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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This Space Week, meet Dr Sandra Saji, a valued member of our Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility team whose work is helping strengthen Australia's space research capabilities. 🔗 Read Sandra's story "Chemist Who Found Her Space": accelerators.org.au/chemist-who-... 🌌 @physicsanu.bsky.social

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Testing memory chips at our ANU Space Irradiation Beamline for Academia Sinica and Taiwan Space Agency. It was a great opportunity for technical discussions and knowledge exchange. Happy to see how the HIAF-SIBL team supports space-related research from across the Asia-Pacific region.

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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Megavolts 16: testing components from Australia's Lunar Roo-ver at our Space BeamLine! We chat to Jeremy Brown Radiation Effects leader for EPO2 Consortium. Did you know the moon's more dangerous for electronics than free space! physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The HIAF team will be in Europe over the next two weeks, attending Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems Conference and visiting several research facilities. If you're interested in meeting with us, email your details to hia.admin@anu.edu.au, and a member of the team will be in touch.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

👋 We say goodbye to SPERA 2026! Thank you to all the speakers, presenters, participants and contributors for making the event such a valuable forum for advancing environmental radioactivity research around the globe. 📍🌏 Can you guess where the next biennial SPERA Conference will take place in 2028?

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Madison Williams-Hoffman and Lauren Linnenlucke, winners of the South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association #SPERA2026 Best Student/ECR and Best Poster presentation awards! There were some fantastic contributions from @ansto.bsky.social team. Great effort from all!

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We had it all on Day 2 of the SPERA 2026 Conference. 🤝 Networking 🔬 Science 👩‍🔬 Australian science history 🌸 Exploring Canberra Thanks to everyone who contributed to making Day 2 such a great success! More to come… 👀 #SouthPacificEnvironmentalRadioactivityAssociation @physicsanu.bsky.social

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What a great start to the SPERA 2026 Conference! 🎉 @physicsanu.bsky.social and our HIAF node host the Biennial South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association Conference this week. Day 2 to follow ...

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🚀 Attending Bengaluru Space Expo (XSP)? Come and talk to our Research and Industry Engagement Officer, Sandra Saji about your space technology and radiation testing needs. Proudly representing Australia’s space testing capabilities as part of the Australian Pavilion, G3. #AustralianSpaceAgency

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We are committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment where everyone can be themselves. Wear purple on 28/08 to show support for LGBTQIA+SB young people and join a morning tea from 10-11am ANU: Foyer of New Physics UoM: Geoff Opat Seminar room, L6 David Caro building

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

NCRIS supports critical environmental monitoring projects for understanding climate change in Aus. HIA is pleased to be part of the CoastRI project, supporting understanding of the origin of sediment flows in coastal, estuarine, and marine environments through the atom-counting of Pu. #NCRIS

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Last weekend we opened the doors of UOM’s Pelletron laboratory for the UOM open day. Propsective students learned the physics of Van de Graaff generators with a tabletop demo, saw its much bigger particle accelerating sister in a tour of the Pelletron lab. A big shout out to our volunteers.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Last weekend we celebrated 80 years of the ANU at the ANU Community Day. Armed with a tabletop Van de Graaff, four of our physicists demonstrated that the same physics that makes pie tins levitate also accelerates particles up to 1/3 the speed of light. A big thanks to our volunteers.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our CEO, Tom McGoram and Research and Industry Engagement Officer Sandra Elizabeth Saji represented HIA at the Southern Space Conference, engaging with industry stakeholders, existing collaborators and new connections across the sector. #NCRIS #NCRISImpact

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Curious to explore science and physics? Come this Sunday 16 August to the University of Melbourne Open Day. Explore all kinds of particle accelerators, including our Melbourne Pelletron at the School of Physics. Find out more and register here: study.unimelb.edu.au/openday

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Open Day at the University of Melbourne

Sunday 16 August. We look forward to welcoming you to our campuses on Open Day, to learn about your passions and to support you in finding the right study path.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Our Melbourne node scientist Adam Steinberg presenting at Korowa Anglican Girls’ School how particle accelerators shape the world around us, including practical demonstrations. If you would like to arrange a similar presentation at your school or college, get in touch.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Kick off your national science week on Saturday 15 August by attending The Australian National University 80th Anniversary Community Day 🏛️ Come see our electrifying miniature Van Der Graaff generator and learn about its 40 meter tall big sister on campus ⚡ Visit us at L2 of Marie Reay from 10-3

