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Publié le 23/11/2018

Role of the mineral composition of wetland riverbanks in the transfer of trace metals

The transport of metallic trace elements (MTE), whether of natural origin or related to the human activities, is a major challenge in the preservation of ecosystems and public health. This transport...

Publié le 30/05/2018

How is intracellular calcite formation in coccolithophorid algae supplied with calcium?

To build the hard scaly shells that enclose their cells, coccolithophorid algae produce calcitic scales within an intracellular calcifying compartment and secrete them onto the cell surface. The...

Publié le 03/05/2018

The transfer of TiO2 nanoparticles in the food chain depends on soil texture

Researchers from the Laboratory for Functional Ecology and Environment (EcoLab) in Toulouse, Grenoble CEA (INAC), the nuclear microprobe in Saclay CEA (LEEL) and the LUCIA beamline at SOLEIL have...

Publié le 27/04/2017

Renewal of a Framework Agreement between SOLEIL and IFPEN

After four years of a fruitful collaboration between 2013 and 2016, SOLEIL and the "Institut Français du Pétrole et des Énergies Nouvelles" (IFPEN) renew their Framework Agreement for the 2017-2020...

Publié le 20/04/2017

Are surface stress and surface energy of nanoparticles size-dependent?

In Materials Science, how to simultaneously analyze the morphology and the properties of nanoparticles? This case has motivated a collaboration between LUCIA beamline and Paris Institute of...

Publié le 26/01/2017

10 years of collaboration SOLEIL/INRA

It is now 10 years since INRA and SOLEIL have engaged a fruitful collaboration, which relies on the presence of INRA who work on secondment on SOLEIL beamlines. A booklet, published in January...

Publié le 24/01/2017

New insights on aluminium corrosion layers for aircrafts’ preservation

Since the 1920’s, aluminium alloys have been widely used in the fields of transport and architecture. Unfortunately, those alloys are very sensitive to the corrosion phenomenon. It is therefore...

Publié le 08/12/2015

Cerium anomaly: a micrometric mapping obtained by synchrotron radiation on Cretaceous...

A study led on the DIFFABS and LUCIA beamlines by scientists from the Research Platform on Ancient Materials IPANEMA (CNRS, MCC) and from the SOLEIL synchrotron facility reported a micrometric...

Publié le 30/11/2015

SOLEIL’s commitment to fight climate change

From November 30^th to December 11^th, Paris hosts the twenty first conference of the parties on climate, COP21. For two weeks, political meetings and public engagement events...