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The ESRF, the European Synchrotron, located in Grenoble, France, is an international research infrastructure. Its bright X-rays are used to decipher the secrets of matter. www.esrf.fr
New for the ESRF User Meeting 2026: early-career travel grants will be available to selected PhD students and post-docs.
Apply now until 7 December!
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Apply now until 7 December!
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November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New for the ESRF User Meeting 2026: early-career travel grants will be available to selected PhD students and post-docs.
Apply now until 7 December!
www.esrf.fr/home/events/...
Apply now until 7 December!
www.esrf.fr/home/events/...
Iridium keeps its crystal structure intact under extreme conditions found in planetary interiors, scientists have discovered using synchrotron x-ray diffraction at the ESRF.
The results are out now in Communications materials.
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The results are out now in Communications materials.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Iridium keeps its crystal structure intact under extreme conditions found in planetary interiors, scientists have discovered using synchrotron x-ray diffraction at the ESRF.
The results are out now in Communications materials.
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The results are out now in Communications materials.
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Using a multi-method approach, including the use of synchrotron techniques, researchers found that light and humidity trigger distinct degradation pathways for emerald green, a popular pigment used by renowned 19th and 20th century painters.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Using a multi-method approach, including the use of synchrotron techniques, researchers found that light and humidity trigger distinct degradation pathways for emerald green, a popular pigment used by renowned 19th and 20th century painters.
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Do you want to know more about high-energy X-rays at ESRF’s ID31?
See you tomorrow for a #webinar with Jakub Drnec, ESRF scientist
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See you tomorrow for a #webinar with Jakub Drnec, ESRF scientist
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November 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Do you want to know more about high-energy X-rays at ESRF’s ID31?
See you tomorrow for a #webinar with Jakub Drnec, ESRF scientist
www.esrf.fr/home/events/...
See you tomorrow for a #webinar with Jakub Drnec, ESRF scientist
www.esrf.fr/home/events/...
SAVE THE DATE
The ESRF Geosciences team is launching a new series of webinars
Join us on Friday 21 November at 4.15 pm CET for the first webinar.
Check out our website for more info
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The ESRF Geosciences team is launching a new series of webinars
Join us on Friday 21 November at 4.15 pm CET for the first webinar.
Check out our website for more info
www.esrf.fr/sites/www/ho...
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
SAVE THE DATE
The ESRF Geosciences team is launching a new series of webinars
Join us on Friday 21 November at 4.15 pm CET for the first webinar.
Check out our website for more info
www.esrf.fr/sites/www/ho...
The ESRF Geosciences team is launching a new series of webinars
Join us on Friday 21 November at 4.15 pm CET for the first webinar.
Check out our website for more info
www.esrf.fr/sites/www/ho...
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Scientists from ID15A at the ESRF have described how platinum nanoparticles ‘breathe’ and detach reversibly from their support when they are covered with hydrogen.
The results are out in Nature Communications
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The results are out in Nature Communications
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November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Scientists from ID15A at the ESRF have described how platinum nanoparticles ‘breathe’ and detach reversibly from their support when they are covered with hydrogen.
The results are out in Nature Communications
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The results are out in Nature Communications
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ESRF scientist Alexandra Pacureanu is the recipient of the Wellcome Discovery Award, together with a team at the Francis Crick Institute, to develop X-ray nanoimaging technology to study the mechanisms of information processing in the neural circuits of olfaction.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
ESRF scientist Alexandra Pacureanu is the recipient of the Wellcome Discovery Award, together with a team at the Francis Crick Institute, to develop X-ray nanoimaging technology to study the mechanisms of information processing in the neural circuits of olfaction.
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Deadline: 4 November!
The ESRF User Organisation invites nominations for the 2026 Young Scientist Award.
If you know an outstanding young scientist who deserves recognition for her/his work at the ESRF — now is the time!
Deadline: 4 November 2025
More information: lnkd.in/dxjn8qqY
The ESRF User Organisation invites nominations for the 2026 Young Scientist Award.
If you know an outstanding young scientist who deserves recognition for her/his work at the ESRF — now is the time!
Deadline: 4 November 2025
More information: lnkd.in/dxjn8qqY
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Deadline: 4 November!