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Professor Roy Green, Special Innovation Advisor at UTS Sydney recently visited our ANU nodes, the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) and the Ion Implantation Laboratory (iiLab). We enjoyed discussing precision manufacturing, the AI potential, and the broad range of research supported across HIA.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Have you engaged with our team or used our facilities at ANU or The University of Melbourne in the past 12 months? Share your confidential feedback through our short annual User Experience Survey by COB 7 August. forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon... @physicsanu.bsky.social

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Particle Accelerator Group at The University of Melbourne has had a busy couple of months, with members attending several conferences and workshops around Europe. Great work A/Prof Suzie Sheehy, Dr Jacinta Yap, Dr Adam Steinberg and PhD candidates Joel Bellesini, Simon Barg, and Joel Valerian!

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

We sincerely congratulate our longest-serving staff member, Alan Cooper, on his 80th birthday. Alan has been part of the HIA community for more than 50 years, joining the technical team at HIAF in 1974, providing invaluable support ever since. Wishing you many more wonderful years to come!

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Our Victoria node joined the NCRIS20 celebrations hosted by AURIN at the University of Melbourne. It was a great gathering of people who tirelessly work behind the scenes to support the one of Australia’s greatest assets – the national research infrastructure. #NCRISImpact

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

NCRIS@20 celebrations took place across the nation this week We thank all our users, board members, staff, and collaborators who contributed to these important events. Together, we celebrated two decades of achievements while also reflecting on the future of Australia’s R&D sector. #NCRISImpact

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This week our professional and technical staff attended the inaugural ACRI conference that brought together Australia's research infrastructure workforce. It was a golden opportunity to swap stories and experiences of working in research infrastructure and to form new connections and collaborations.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Recent visit from Integrated Service Technology (iST), Taiwan, and Foremay, US, focused on capabilities of our Space Irradiation Beamline at #HIAF. Now supported by iST, we can offer semiconductor failure analysis and decapping services to our clients requiring radiation testing.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Great week at Singapore for our space irradiation beamline team. At the Global Science and Technology Convention and Exhibition, they connected with existing partners and explored new opportunities in the semiconductor and space sectors. #gstce2026 #spaceradiationtesting #NSQN #NCRIS

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The 9th Heavy Ion Accelerator Symposium (HIAS 2025) peer-reviewed conference proceedings are now available on EJP Web of Conferences. A huge effort by the editorial team to bring this together! The articles are available (open access) here: www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epj...

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Paper press release by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) bsky.app/profile/hzdr...

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

HIA Accelerator Mass Spectrometry team at the @physicsanu.bsky.social provided highly specialised measurements and scientific and technical support to the German researchers examining Antarctic ice cores dated 80,000 years back to trace radioactive iron-60. theconversation.com/stardust-tra...

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Stardust trapped in Antarctic ice reveals tens of thousands of years of Solar System’s past

We can study the cosmos by tracing debris from exploding stars right here on Earth.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🚀 First round of testing completed at our Space Irradiation Beamline for Zero Error Systems — a Singapore-based global semiconductor designer for the space industry. More testing is planned as part of the project funded by the Australian Government’s Global Science and Technology Diplomacy Fund.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A fantastic opportunity for science teachers and career advisors to hear from The University of Melbourne staff and alumni how physics links to different scientific disciplines and help in non-physics careers. Attend on campus or join online. www.eventbrite.com/e/from-physi...

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From Physics Skills to Careers

Science Teachers and Career Practitioners! Come join us and discover why physics matters for every student—not just future scientists.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

NCRIS brings together diverse capabilities, united by a shared vision: to deliver the technology, tools, and expertise that position Australia at the forefront of global research and commercial innovation. Lear more how HIA helped build quantum accelerators accelerators.org.au/how-ion-acce...

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How ion accelerators helped build quantum accelerators - HIA: Heavy Ion Accelerators

Quantum accelerators are compact modular quantum computers. “One day they will be the same size as GPU and CPU cards and will be everywhere that classical computing is, integrated into computers just ...

