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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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)

Warning: this event will only be held in French On Friday, November 24, 2023, for the 11th edition of SOLEIL de Minuit, the synchrotron SOLEIL will exceptionally open its doors for night tours of its (...)

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Renal toxicity is an important aspect to be assessed when a new drug is tested. To study this toxicity, in vitro cell-based assays are often used. Unfortunately, translating the results of such cell (...)

Training has been an essential part of the ExPaNDS project: to provide training material accessible to staff and users from Photon and Neutron (PaN) Research Infrastructures is one of the key (...)

Working on materials for Circular Economy? Get access to European Research Infrastructures by submitting a proposal on ReMade@ARI portal.

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The energy crisis, which is currently affecting the world and has very strong impacts on society as a whole (individuals, businesses, research, administration ...), does not spare SOLEIL, which had to (...)