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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
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.
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
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.
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
The results are out now in Communications materials.
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
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
www.esrf.fr/home/events/...
See you tomorrow for a #webinar with Jakub Drnec, ESRF scientist
www.esrf.fr/home/events/...
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
🌎 On World Science Day for Peace and Development, senior leaders across EIROforum thank citizens for their trust and support.
Gema Martínez-Criado from ESRF talks about how trust in science allows researchers to explore the fundamental chemistry behind environmental pollution.
Gema Martínez-Criado from ESRF talks about how trust in science allows researchers to explore the fundamental chemistry behind environmental pollution.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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🌎 On World Science Day for Peace and Development, senior leaders across EIROforum thank citizens for their trust and support.
Gema Martínez-Criado from ESRF talks about how trust in science allows researchers to explore the fundamental chemistry behind environmental pollution.
Gema Martínez-Criado from ESRF talks about how trust in science allows researchers to explore the fundamental chemistry behind environmental pollution.
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌎 On World Science Day for Peace and Development, senior leaders across EIROforum thank citizens for their trust and support.
Gema Martínez-Criado from ESRF talks about how trust in science allows researchers to explore the fundamental chemistry behind environmental pollution.
Gema Martínez-Criado from ESRF talks about how trust in science allows researchers to explore the fundamental chemistry behind environmental pollution.
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
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
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
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🥼Shunya Yan is our new postdoc at the Spanish Line of the European Synchrotron (@esrf.fr) in Grenoble, France.
🔅She declares herself passionate about synchrotron facilities...and of Spain too.
www.icmm.csic.es/en/new-peopl...
🔅She declares herself passionate about synchrotron facilities...and of Spain too.
www.icmm.csic.es/en/new-peopl...
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🥼Shunya Yan is our new postdoc at the Spanish Line of the European Synchrotron (@esrf.fr) in Grenoble, France.
🔅She declares herself passionate about synchrotron facilities...and of Spain too.
www.icmm.csic.es/en/new-peopl...
🔅She declares herself passionate about synchrotron facilities...and of Spain too.
www.icmm.csic.es/en/new-peopl...
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👥The team of the Spanish Line of the European Synchrotron
(@esrf.fr) in Grenoble (France) is growing.
👩🔬We present you Sylwia Pawledzio, our new beamline scientist at the ICMM.
www.icmm.csic.es/en/new-peopl...
(@esrf.fr) in Grenoble (France) is growing.
👩🔬We present you Sylwia Pawledzio, our new beamline scientist at the ICMM.
www.icmm.csic.es/en/new-peopl...
October 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
👥The team of the Spanish Line of the European Synchrotron
(@esrf.fr) in Grenoble (France) is growing.
👩🔬We present you Sylwia Pawledzio, our new beamline scientist at the ICMM.
www.icmm.csic.es/en/new-peopl...
(@esrf.fr) in Grenoble (France) is growing.
👩🔬We present you Sylwia Pawledzio, our new beamline scientist at the ICMM.
www.icmm.csic.es/en/new-peopl...
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.
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
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🚀 2 PhD applications from Round 1 are re-open – check them out!
📚 Mineral-Protein Superlattices in Silica Sponges
🤝 @esrf.fr + TU Dresden
📚 Structural Biology of an RNA Helicase
🤝 #ILL + Univ. of Bayreuth
🌍 A chance to join world-class teams & shape your #PhD journey!
🔗http://bit.ly/3Ky7YjZ
📚 Mineral-Protein Superlattices in Silica Sponges
🤝 @esrf.fr + TU Dresden
📚 Structural Biology of an RNA Helicase
🤝 #ILL + Univ. of Bayreuth
🌍 A chance to join world-class teams & shape your #PhD journey!
🔗http://bit.ly/3Ky7YjZ
October 3, 2025 at 2:51 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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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
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
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
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
Welcome on Bluesky
The European Commission is pleased to launch this new Science, Research & Innovation account. We look forward to connecting with the community on Bluesky! 🧪
Here you will find:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
Here you will find:
- EU scientific news
- Horizon Europe funding opportunities
- Innovative EU-supported projects
- Events, tools & resources
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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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.
www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
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Morning sky-friends! We are delighted to share some ‘hot off the xray’ images from our talented scientists, Dr André Mourão & Ting Deng. They produced this beautiful diffraction of a compound bound to one of our protein targets whilst working with @esrf.fr
September 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Morning sky-friends! We are delighted to share some ‘hot off the xray’ images from our talented scientists, Dr André Mourão & Ting Deng. They produced this beautiful diffraction of a compound bound to one of our protein targets whilst working with @esrf.fr
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🎲 Jeu concours dans le cadre de la Fête de la science. Participez au quiz @francetv.bsky.social et gagnez votre billet pour visiter les coulisses de la recherche, à @embl.org & @esrf.fr à Grenoble ou dans d'autres infrastructures en France : www.fetedelascience.fr/infra-ouvre-... #FDS2025 #FDSAURA
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🎲 Jeu concours dans le cadre de la Fête de la science. Participez au quiz @francetv.bsky.social et gagnez votre billet pour visiter les coulisses de la recherche, à @embl.org & @esrf.fr à Grenoble ou dans d'autres infrastructures en France : www.fetedelascience.fr/infra-ouvre-... #FDS2025 #FDSAURA
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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