Australian Synchrotron Open Day Sunday 15 August 2010
The Australian Synchrotron is having an Open Day on Sunday 15th August 2010
From human cells to paintings and fossils to advanced electronic devices, the work done at the Australian Synchrotron is helping to build a brighter future for all Australians. Shine a bright light on an object and you can see it more clearly. Shine intensely bright synchrotron light and you can see objects in astonishing detail, right down to the smallest atoms!
The light created at the Australian Synchrotron is about a million times brighter than the sun.
This brilliant light can be used to assemble tiny machines that would fit into the eye of a needle, improve cancer detection, develop new drugs to fight malaria and make mining processes more efficient.
Self guided and specialist tours available
