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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 (...)

The SOLEIL Council has appointed Jean Susini as Director General of the Synchrotron SOLEIL with effect from 1 September 2024.

3.5 cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter... This small talisman, which may soon join the collections of the Musée des Écritures d'Ampus in the Haut-Var county of France, is very mysterious, and above all, very (...)

Otoliths are mineral structures found in the inner ear of vertebrates. In teleost* fish, they continuously form throughout the animal's life, preserving a chronological record of the chemical and (...)

Circular Dichroism measurements have already demonstrated that an achiral (1) molecule can acquire a chiral (1) spectroscopic signature when interacting with a chiral environment. A new study (...)

Rémy Pierru's thesis, entitled " Mantle melting at high pressure and high temperature: application to early Earth dynamics”, set out to reproduce experimentally the conditions under which the Earth’s (...)

Methane is a particularly interesting molecule for studying (exo-) planetary atmospheres, especially that of Saturn's moon Titan, which has a thick atmosphere. Detailed analysis of the radiation (...)

Water and electricity to produce hydrogen: this is the electrolysis of water, a reaction that many high school students have performed during chemistry practicals. A seemingly simple reaction, but (...)

Temperature plays a critical role in regulating body mechanisms. Local temperature increments above 42 °C are shown to kill cancer cells in tumorous tissue, leading to the development of nanoparticle (...)