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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Graduate Profile - Joshua Noiney
Fish farming is increasing globally to provide an affordable source of protein and income security for local communities. Joshua's research project aims to optimise production of tilapia to enhance food and nutritional security in PNG.
Giving waste plastics a second life as high-performance materials
A new study has shown that, rather than being discarded, plastics can be transformed into valuable carbon nanomaterials that help solve both energy and environmental challenges.
ANSTO environmental scientists highlight need to monitor legacy nuclear fallout in Antarctica
ANSTO environmental scientists have alerted the scientific community of the critical need to monitor changes to ice containing potential nuclear fallout that reached Antarctica from 20th century atmospheric weapons testing.
Powerful insights into hyperaccumulator plants
Combining X-ray techniques brings insights
Research brings a better understanding of the stability of very old groundwater
Groundwater experts from ANSTO and UNSW have led a collaboration of Australian and American researchers to analyse the composition of deep, very old groundwater and develop a new conceptual framework that describes the degradation of carbon over time in the subsurface.
Sea level rise predicted to dramatically speed up erosion of rock coastlines by 2100
New research published a team from the Imperial College London, University of Glasgow and ANSTO suggests that rock coasts, which make up over half the world’s coastlines, could retreat more rapidly in the future due to accelerating sea level rise.
Research on proton conductors holds promise for development of clean energy materials
ANSTO partners with Haymarket HQ to attract deep tech investors to Australia
Global futurist and thought leader on biotechnologies, health and innovation to present at ANSTO
The nandin Innovation Centre and Southern Sydney Innovation Network are excited to host Dr Tiffany Vora, Expert and Vice Chair Digital Biology and Medicine at Singularity University, for two presentations on Diversity and Inclusion and Biotech, along with an interview with DR KC Huang.
X-rays reveal the key to the effectiveness of new Alzheimer’s drugs
Sodium Iodide - 131I Therapy Capsules
International Day of Light: 16 May
Collaborators - Planetary Materials
We are part of the Planetary Science community in Australia
Infrastructure - Planetary Materials
At ANSTO we have a large range of facilities that can be used to investigate planetary materials.
Jack the Super Prawn
Funding awarded to highlight leadership opportunities for women in STEM fields
Research on nickel
Study reveals that properties of polycrystalline materials can be derived from microscopic single crystal samples
Showcasing ANSTO's Innovative Technologies at Phoenix's Waste Management Symposia
ANSTO is taking its innovative ANSTO Synroc® and CORIS360® technologies to the world stage at the Waste Management Symposia 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona USA this week (10 – 14 March 2024). Joining over 45 other countries and around 3,000 attendees, an Australian Government contingent comprising of ANSTO and the Australian Radioactive Waste Agency is in attendance to showcase Australia’s extensive radioactive waste management capabilities.
Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating is a well-known method for determining the age of materials up to the age of approximately 50,000 years.