian Synchrotron, has been selected among fourteen up-and-coming leaders of Australian science to participate in Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Emerging Leaders Network 2026 which supports high-potential rising professionals in STEM.
Visit our Sydney facilities
ANSTO's Sydney locations are home to the Open Pool Australian Light-water (OPAL) multi-purpose reactor, the Centre for Accelerator Science (CAS), the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, the National Research Cyclotron and the National Deuteration Facility.
The dinosaur detectives: Instrument scientist who studies fossils and Dingo neutron imaging in the spotlight
Self-assembly of the bacterial flagellar motor
Funding awarded to highlight leadership opportunities for women in STEM fields
Nuclear science and the environment: threat or opportunity?
Powerful synchrotron light confirms the presence of rare diamond in stony meteorites
Australian and international researchers have used ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron to confirm the presence of an unusual diamond found in stony meteorites.
Magnetism
As an experimental tool for the study of magnetism, neutron scattering is without equal in its range of applications.
Australia's nuclear credentials highly regarded internationally through ANSTO
Although Australia does not use nuclear energy for power needs, it does have the nuclear capabilities, knowledge, and expertise provided by ANSTO to ensure the national interest in nuclear matters is protected and advanced.
The women of nuclear stewardship science are experts in the safe use of radioactivity
Revealing the sources of Sydney’s air pollution
Indigenous Kakadu plum farmers attend ANSTO workshop
Indigenous Kakadu plum farmers attend workshop on use and application of the elemental fingerprint technology for indigenous bushfoods provenance.
License to produce Lutetium-177 for clinical trials
ANSTO is proud to announce that a license has been issued by the Therapeutic Goods Administration to produce Lutetium-177 (Lu-177) for use in clinical trials.