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3D printing of edible parts based on natural biopolymers opens up new prospects for pharmaceutical applications to obtain customized structures with targeted release kinetics of active ingredients (...)

A major global health challenge nowadays is the opioid crisis. Opioids are the most powerful and widely used painkillers with however severe addiction drawbacks. In this context, a ground-breaking (...)

Since 2018, UNESCO has declared that May 16 is the International Day of Light. For the fifth edition of this Day and a little ahead of schedule, SOLEIL opens its doors for an afternoon of visits and (...)

Coronary heart disease (CHD), the main cause for sudden deaths, is today treated with expandable stents to open the arteries for blood flow. But these stents cannot be surgically removed, and patients (...)

In the ever-evolving landscape of materials science, the quest for innovative techniques to fabricate ultrathin films of transition metal dichalcogenides 1 has taken a significant leap forward with a (...)

Approximately 40,000 years ago, prehistoric humans utilized mammoth ivory to craft the earliest statuettes and manufacture the first musical instruments discovered to date. Mammoth ivory holds (...)

In modern chemistry the control, for a given reaction, of the precise location where it will take place on the molecules involved is a challenging task but is crucial because it may open up new (...)

What do mummy strips and the hull of a boat have in common? Both contain flax fibres! Much appreciated by the Egyptians, this plant material with its many qualities is now being studied with a view to (...)

A new fossil bed has been uncovered in the French department of Hérault through the perseverance of two ardent amateur palaeontologists. The couple’s discoveries were studied by scientists from teams (...)

On January 22 and 23, 2024, the first face-to-face Cybersecurity Workshop was held at SOLEIL, bringing together Information Systems Security Managers and IT Infrastructure Managers from the main (...)

SOLEIL Synchrotron staff wishes you a very happy new year!

There is growing interest in the use of lignocellulosic materials, such as hemp, as adsorbents to recover copper from industrial waters. While hemp is known to be chemically efficient for such an (...)