Science news articles about 'synchrotron radiation facility'

  • Scientists discover at the European Synchrotron the first fossil brain

    ... and ratfish has been revealed by French and American scientists using synchrotron holotomography at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). It is the first time that the soft tissue of ...
  • Getting wise to the influenza virus' tricks

    ... of it and examined them with the powerful X-ray beams of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). “Viruses are masters of cunning when it comes to hijacking the normal functioning of the ...
  • Russian scientists and ESRF strengthen cooperation

    The Kurchatov Institute in Moscow (Russia) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble (France) have made a step towards a closer collaboration between the scientific ...
  • Zeolite - This Super Use Mineral Gets Its Chemical Structure Unveiled

    ... of scientists has revealed, for the first time, its chemical structure using the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). This research opens door to more effective zeolites in the future. ...
  • Comparing apples and pears

    ... of conventional medical 3-D scanners is insufficient. The Leuven team used the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble to perform tomographic imaging of fruit samples. As the researchers ...
  • New tool for early diagnosis of breast cancer

    ... in the future in clinics. "The technique does not require sophisticated and expensive synchrotron radiation facilities", explains Alberto Bravin, scientist in charge of the biomedical beamline at the ...
  • ESRF launches an ambitious upgrade programme

    ... than ten thousand scientists across Europe will profit from new investments in the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) approved today. Over the next seven years, unique new experimental ...
  • New findings reveal how influenza virus hijacks human cells

    ... of the crucial PA domain and examined them with the powerful X-ray beams of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble. The high-resolution image of the ...
  • Synthesizing the most natural of all skin creams

    ... -ray diffraction measurements at the Dutch/Flemish DUBBLE beamline at the ESRF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) allowed the Leiden researchers to find the proportions of the various forms in ...
  • Size did matter -- evidence of giant sperm found in microfossils

    ... sperm. The highly complex, high-tech investigation was performed at the "European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble, France)", which also financed the project: "Holotomography is a non- ...
  • Size did matter -- evidence of giant sperm found in microfossils

    ... X-ray holotomography, a highly complex imaging technique developed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, the researchers were able to look non-invasively deep inside these tiny crustaceans, ...
  • Neon blue-tailed tree lizard glides like a feather

    ... light, Herrel contacted Renaud Boistel, Paul Tafforeau and Vincent Fernandez at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility to scan all three lizards' bodies. Visualising the animals' skeletons with X ...
  • Theoretical nuclear physics in China

    ... Storage Ring of Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL-CSR) was completed in 2007 ... range up to 4 GeV. Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF), which was finished and commissioned in April ...
  • Bacterium helps formation of gold

    ... growth of gold nuggets. For this study scientists combined synchrotron techniques at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and the Advanced Photon Source (APS) and molecular microbial ...
  • Drought resistance explained

    ... Structural Biology, including EMBL Grenoble's high-throughput crystallisation facilities and the beamlines at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, located in the same campus as EMBL Grenoble.

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