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Last Update: Thursday, July 1, 2004. 11:52am (AEST)
Australia edges towards first synchrotron
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation has provided million for Australia's first synchrotron in Victoria.
The synchrotron will produce intense beams of light to look at things too small for a microscope.
The Victorian Government will provide 7 million for the project and another million has come from the Melbourne and Monash Universities and the CSIRO.
Victorian Treasurer John Brumby says about million is still needed.
"You'll see more announcements in the next few days, you'll see more universities, more scientific organisations, you will see other governments as well contributing towards this and you'll see more private sector contributions," he said
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1144513.htm
Not that I'll ever get a chance to play with it...