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The largest and most diverse family of enzymes are the so-called radical SAM enzymes. They catalyse a large number of major biochemical reactions often unprecedented in living cells, notably for the (...)

The invention and diffusion of copper and bronze metallurgy in Europe constituted a true technical innovation for societies in the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. On the archaeological sites of (...)

The improvement of the CoVid-19 situation allows us to welcome visitors again to Synchrotron SOLEIL! General audience, scholars and any other curious person are invitied to visit the French (...)

Scientists from France, Germany and Italy, in collaboration with the PROXIMA-2A beamline, have designed a new class of active molecules that inhibit one of the major mechanisms involved in the (...)

Iridium oxide is the key catalyst for the production of green hydrogen through water electrolysis in acid but it is very rare and expensive. In order to optimize its use as an electrocatalyst, it is (...)

On Friday January 28, 2022, we learned, with a profound sadness, of the passing of François Baudelet, Director of Research at CNRS and in charge of the ODE beamline at the SOLEIL Synchrotron.

Microscopic imaging of the brain to identify diseases has traditionally relied on histology, where the brain tissue is embedded into paraffin wax and thinly sliced for investigation under a microscope (...)

Researchers from the Fundación Instituto Leloir in Argentina together with scientists from PROXIMA-1 & PROXIMA-2A beamlines were able to describe at a molecular level the conformational changes (...)

A large part of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic produced each year ends up in nature where it accumulates. Exposed to environmental physicochemical conditions, it fragments into billions (...)

The generation of green fuels (e.g. H 2) is nowadays a very important research topic associated to the growing energy demand. Photocatalysis appears as a challenging path to produce H 2 just from (...)

The properties of materials are the basis of many applications; explaining them is also sometimes still a challenge for researchers. The most familiar physical property is the ability of a material to (...)

While energy consumption becomes a major challenge, achieving efficient light source become of utmost interest. This is not only true in the visible spectral range but also in the infrared. Currently (...)