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In modern chemistry the control, for a given reaction, of the precise location where it will take place on the molecules involved is a challenging task but is crucial because it may open up new (...)

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 (...)

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 (...)