Synchrotron scientist bound for Antarctic
Dr Katie Sizeland, a Postdoctoral Fellow on the Small Angle X-ray Scattering beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, has been chosen for the Homeward Bound STEMM leadership program
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ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron launches the Monash Precinct Network in Melbourne
ANSTO has warmly welcomed the official launch of the Monash Precinct Network by Victorian Member for Ashwood, Matt Fregon MP at a special event at the Australian Synchrotron.
National Volunteer Week 2014: Part two
New underground lab to shed light on dark matter
Stage 1 of the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory was officially opened today. It will be home to multi-disciplinary scientists from five research partners who help us understand dark matter.
Studying enzyme mechanisms using deuterated substrates
Feather Map of Australia Project - Thank you citizen scientists of Australia
Your efforts are helping better manage our wetlands and waterways, and protect the precious wetland birds that rely on them.
New study reveals understanding of a basic physical property of charged particles in microgravity
International study has revealed a clustering of charged particles in the microgravity environment of space,with implications for the development of materials and better drugs that depend on the mixing of two or more charged particles.
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
Some surprises about the degradation of microplastics in our oceans
The process by which plastic degrades in the ocean facilitates its entry into the natural carbon cycle efficiently as carbon dioxide.
Single session radiation therapy nearing a reality
ANSTO’s Australian Synchrotron has been working on an initiative that could substantially improve radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients.
Seeing inside an advanced material
Synchrotron technique clarifies the location of calcium in a promising material with a relatively high superconducting transition temperature.
New research project to understand sediment in Dee Why lagoon
Disorder by design to improve material properties of sodium-ion batteries
Experts share knowledge of nuclear medicine in live online forum
ANSTO recently hosted a public Ask Us Anything event on nuclear medicine, sharing information on how we safely manufacture and distribute nuclear medicine across Australia each week to hundreds of hospitals and clinics.
Biking for research
Nuclear techniques reveal inner structure of iron meteorities non-invasively
Potential immunotherapy strategy for HIV
A “super” receptor that helps kill HIV infected cells identified.
From digital to biological: A full-stack research capability
A unique scientific capability comprising a single research platform for high-fidelity simulation, real-time dosimetry, and biological response data is available all from a neutron instrument.
Total Fluorine Analysis
ANSTO offers accelerator-based particle-induced gamma-ray emission techniques to determine total fluorine concentration in a range of solid materials and rapidly screen for the presence of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances).
Infrastructure - Aerosol Sampling
ANSTO has been using Ion Beam Analysis (IBA) techniques to analyse fine particle pollution samples collected from key sites around Australia, and internationally, for more than 20 years.