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E.g., 08/17/2022
Publié le 15/03/2022
Julie's PhD thesis - episode 5 - The « Institut National du Patrimoine »
For the penultimate episode of this series, we meet again Julie Gordon, doctoral student at the MONARIS laboratory and at the SOLEIL synchrotron, who is finalizing her research work on the alteration...
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Publié le 14/03/2022
The patinas of Lunéville château sandstones under the SOLEIL X-rays
Lunéville château, aka the "Versailles of Lorraine", built in sandstone of the region, has had an eventful history marked by several fires. The most recent one, in 2003, was devastating, destroying...
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Publié le 01/03/2022
Monitoring the motion of a microbiome enzyme involved in methane biosynthesis
The largest and most diverse family of enzymes are the so-called radical SAM enzymes. They catalyse a large number of major biochemical reactions often unprecedented in living cells, notably for the...
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Publié le 16/02/2022
In search of the tools of the first bronze craftsmen in western France
The invention and diffusion of copper and bronze metallurgy in Europe constituted a true technical innovation for societies in the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. On the archaeological sites of...
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Publié le 15/02/2022
Synchrotron SOLEIL welcomes visitors again!
The improvement of the CoVid-19 situation allows us to welcome visitors again to Synchrotron SOLEIL! General audience, scholars and any other curious person are invitied to visit the French...
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Publié le 07/02/2022
A new tool in the fight against multi-resistant bacteria
Scientists from France, Germany and Italy, in collaboration with the PROXIMA-2A beamline, have designed a new class of active molecules that inhibit one of the major mechanisms involved in the...
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Publié le 07/02/2022
Is IrO2 the best electrocatalyst to produce "green" hydrogen? Yes,...
Iridium oxide is the key catalyst for the production of green hydrogen through water electrolysis in acid but it is very rare and expensive. In order to optimize its use as an electrocatalyst, it is...
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Publié le 31/01/2022
Passing of François Baudelet, in charge of the ODE beamline
On Friday January 28, 2022, we learned, with a profound sadness, of the passing of François Baudelet, Director of Research at CNRS and in charge of the ODE beamline at the SOLEIL Synchrotron.
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Publié le 31/01/2022
A new context for virtual histology: 3D X-ray microimaging of the brain during paraffin...
Microscopic imaging of the brain to identify diseases has traditionally relied on histology, where the brain tissue is embedded into paraffin wax and thinly sliced for investigation under a...
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