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Pearls are unique in jewellery: they are the only gem produced by living organisms. The evaluation of their quality, and consequently their price, is based on shape, colour, lustre..., i.e. their (...)

Through X-ray absorption and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism measurements, researchers at the Institut Jean Lamour (Université de Lorraine, Nancy), the Paul Scherrer Institute (Villigen, Switzerland (...)

A new video with French subtitles (VFSTF) and dubbed in French Sign Language (LSF) is available.

The search for improved information carriers remains a major task in data storage technology research. The ideal candidate should be stable against external disturbance such as temperature or field (...)

On 4 March 2020, Jean Daillant, Director General of SOLEIL, formally signed the French National Charter for Research Integrity. The official signature of this charter follows the vote by the Board of (...)

We continue to follow Julie Gordon, doctoral student at the MONARIS laboratory and at the SOLEIL synchrotron, in the various places where her research work leads her.

Synchrotron SOLEIL, which welcomes up to 5000 visitors per year as facility users as well as the general public, has been temporarily closed in line with French government recommendations, in order to (...)

Anne Houdusse Juillé, user of the PROXIMA 1, PROXIMA 2A and SWING beamlines since 2008, was elected to the Academy of Sciences in December 2019. She joins Dino Moras and Félix Rey (elected (...)

Tattoos became a trend during the nineties. Currently, in France 15% of the population are tattooed, including 25% of those under the age of 30. However, this practice involves a risk of skin reaction (...)

Spin crossover molecules have two states (a magnetic one and a non-magnetic one) that can be modified by external stimuli. The possibility of switching from one state to another with stimuli is very (...)

Updated March 16th, 18:30

In France, more than 7 million people experience hearing problems, or 11% of the population. And this is a figure that is not likely to fall with the aging of the population. In addition to people who (...)