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Australian National Fabrication Facility @anff.org.au · 28/04/2026

𝗡𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦: 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮𝟬 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 by supporting commercialisation of Australian quantum breakthroughs #NCRIS20 #Quantum #ResearchInfrastructure @hia-accelerates.bsky.social @nci-australia.bsky.social @pawseycentre.bsky.social

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Marcus Doherty - Quantum Brilliance

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ANU Research School of Physics @physicsanu.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Pleased to be collaborating with top nuclear science facilities through MOU with US Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) & @hia-accelerates.bsky.social. It's a great boost to researchers, students & our industry capabilities physics.anu.edu.au/news_events/... @aip.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Our quarterly newsletter is out—take a moment to catch up on our latest news and updates over the long weekend. Wishing all a festive and relaxing Easter holiday 🐰🐣 Link: mailchi.mp/anu/hia-news...

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A big thank you to our ANU Open Day volunteers: Zuzana, Tom, Jack, and Misty. Armed with a classroom Van de Graaff, flying pie tins, and an Anna doll, they demonstrated the principles of static electricity that generate 15 million volts at HIAF and accelerate protons to plutonium. ⚡⚛️ #NCRIS

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We are over the moon to work with the historic Roo-ver program. Funded by the Australian Space Agency and delivered by over 20 partners, it's the first lunar rover designed and built in Australia. Program Director Ben Sorensen toured our HIAF node to discuss space radiation testing. #NCRISimpact

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Congratulations to the team Suzie Sheehy (lead investigator, University of Melbourne), Tessa Charles (ANSTO), and Prof Rob Appleby (The University of Manchester) on being awarded a highly competitive ARC DP to unlock the potential of next-generation magnets in particle accelerators. 🎉 #NCRISImpact

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

When radioactive atoms inside minerals decay, they fire out high energy particles that leave trails of destruction. To investigate this phenomenon, researchers created ion tracks in crystals by bombarding them with 185 MeV gold ions, using our Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility at the ANU💎👩‍🔬 #NCRISImpact

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Congratulations to Tom Bonin for his new appointment as Accelerator Facilities Officer at our University of Melbourne node! 🎉 He will offer critical support for a number of high-profile projects including the pelletron accelerator. We’re happy to have you as part of our #HIA team!

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Emeritus Prof. John Newton was the head of the Department of Nuclear Physics at the ANU in the 70s. A memoir by Katja Curtin et al was recently published in the Historical Records of Australian Science. science.org.au/our-focus/hi... @science.org.au @scienceanu.bsky.social @physicsanu.bsky.social

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We had a fantastic time hosting a group of interns from Nova Systems at the Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility. This group learned how we use the accelerator and the space irradiation beamline to test the radiation hardness of aerospace devices. #NCRIS #NCRISImpact #NSQN #HIAFSIBL

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

HIA has been successful in our bid to join the European Union and CERN's RADNEXT 2030 project as an associated partner. Thank you to Daniel Söderström from CERN for visiting HIAF and InSpace's Anupam Kumar Pilli for coordinating this with us. #NCRIS #NCRISImpact

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Australia has secured a position at the forefront of the quantum revolution. Find out more about how Australia’s long-term strategic investments through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCIRS) are helping to create a quantum future riconnected.org.au/case-studies...

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

We came together to review and update HIA’s 5 year business strategy. It was fantastic to have so many voices from across the network come together and contribute to such an important plan. A big thanks to Tania Willis for being our facilitator, and Jessica Brosnan from NCRIS for speaking with us.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

ANU researchers are pioneering new extraction techniques combining chemistry and nuclear physics at #HIAF delivering ultra-precise results from even tiny samples. In Megavolts, Dr Michaela Froehlich shares why it matters from reindeer antlers 🦌 to corals 🪸 and sea water 🌊.

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Heavy Ion Accelerators @hia-accelerates.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A huge congratulations to all the students who graduated from the ANU Research School of Physics last week!! 🎓🎉👏 We're celebrating 7 outstanding PhD graduates from NPAA as well as 2 Honours students who have continued as current PhD students in the department. Congrats and best wishes grads! 🎓

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