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Feather Map of Australia
Feathery moa’s fossilised footprints, ancient age revealed
ANSTO scientist, Dr Klaus Wilcken of the Centre for Accelerator Science, used cosmogenic nuclide dating to determine the ages of layered sand and gravel samples, in which seven footprints of the flightless bird, the moa, were found on the South Island in New Zealand in 2019.
The International Year of Light comes to an end
Australian scientists support industry with a visionary new portable radiation imaging system
A team of Australian scientists have created a new portable device that can pinpoint the exact location of radiation sources, faster and more accurately than ever before.
Synchrotron light reveals secrets of mystery McCubbin
Zoom into STEM January School Holiday Workshops
Online and interactive while in your home. Kids can zoom into these school holidays workshops and create movies, animations, arcade games, roller coasters and more. Limited spaces: book now.
Highlights - Cultural Heritage
Over the last decades, neutron, photon, and ion beams have been established as an innovative and attractive investigative approach to characterise cultural-heritage materials.
Medium Energy X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Beamline (MEX-1 and MEX-2)
The Medium Energy- X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy beamlines will provide access to XANES and EXAFS data from a bending magnet source, optimised for cutting-edge applications in biological, agricultural and environmental science in an energy range that is not currently available at the Australia Synchrotron.
Transport revolution on the horizon following discovery of ‘stainless magnesium’
Giant clams open up climate secrets
Thirty papers on program at environment conference
Australian Synchrotron FAQs
Frequently asked questions about beamtime, accommodation and the user portal.
Role at ANSTO
Publications
Publications and resources from the Powder Diffraction beamline.
Miriad profile - nandin member
Hear from our most recent addition to the nandin Innovation Centre, Tomonori Hu, Founder and CEO of Miriad.
Big boost in jobs and funding for Innovation Precinct
Jobs supported through the nandin Innovation Centre at ANSTO have skyrocketed 360 per cent since opening, with member businesses raising more than $3.9 million in capital, in a major boost for the local Sutherland Shire economy.
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.
Food processing and development
Research can improve both food processing and food product development.
Additional funding for Chronic kidney disease research
ANSTO to receive a new grant to continue to fight chronic kidney disease killer in Sri Lanka.