Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) is a versatile tool for research contributing to sustainable development. Nutrition, carcinogen risk assessment and mitigation of risks from tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural disasters, are some of the areas benefiting from the use of AMS tracers and chronometers. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) has the mission to foster advanced studies and research in physical sciences and its applications, especially in developing countries. The Centre makes available to scholars and students from the South its in-house programmes in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics, High Energy and Astroparticle Physics, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Earth System Physics and Applied Physics. In addition, the ICTP, in co-operation with the IAEA, helps scientists from developing countries to access advanced facilities and infrastructure, including synchrotron radiation sources, research reactors and ion accelerators. AMS has been recently added to the portfolio of activities that will be promoted by the Centre under the aegis of UNESCO and IAEA. Highlights will be provided on some of the planned AMS activities, including an international workshop on science for cultural heritage, projects for dating prehistoric tsunamis and earthquakes and services for providing AMS analysis to developing countries.
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See more of The 10th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (September 5-10, 2005)