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Publié le 11.25.2025
"Unattended mode" - a new access mode available at SOLEIL for macromolecular...
Synchrotron SOLEIL is expanding its offering for industry by opening up a new access mode on the PROXIMA-1 and PROXIMA-2A beamlines, dedicated to macromolecular crystallography (MX). 
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Publié le 06/01/2026
Contribution of the HERMES beamline to the study of "Tubenets”: Network-like...
The cereal weevil, one of the world’s main crop pests, harbors symbiotic bacteria that live inside its cells. Scientists from INRAE and INSA Lyon, in collaboration with experts from the SOLEIL...
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Publié le 27/11/2025
On the shallow surface of isolated nanodiamonds…
Nanodiamonds (NDs) are under active investigation for their unique properties and potential applications in energy harvesting, quantum technologies, and nanomedicine. The surface chemistry of diamond...
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Publié le 20/11/2025
Hydrogen production – a promising electrocatalyst based on clay nanotubes
Hydrogen is one of the avenues explored to replace fossil fuels. Producing hydrogen by splitting water is a possible pathway, but it requires the use of catalysts that are often made of scarce,...
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Publié le 12/11/2025
From soot particles to stardust: Mysteries of their formation revealed by synchrotron...
The formation of soot particles during the incomplete combustion of fuels is both a major environmental challenge on Earth and a model system for understanding the formation of carbon grains in...
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Publié le 04/11/2025
Ammonia oxidation – Platinum nanoparticles caught in action
Ammonia oxidation is a key reaction in the chemical industry, essential for global agriculture and mining, and it also helps limit emissions of this irritating and polluting gas. A SOLEIL team, in...
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Publié le 31/10/2025
Bacterial architects build network-like membrane structures to feed more efficiently
Press release - The cereal weevil, one of the world’s main crop pests, harbors symbiotic bacteria that live inside its cells. Scientists from INRAE and INSA Lyon, in collaboration with experts from...
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Publié le 14/10/2025
MOFs take center stage with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry — and at SOLEIL, too!
When a rigid aluminum-based MOF becomes flexible... Long considered rigid by the MOF (Metal–Organic Frameworks) research community, the aluminum-based material DUT-5(Al) has now revealed a remarkable...
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Publié le 10/10/2025
Materials science – When the surface reaches deep inside…
Crystalline surfaces often exhibit reconstructions, usually assumed to affect only a few atomic layers below the surface. A collaborative study (conducted by the Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques...
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Publié le 24/09/2025
World-first at SOLEIL: 3D X-ray imaging of pressurized hydrogen-induced damage in steel...
Researchers from the Centre des Matériaux – Mines Paris (PSL) have achieved a world-first at the SOLEIL synchrotron: real-time 3D X-ray imaging of steel deformation and fracture under pressurized...
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Publié le 15/09/2025
A new target to treat mpox (formerly monkeypox) and other poxviral infections
Mpox is an infectious disease transmitted by contact that can be fatal or leave significant sequelae. Scientists at the Institut Pasteur have identified and characterized a new target for developing...
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Publié le 03/09/2025
When like-charged surfaces attract each other
When a surface is immersed in water, it becomes spontaneously charged. Interactions between charged surfaces play a key role in many phenomena, such as the cohesion of cement, the behaviour of...
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