The winner of the May-June 2012 photo competition is Kent Wootton from The University of Melbourne.

How do artists working with physics-based technologies relate to or differ from scientists in their perspectives of physics? This issue and others will be discussed at a free public symposium in Melbourne on 8 July 2012.

You can now order Australian Synchrotron merchandise online, including: t-shirts, key rings, pens, mugs, USBs, stress balls, umbrellas, hats, baby bibs and beanies.

The news is out. The Australian and Victorian governments have announced funding totalling $100 million for the next four years of Australian Synchrotron operations.

This month our short interview features Glyn Devlin, who divides his time between the synchrotron user office and the XAS beamline.

Australian researchers are using synchrotron x-rays and neutron beam techniques to help develop better electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries, currently worth US$13 billion and rising.

Beamtime submissions for round 2012/3 (September-December 2012) open on 8 May 2012.

Clot busters
Artful analysis
Cancer collaboration
AS achievements and funding 

The winner of the December 2011 – March 2012 photo competition is Kerryn Elliott from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.

The new National Centre for Synchrotron Science (NCSS) building has been awarded a five-star Green Star rating.

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