28 Aug 2024

Claire Concannon: Back from the Synchotron

From Nights, 9:15 pm on 28 August 2024

Mark Leishman catches up with host of RNZ's Our Changing World, Claire Concannon, to hear about her recent adventure to the Australian synchotron and the big changes to New Zealand's gene technology laws.

As electrons fly around the synchrotron ring at almost the speed of light, they are deflected by magnets and exit at beam lights, where scientists use the light source to probe their samples.

As electrons fly around the synchrotron ring at almost the speed of light, they are deflected by magnets and exit at beam lights, where scientists use the light source to probe their samples. Photo: Lauren Hernandez