Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Arthur Sinodinos today unveiled the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Detector, a device akin to a turbocharged camera, which will fast-track cancer research at the Australian Synchrotron by harnessing light a million times brighter than the sun.

Currently, more than 60% of all the research conducted on the synchrotron’s Micro Crystallography (MX2) beamline is conducted by cancer researchers. The new detector will enable these researchers to gain more answers at a faster rate, taking images at a speed and accuracy currently not possible at any other Australian research facility.