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During the fire of April 15, 2019, which destroyed a large part of the structure of Notre-Dame in Paris Cathedral, the 120 stained glass windows adorning the facades were preserved. However, the cloud (...)

About a decade ago, many astronomical observations were taken with the Herschel Space Observatory, an ESA/NASA mission. Some of the, were part of a project called “Chemical Herschel surveys of star (...)

Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscopic vortices of magnetisation, which carry the potential for exciting new applications in ultra-low energy advanced spintronic devices, due to their novel topological and (...)

An international research group held by Dr. Longjian Xie from the Okayama university (now postdoc at the Bavarian Research Institute of Experimental Geochemistry & Geophysics (BGI) of the University (...)

Of the many physico-chemical analysis and imaging techniques that enable a better understanding, insight or assessment of the state of preservation of cultural heritage objects, the techniques that (...)

Anthropogenic activities have released considerable amounts of radioactive “hot” particles into the environment. Predicting their behavior and reactivity therefore requires their thorough (...)

Because of the sanitary context, SOLEIL’s participation to the Science Fair 2020 is maintained, but in a different way. SOLEIL has been participating to the “ Village des sciences Paris-Saclay” for (...)

Today, quantum dots, nanowire arrays, and buried solid-state nanostructures are examples of components used in innovative functional devices for photonics and optoelectronics, including photonic (...)

More than 10 years after the opening to our users, SOLEIL takes stock of the important results obtained thanks to the beamlines during this period. Thus, we invite you to discover a series of thematic (...)

As requested by its Board in December 2018, the year 2019 saw the beginning of work on a Conceptual Design report to prepare for the upgrade of SOLEIL’s installations. This work was done in parallel (...)

Of the 200+ molecules that have been detected in space, the Buckminsterfullerene (C 60), shaped exactly like a football, is extraordinarily elegant and symmetric. When exposed to harsh interstellar (...)

In the combat against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the French National Research Agency (ANR) launched a call for projects at the beginning of March 2020, for the funding of targeted research topics on the (...)