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Solar energy has been facing limits of efficiency and production cost, requiring the developing of new materials. An English and French team have had a closer look to zinc oxide, a promising material (...)

A research team from INRA Nantes used an innovative method based on mass spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation of DISCO beamline to photoactivate sugars, whose valorisation presents a real economic (...)

On Friday 18th April 2014, ten students from the University Paris-Sud took over four SOLEIL beamlines, as part of the HELIOS program. Set up for the first time in 2010, HELIOS aims at putting the (...)

After each school holidays IA-IPR from the academy of Versailles gather for a working and thinking day. On 28th April 2014, the College of Schools Inspectors from the Academy of Versailles took place (...)

Organic molecules can be intercalated by magnetic atoms on a surface producing two-dimensional metal-organic networks. Whether such systems can display magnetism was the subject of a study performed (...)

Vernalis is a pharmaceutical company with a strong focus on Structure Based Drug Design (SBDD). Protein Crystallography plays an important role in our research.

An international team from Italy and France studied a new Single Molecule Magnet with the x-ray beam of DEIMOS beamline, revealing that this molecule is remarkably comfortable on a surface, with its (...)

Biomolecules (proteins, DNA, sugars, etc.) are often studied in purified solutions, where they have as much space to stretch out in as they might want. But in an organism, where thousands of molecules (...)

In the manufacturing processes for many surfactant-based products, mechanical mixing is an important control parameter because it homogenizes multi-component systems and enhances their crystallization (...)

The aggregation of amphiphilic molecules and their organization on various surfaces are common phenomena in many applications such as surface treatments, cleaners and nano-composite materials. For (...)

The conversion of methanol-to-hydrocarbons is an attractive catalytic technology to obtain gasoline or olefins from alternative feedstocks, such as natural gas and biomass. This process is catalyzed (...)

It is crucial to be able to study corrosion and predict the behavior of metals over long periods, especially in the specific context of managing the conservation of cultural heritage materials. The (...)