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2021 Shorebirds Competition Summary and Results

Shorebirds Competition 2021 results.

Assessing the impacts of plastics in our oceans and seas

Neutron beam time allocations announced

Second half of 2018

Beam time allocations

Scientific merit of applications for beamtime assessed.

Tyree Foundation Scholarships - Priority Focus Areas

Sir William Tyree Nuclear Scholarships - Priority Focus Areas

Landscape reconstruction

Research to assess the impact of recent landscape change by measuring fundamental geomorphic processes that are the result of long-term landscape evolution.

Work from OPAL and NDF featured in Chemical Science

'Towering' engineering victory

Building a stable tower out of paper and designing a bionic limb were among the challenges of the Discover Engineering day, held on 11 May at ANSTO.

Revealing the 'hidden half' of grain using imaging at ANSTO's Australian Synchrotron to benefit Australian agriculture

Professor of Soil Science at The University of Queensland, Peter Kopittke and partner investigator Prof Enzo Lombi of the University of SA are very optimistic about the use of a new synchrotron-based imaging technique that captures in 3D the complex interaction of soil and root.

Determining the extent of soil erosion on a NSW vineyard

Accelerator technique useful for biomedical engineering

Accelerator technique used in pioneering biomaterials research led by the University of Sydney.

Progress on hydrogels

Research confirms heating can increase strength of a type of hydrogel.

National medical facility to triple production of radiopharmaceuticals

Synchrotron techniques provide insights into swifter battery charging

New research published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology shows that the next generation of lithium-sulphur (Li||S) batteries may be capable of being charged in less than five minutes, instead of several hours as is currently the case.

Work with the Cavendish Laboratory featured in Advanced Energy Materials

Using elemental data to combat illegal wildlife trade

This resource guides students through how to interpret and analyse authentic research data, generated during a collaborative project between UNSW, UTS, ANSTO and Taronga Zoo Sydney. The project examines the use of high-resolution x-ray fluorescence as a tool to combat the international illegal wildlife trade (IWT) of short beaked echidnas, which are being removed from the wild and claimed as captive-bred. These activities are suitable for Senior Biology students as well as students in Years 9 and 10.

Students will:

- examine the adaptations of short beaked echidnas that increase their ability to survive in their environment
- explore the use of technology in contributing to the study and conservation of biodiversity
- construct simple graphs of the provided data using MS Excel, and interpret and analyse these graphs
- investigate how scientific knowledge interacts with social, economic, cultural and ethical issues.