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DISCO is a VUV to visible beamline dedicated to biochemistry, chemistry and cell biology. The spectral region is optimised between 60 and 700 nm with conservation of the natural polarization of the light.

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When UV light from the DISCO beamline highlights… potato chips  
 

Will it soon be possible not to dread climbing on the scales after eating French fries? Potato chips that are crispy and tasty but not greasy ... a dream! A dream that the research group headed by Olivier Vitrac, a researcher at INRA AgroParisTech on the Massy site, as well as staff on the DISCO beamline, are aiming to achieve by trying to understand a crucial stage in frying, which depends on the final oil content of the food being fried. How? By studying, under the microscope, the fluorescence emitted by potato strips bathed in hot oil ... Warning: the synchrotron is being turned into a deep fryer


  		 
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DISCO receive users since septembre 09 on three endstations. Using UV synchrotorn radiation, man can observe biomolecules localization, structural changes and interactions in solution, in living cells or in tissues.
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The in-house researches of the DISCO Team concern the interactions of light with biomolecules. They are funded by ANR, Région Centre and PRES UniverSud.
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 News:
- A hole in the ring ... to see photons at atmospheric pressure

- Studying Titan’s atmosphere, a "frozen early Earth", to improve our understanding of the beginnings of life

- Synchrotron radiation records the luminescence of ancient materials

- How to resist
resistant bacteria…

- DISCO beamline opens
new prospects for
UV fluorescence
microscopy experiments

- Video : Osteoporosis
in the light of SOLEIL
 
- The wine, a complex matter of taste

 

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