For the third consecutive year, SOLEIL (Hall 5A / Stand H70/H52F) participates in the exhibition of eco-activities, POLLUTEC, who takes place from 1^st till 4 December 2009 to Villepinte. SOLEIL indeed leads a scientific and technological meaning on the contributions of the synchrotron light for example in characterization of waste, analysis of environmental matrices (water, sediments, air, ground…), of new materials development for energetic proceeded or for the green chemistry.
 
This fundamental work is completed by tangible actions which have just obtained the label AGENDA 21 of the Essonne for, on one hand to decrease the ecological footprint of SOLEIL’s site and, on the other hand, to develop a platform which will propose to the academic and industrial users the palette of know-how, skills, equipment available on SOLEIL and adapted to the environmental and energy problems.

TWIST, https://twist.synchrotron-soleil.fr, is an application used to search, view, and download experimental data acquired by scientists at the SOLEIL Synchrotron...

Next 20-22 November, SOLEIL will introduce its new “eco-designed” beamline in conjunction with the Fête de la Science (Science Festival). This 1:2 scale reproduction in recycled cardboard of a SOLEIL experimental facility will be used for numerous educational experiments explaining the machine’s physics and the role of optics at SOLEIL, as well as for experiments conducted by our teams. The only condition to come “try your hand” at a beamline experiment, is to be curious. Mark your calendar for 20, 21 and 22 November at the Moulon gymnasium in Gif-sur-Yvette with all the Ile de Science partners.
For additional information: www.iledescience.org

You will also find SOLEIL at the Vélizy-Villacoublay science village with entertaining experiments and models designed to help you understand the machine’s operation and its many applications.
For additional information: Info-Jeunes - Vélizy-Villacoublay, infojeunes@velizy.com, www.ville-velizy-villacoublay.fr

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The two lightsources based in France, the ESRF in Grenoble, and SOLEIL in Paris, will welcome the next Synchrotron Radiation and Instrumentation (SRI) meeting, which will take place in 2012. The decision has just been announced at this year’s SRI conference, which has brought together 700 participants and is finishing today in Melbourne (Australia).

SOLEIL was open on an exceptional basis on Saturday, 19 September to celebrate European Heritage Days, offering over 500 visitors from all over the Ile-de-France region the opportunity to discover the synchrotron and its current applications, particularly in the field of ancient materials (archaeology, palaeontology, palaeoenvironment and heritage conservation).

The sunny day provided the perfect backdrop for this festive event enjoyed by all thanks to the hospitality and cooperative effort of the communication teams of SOLEIL and IPANEMA, who hosted this event.

Those who were lucky enough to visit our facility had the chance to participate in several special events proposed by the ARKEOMEDIA association, including workshops on human evolution, ceramography, prehistoric rock paintings and archaeozoology.

Young and old alike were also fascinated by SOLEIL’s light workshops and the special exhibition titled “Matière à fouille, fouilles dans la matières” (which loosely translates as “digging through ancient materials”); also featured were showings of presentation videos by SOLEIL and IPANEMA and a video on experiments with ancient materials.

On 15 July, the SOLEIL synchrotron, in agreement with its Board of Directors – the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) –, approved the start of the last stage of studies leading to the construction of the IPANEMA building. This unique instrumental platform that is like no other in the world will facilitate access to synchrotron techniques for scientific communities working with “ancient materials”. The project will be officially launched during European Heritage Days in September 2009.