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What are the benefits? How do synchrotrons work? What are they used for?

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Science impact
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Medical research Primary industries & environment Planetary science Energy, electronics & sustainability

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Science impact

Researchers from Aotearoa New Zealand have used the Australian Synchrotron to investigate a wide range of questions, in many fields.

Read about some of this work in the fields of Medical research, Primary industries & environment, Planetary science and Energy, electronics & sustainability. 

Medical research

Questions in medical research were the first Australian Synchrotron applications investigated by researchers from Aotearoa New Zealand.

Over the years, our researchers have undertaken a wide variety of medicine-related research, including developing new materials for surgical scaffolds, better understanding the genes underlying cancer and developing new cancer therapies.
Read about New Zealand scientists' medicine-related synchrotron research

Primary industries & environment

Synchrotron science has many applications in research for the benefit of primary industries and the environment.

New Zealand researchers have used the synchrotron to answer research questions that will enable new ventures, better uses of traditional industries, and remediation of degraded environments.
Discover New Zealand researchers' primary industries and environment work

Planetary science

The Australian Synchrotron has been used by our researchers to answer questions about our planet's geological history and help us understand processes on other planets.

Researchers have used the Synchrotron to rapidly assess the processes and nature of volcanic eruptions, and learn about our past climate to help predict what might happen in future.
Find out how our researchers are helping us learn about our planet and others

Energy, electronics & sustainability

Synchrotrons have revolutionised materials science.

The many applications of the technology are too numerous and varied to summarise in a few sentences.

New Zealand researchers are undertaking ground-breaking materials science research, particularly for more efficient energy applications.
Discover more about our researchers' energy, electronics and sustainability work