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Repatriation of Australian waste from France
Infrared microspectroscopy
The Infrared Microspectroscopy beamline combines the high brilliance and collimation of the synchrotron beam through a Bruker V80v Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer and into a Hyperion 3000 IR microscope to reach high signal-to-noise ratios at diffraction limited spatial resolutions between 3-8 μm.
Going global with nuclear medicine
Updating the record
Today The Australian ran a story entitled “Fears for indigenous lands as foreign nuclear waste headed our way”, 18 September 2018. ANSTO was not contacted in relation to the article, but can provide the following information in response which can be attributed to a spokesperson.
New radiocarbon calibration curves for a better dating method
The technique of using radiocarbon to establish the age of artefacts and other samples as well as to provide insights on climate, has just been updated with the publication of the new radiocarbon curves.
New publication showcases survival and resilience of Indigenous cultural knowledge
A new publication The First Inventors, captures the story of how Indigenous knowledge shaped the Australian continent has been published. Based on the SBS and Channel 10 TV series, The First Inventors, it takes readers on a journey through 65,000 years of innovation, diplomacy and design.
Ceramisphere had its origins at ANSTO
Early research at ANSTO has contributed to development of innovative submicron particle encapsulation technology.
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.
Using light to understand disease
Fission vs fusion: an explainer
The release of the Oppenheimer film, the story of the director of the Manhattan Project, has prompted many people to go online and search for an explanation of the difference between fission and fusion, two fundamental scientific concepts.
Antarctic expedition to seek natural air cleanser in the ice sheet
ANSTO is participating in a major project to learn more about an important component of the atmosphere, the hydroxyl radical.
Highlights - Energy Materials
Highlights of the Energy Materials Project.
What is Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property: An explainer
indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property is a broader way of talking about First Peoples’ rights to their cultural heritage, traditional knowledge and cultural expressions.
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.
Volunteer Week: Part one
Techniques available at ACNS
At ACNS we currently have 13 instruments in our user program, which use a variety of scattering techniques to probe materials over a range of length scales.
Inspiration from Dharawal educator
Dharawal educator Fran Bodkin has spent a good part of her eighty plus years, studying or sharing information about the therapeutic and nutritional properties of traditional indigenous plants and wildlife.
Data sets
Your students can analyse real research data from ANSTO scientists.