The ESRF User Organisation invites nominations for the 2026 Young Scientist Award.
If you know an outstanding young scientist who deserves recognition for her/his work at the ESRF — now is the time!
Deadline: 4 November 2025
More information: lnkd.in/dxjn8qqY
The ESRF User Organisation invites nominations for the 2026 Young Scientist Award.
If you know an outstanding young scientist who deserves recognition for her/his work at the ESRF — now is the time!
Deadline: 4 November 2025
More information: lnkd.in/dxjn8qqY
The ESRF congratulates the winners of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking work on metal–organic frameworks!
Among them is Prof. Yaghi, with whom the ESRF proudly collaborated on a study featured as an ESRF Highlight in 2023 on high-porosity #MOF glasses.
Among them is Prof. Yaghi, with whom the ESRF proudly collaborated on a study featured as an ESRF Highlight in 2023 on high-porosity #MOF glasses.
October 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The ESRF congratulates the winners of the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry for their groundbreaking work on metal–organic frameworks!
Among them is Prof. Yaghi, with whom the ESRF proudly collaborated on a study featured as an ESRF Highlight in 2023 on high-porosity #MOF glasses.
Among them is Prof. Yaghi, with whom the ESRF proudly collaborated on a study featured as an ESRF Highlight in 2023 on high-porosity #MOF glasses.
Researchers have developed an innovative auxetic scaffold that replicates the tendon/ligament-to-bone fascicle organisation of collagen fibers. #enthesis
They used the ESRF to test scaffold's biomimetic deformation under tensile load.
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They used the ESRF to test scaffold's biomimetic deformation under tensile load.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Researchers have developed an innovative auxetic scaffold that replicates the tendon/ligament-to-bone fascicle organisation of collagen fibers. #enthesis
They used the ESRF to test scaffold's biomimetic deformation under tensile load.
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They used the ESRF to test scaffold's biomimetic deformation under tensile load.
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Fossil discovery reveals new species of fanged reptile that once roamed Scotland
The team led by #amnh @NtlMuseumsScot used the ESRF’s ID19 beamline to scan the tiny fossil fragments. The results are out now in @natureportfolio.nature.com
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The team led by #amnh @NtlMuseumsScot used the ESRF’s ID19 beamline to scan the tiny fossil fragments. The results are out now in @natureportfolio.nature.com
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October 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Fossil discovery reveals new species of fanged reptile that once roamed Scotland
The team led by #amnh @NtlMuseumsScot used the ESRF’s ID19 beamline to scan the tiny fossil fragments. The results are out now in @natureportfolio.nature.com
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The team led by #amnh @NtlMuseumsScot used the ESRF’s ID19 beamline to scan the tiny fossil fragments. The results are out now in @natureportfolio.nature.com
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Scientists find how light changes chemistry and physics in single crystals reversibly
The results are out in Nature Communications.
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The results are out in Nature Communications.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Scientists find how light changes chemistry and physics in single crystals reversibly
The results are out in Nature Communications.
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The results are out in Nature Communications.
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Congratulations to ESRF scientist Sacha Chumakov for winning the prestigious IBAME Science Award “in recognition of his seminal contributions to nuclear inelastic scattering of synchrotron radiation applied to glass dynamics.”
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September 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Congratulations to ESRF scientist Sacha Chumakov for winning the prestigious IBAME Science Award “in recognition of his seminal contributions to nuclear inelastic scattering of synchrotron radiation applied to glass dynamics.”
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At the ESRF, scientists have developed a new technique, called pink-beam Dark Field X-ray Microscopy (pDFXM), which enables the investigation in real-time of evolution inside complex and deformed microstructures. The results are out in @natcomms.nature.com
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September 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
At the ESRF, scientists have developed a new technique, called pink-beam Dark Field X-ray Microscopy (pDFXM), which enables the investigation in real-time of evolution inside complex and deformed microstructures. The results are out in @natcomms.nature.com
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Digging into the origin of lizards #Fossil
A new fossil reveals what the oldest members of the lizard group looked like, and there are some surprises, according to a research team led by @bristolunilib.bsky.social with @esrf.fr
In @natureportfolio.nature.com
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A new fossil reveals what the oldest members of the lizard group looked like, and there are some surprises, according to a research team led by @bristolunilib.bsky.social with @esrf.fr
In @natureportfolio.nature.com
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September 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Digging into the origin of lizards #Fossil
A new fossil reveals what the oldest members of the lizard group looked like, and there are some surprises, according to a research team led by @bristolunilib.bsky.social with @esrf.fr
In @natureportfolio.nature.com
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A new fossil reveals what the oldest members of the lizard group looked like, and there are some surprises, according to a research team led by @bristolunilib.bsky.social with @esrf.fr
In @natureportfolio.nature.com
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September 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Wishing all students a great school year!
