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Bacteria-driven remediation of iron ore tailings
Billions of tonnes of iron ore tailings are generated each year from the mining industry. Converting these toxic tailings into soil-like materials which can develop and sustain plant and microbial communities is critical for mine site remediation and improved environmental outcomes.
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.
Symposium on advanced therapy
Science and medical experts meet in Adelaide to discuss great potential of particle therapy in Australia
What is radiation?
Radiation can be described as energy or particles from a source that travel through space or other mediums. Light, heat, and wireless communications are all forms of radiation.
Funding supports seafood traceability
Grant supports development of handheld technology to verify origin of seafood.
Artemis II and the invisible hazard on the way to the Moon (Part 1)
The most important data from NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission may not be its photographs, but the radiation measurements that will shape how humans work and survive beyond travel farther from Earth’s magnetic shelter safely.
Carbon ion therapy research
ANSTO research focuses on an advanced form of cancer treatment under consideration in Australia.
Particle Therapy
ANSTO is supporting the introduction of particle therapy, an advanced form of radiation treatment for difficult-to-treat cancers, in Australia
Aboriginal inhabitants of Madjedbebe, northern Australia used different ways to adapt to environmental change
ANSTO has contributed to research that indicated that Aboriginal people had a broad diet and intensive plant processing technologies, allowing them to respond to changes in climate, sea level and vegetation over the last ca. 65,000 years.
Microfluidics: the next wave of disruptive technology in radiochemistry?
The translocator protein in response to cannabinoids
Glossary
Indigenous Kakadu plum farmers attend ANSTO workshop
Indigenous Kakadu plum farmers attend workshop on use and application of the elemental fingerprint technology for indigenous bushfoods provenance.
Improved understanding of progression rates in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia
Using light to understand disease
New target developed to improve production of important medical radioisotope
ANSTO has made progress on a more cost-effective way to produce the medical radioisotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), with less enrichment of uranium-235 (U-235) and produce less waste.
New research project to understand sediment in Dee Why lagoon
Research confirms that ancient Tasmania was not a ‘wilderness’ but an Indigenous cultural landscape
Recent studies led by the University of Melbourne have revealed that the Palawa people’s ancient land stewardship techniques have profoundly shaped the landscape of western Lutruwita, within the traditional territories located in Tasmania.
ANSTO recognises scientific achievement, leadership, external collaboration and outreach at Awards event
ANSTO recognised the contribution of individuals and teams to nuclear science and technology at the 2023 ANSTO Awards Ceremony held on 25 July.