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Published on 08/10/2021Laëtitia Baringthon awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents France 2021 Prize for Women (...)
Laëtitia Baringthon, a PhD student on the CASSIOPÉE beamline, in collaboration with C2N and the CNRS/THALÈS joint physics unit, was awarded the “Prix Jeunes Talents France 2021” by the L'Oréal (...)Read more -
Published on 30/09/2021Announce: 2nd European PaN EOSC Sympoisum organised by the ExPaNDS and PaNOSC projects (...)
ExPaNDS and PaNOSC H2020 projects organise the 2nd PaN EOSC Symposium. This event will take place on October 26th, 2021, from 9:30 CET to 13:00 CET (hosted online, on Zoom).Read more -
Published on 28/09/2021First Evidence of Silicene Nanoribbons Synthesized on an Insulator
Silicene, a single plane of silicon atoms organized in a honeycomb pattern, is, along with graphene - the equivalent of silicene, but with carbon - one of the new 2D materials that have attracted (...)Read more -
Published on 28/09/2021SOLEIL at the Virtual Science Village
Despite the health situation, SOLEIL will once again be alongside Île de Science for this new edition of the Science Fair!Read more -
Published on 21/09/2021Resumption of visits to SOLEIL
After a long break, tours of the SOLEIL Synchrotron resume.Read more -
Published on 20/09/2021Lessons on textile history and fibre durability from a 4000-year-old Egyptian flax yarn
Ancient Egypt laid the foundations for the cultivation of flax as a textile fibre crop, particularly for making funeral cloths and mummy strips for high society. Today, flax fibres are used in high (...)Read more -
Published on 15/09/2021The deadline for submission of projects to the 29th call for proposals has been postponed
The deadline for submission of projects to the 29th call for proposals has been postponed to Tuesday, September 21, 2021, 12:00 (French time). This decision has been taken in order to allow the (...)Read more -
Published on 14/09/2021Historical paintings at the nanoscale: L’Arlésienne (portrait of Madame Ginoux) by Van (...)
A scientific collaboration between University of Antwerp (Belgium), the Kröller-Müller Museum (Netherlands) and the SMIS beamline of Synchrotron SOLEIL has presented the first nanoscale analysis of (...)Read more -
Published on 25/08/2021Monday August 23, 2021 - Official visit of SOLEIL by Mrs Frédérique Vidal, Minister of (...)
The Minister was greeted on her arrival at SOLEIL at 9:30 am by Mr. Jean Daillant, Director General of SOLEIL, surrounded by many personalities and colleagues. Specifically: Mr. Alain Schuhl, Deputy (...)Read more -
Published on 05/08/2021SOLEIL’s contribution to understanding Astrophysics & Astrochemistry
More than 10 years after the opening to our users, SOLEIL takes stock of the important results obtained thanks to the beamlines during this period. Thus, we invite you to discover a series of thematic (...)Read more -
Published on 05/08/2021How deep-sea microbes make a life on ethane? Answers in a yellow crystal
Various hydrocarbons are naturally released in the deep-sea floor, but something in the marine sediments consumes them. The responsible are specific microorganisms, able to transform these (...)Read more -
Published on 27/07/2021SOLEIL Highlights 2020
It is obviously impossible to summarize the year 2020 without mentioning the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced us all to change our way of interacting and working. However, the mobilization of all the (...)Read more