It is back to school in most of Europe, and at the ESRF, we are proud of welcoming youngsters in the framework of our different educational programmes
#backtoschool #physics #scienceforsociety
It is back to school in most of Europe, and at the ESRF, we are proud of welcoming youngsters in the framework of our different educational programmes
#backtoschool #physics #scienceforsociety
September 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Wishing all students a great school year!
It is back to school in most of Europe, and at the ESRF, we are proud of welcoming youngsters in the framework of our different educational programmes
#backtoschool #physics #scienceforsociety
It is back to school in most of Europe, and at the ESRF, we are proud of welcoming youngsters in the framework of our different educational programmes
#backtoschool #physics #scienceforsociety
Science that serves #5years #EBS
On 25 August 2025, the ESRF marks five years since the Extremely Brilliant Source (ESRF-EBS), a revolutionary new high-energy synchrotron, began operation: 5 years of science.
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On 25 August 2025, the ESRF marks five years since the Extremely Brilliant Source (ESRF-EBS), a revolutionary new high-energy synchrotron, began operation: 5 years of science.
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August 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Science that serves #5years #EBS
On 25 August 2025, the ESRF marks five years since the Extremely Brilliant Source (ESRF-EBS), a revolutionary new high-energy synchrotron, began operation: 5 years of science.
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On 25 August 2025, the ESRF marks five years since the Extremely Brilliant Source (ESRF-EBS), a revolutionary new high-energy synchrotron, began operation: 5 years of science.
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Scientists track how magnesium alloys deform in unprecedented detail.
The results are published in @science.org
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The results are published in @science.org
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August 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Scientists track how magnesium alloys deform in unprecedented detail.
The results are published in @science.org
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The results are published in @science.org
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#News
A new species of early reptile from the Triassic has been discovered, with unique structures growing from its skin that formed an alternative to feathers.
This ‘wonder‘ fossil changes our understanding of reptile evolution.
In @natureportfolio.nature.com by
@stephanspiekman.bsky.social
A new species of early reptile from the Triassic has been discovered, with unique structures growing from its skin that formed an alternative to feathers.
This ‘wonder‘ fossil changes our understanding of reptile evolution.
In @natureportfolio.nature.com by
@stephanspiekman.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
#News
A new species of early reptile from the Triassic has been discovered, with unique structures growing from its skin that formed an alternative to feathers.
This ‘wonder‘ fossil changes our understanding of reptile evolution.
In @natureportfolio.nature.com by
@stephanspiekman.bsky.social
A new species of early reptile from the Triassic has been discovered, with unique structures growing from its skin that formed an alternative to feathers.
This ‘wonder‘ fossil changes our understanding of reptile evolution.
In @natureportfolio.nature.com by
@stephanspiekman.bsky.social
Making antibodies more effective through structural design
A study using crystallography and small-angle X-ray scattering shows that making antibodies more rigid through disulfide engineering can help improve how they activate immune receptors like CD40 & 4-1BB.
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A study using crystallography and small-angle X-ray scattering shows that making antibodies more rigid through disulfide engineering can help improve how they activate immune receptors like CD40 & 4-1BB.
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July 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Making antibodies more effective through structural design
A study using crystallography and small-angle X-ray scattering shows that making antibodies more rigid through disulfide engineering can help improve how they activate immune receptors like CD40 & 4-1BB.
www.esrf.fr/home/news/sp...
A study using crystallography and small-angle X-ray scattering shows that making antibodies more rigid through disulfide engineering can help improve how they activate immune receptors like CD40 & 4-1BB.
www.esrf.fr/home/news/sp...