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From the jaws of a crocodile to powerful synchrotron light, La Trobe researchers discover a mechanism that could help fight fungal infections
La Trobe University researchers have used the Australian Synchrotron in a new study that reveals how crocodiles resist fatal fungal infections with a unique pH sensing mechanism despite living in filthy water.
Distinguishing black carbon sources
MABI instrument can determine both the concentration and source of black carbon pollution in the atmosphere.
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ANSTO helps verify the origin of traditional Aboriginal products to benefit consumer confidence and Aboriginal enterprises
Graduate Profile – Vienna Wong
PhD candidate Vienna Wong is using her FutureNow Scholarship to research ultra-high temperature ceramics, which are emerging materials for extreme environments.
Feather Map of Australia
A breakthrough in all-organic proton batteries for safer, sustainable energy storage
Researchers from the University of New South Wales have developed a new type of rechargeable battery that uses protons as charge carriers, offering a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries.
Predicting the impact of space radiation on satellite electrical systems
Airbus Australia Pacific has provided students participating in ANSTO’s National Graduate Innovation Forum with a practical challenge relating to technology that is exposed to damaging radiation in space.
ANSTO expertise highlighted in a 3D IMAX film about Angkorian Empire
ANSTO radiocarbon facilities and scientists are featured in a new IMAX documentary film released in the United States.
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Anti leukaemia drug recognised with PM Prize for Innovation
The Australian Synchrotron has played a crucial role in the discovery of a new cancer drug for the treatment of leukaemia.
Reconstructing Australia’s fire history from cave stalagmites
Research is being undertaken through an Australian Research Council Discovery Project "Reconstructing Australia’s fire history from cave stalagmites", led by Professor Andy Baker at UNSW Sydney and Dr. Pauline Treble at ANSTO. The project aims to calibrate the fire-speleothem relationship and develop coupled fire and climate records for the last millennium in southwest Australia.
New cell-killing toxin discovered in an environmental pathogen
An international research team has discovered how a bacterial toxin, known as Ssp, is capable of entering and killing a wide range of living cells, including human cells using the Australian Synchrotron.
Man-made fossil emissions larger than previously believed
ANSTO contributes to major study on global warming by measuring methane and carbon monoxide trapped in ice.
Echidna - High Resolution Powder Diffractometer
Neutron powder diffraction is particularly useful for materials with light elements in the presence of heavy ones and for magnetic materials such as superconductors, pharmaceuticals, aerospace alloys and much more.
New volcanic mineral found
Macromolecular crystallography helps determine the atomic structure.
You are what you eat
Cracking the code for crop nutrition and food quality with X-ray fluorescence microscopy.