Nanotechnology students from La Trobe University visit the AS every year as part of their third-year synchrotron science and technology unit.

Some high schools send student groups to the AS to experience first-hand what it’s like to do synchrotron experiments and learn more about the kinds of research questions that different synchrotron techniques can help answer.

More than 200 prospective new users of synchrotron and neutron techniques attended a full-day seminar and workshop at the AS in July 2012: the Synchrotron and Neutron New Users Symposium.

More than 40 researchers and potential new users of synchrotron infrared microspectroscopy techniques attended a data analysis workshop at the AS in June 2012.

The annual Australian Synchrotron Open Day will take place on Sunday 14 October 2012 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

The winner of the July-August 2012 photo competition is Bridget Ingham from Industrial Research Ltd, New Zealand.

Stephen Griffiths from the AS is one of the authors of a Nature Physics paper on a new breed of accelerator that should lead to powerful advances in machine characteristics.

The Australian Synchrotron recently recorded some of its best performances in making synchrotron light available to researchers for their experiments.

A Dandenong engineering company is helping to accelerate the pace of medical science at the Australian Synchrotron.

High lead levels found in western Sydney homes and gardens are associated with past use of leaded petrol, highlighting the need for soil remediation in highly affected areas.

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