From the Director: industrious efforts linked to future benefits |
 
The Australian Synchrotron's increasing involvement with industry and individual businesses is a crucial part of our mission to catalyse scientific research and innovation for community benefit in Australia and New Zealand.
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Nanoparticle research is good news for sunscreen users |
Fears about dangers of nanoparticles in sunscreen may be unfounded, with research showing they are unlikely to harm beachgoers.
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Australia's Lamb chosen by Canada |
Congratulations to Professor Rob Lamb, the founding director of the Australian Synchrotron. Professor Lamb, from the University of Melbourne, has been appointed Director of the Canadian Light Source and will take up his new position in August 2014.
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What the #@%! is crystallography? |
We all know what crystals are, but what is crystallography? And why is 2014 the international year of crystallography?
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International conferences - Australian Synchrotron delivers a double-header |
The Australian Synchrotron is proud to be hosting two significant international conference events in October 2014, MEDSI and XRM.
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Italian-Australian Scientific Workshop 2014 |
In May 2014, the Australian Synchrotron will host a bilateral Italian-Australian Scientific Workshop and School on biological and nanoscale applications of photons and neutrons.
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Copper work attracts funding |
Copper is an essential trace metal, but too much can be toxic. Australian researchers are diving down to the molecular level to investigate how copper finds its way into the cells of living organisms.
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CSIRO award for synchrotron research paper |
In January 2014, a scientific paper by synchrotron employee Dr Helen Brand was judged 'equal-best paper by an early career researcher' in CSIRO Process Science and Engineering.
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Swinburne sends student away... to Italian synchrotron |
 A young university student who specialises in computational and theoretical chemistry – the field that attracted the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry – will travel to Italy to conduct synchrotron experiments not possible in Australia. Her overseas work is supported by the Australian Synchrotron.
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Zinc is "nature's anti-microbial", but how does it actually work? Adelaide researchers used the Australian Synchrotron to find out...
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Beamtime applications February 2014 |
Submissions for May-August 2014 (round 2014/2) closed on 4 February 2014.
Submissions for September-December 2014 (round 2014/3) open on 28 April 2014.
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Send us your photos (February 2014) |
The deadline for the current round of the photo competition is Friday 28 March 2014.
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Synchrotron-related events in Australia and overseas.
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Careers at the Australian Synchrotron |
The Australian Synchrotron offers a unique working environment for a wide range of specialists. For information on job postings, go to:
http://www.synchrotron.org.au/index.php/about-us/working-at-the-synchrotron/employment-opportunities
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