The Summer issue of the ESRFnews Magazine is out! Inside, we take an in-depth look at the Human Organ Atlas. Go to the digital version of the ESRFnews: www.esrf.fr/files/live/s...
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Using high-resolution micro-CT scanning at Diamond and @esrf.fr, the Vesuvius Challenge has achieved a historic discovery in the Herculaneum scrolls, revealing new text, titles and authors unknown to history - bringing about a new era for the study of ancient history. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3QCbdu6
Sounds fascinating!
Griffin Lab@griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social · 2mo agoSpent last week at the European Synchrotron @esrf.fr, collecting non-destructive, high-res histological data from Triassic reptile bones from across N America and Africa. This tech is a game-changer for studying growth + development in fossils
A new catalytic reactor for in situ and operando high-energy X-ray scattering studies has been designed at the ID31 beamline. More info: www.esrf.fr/home/news/te...
🫀 Researchers from 🇬🇧 UCL and 🇫🇷 @esrf.fr have produced the first 3D map of the heart’s electrical wiring in #TetralogyOfFallot, revealing features that may explain why many patients develop #heart conduction disorders.
Tetralogy of Fallot: 3D map gives new insights
New 3D map of the heart’s electrical wiring to help patients with congenital heart disease
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X-rays reveal hidden step in glass relaxation Nuclear resonance experiments performed at the ESRF have clarified the relationship between two types of molecular motion in liquids approaching the glass transition. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
Inspired by Nature. Designed for coeliac disease. A team of scientists scientists have designed a newly-designed enzyme, dubbed celiacase, that could potentially alleviate celiac disease. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
🔬 Join the @esrf.fr as a Mechanical Engineer and develop ultra-precise instrumentation for world-leading synchrotron science in Grenoble 🇫🇷 Ready for the challenge? Apply now! esrf.gestmax.eu/1983/1/mecha...
EIROforum’s Directors-General Assembly took place in Brussels last week 🇧🇪 The event was hosted by EMBL. Discussions addressed how Europe’s major research infrastructures can continue to support international collaboration and strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity and competitiveness.
By pressurising enzyme crystals with gas and collecting X-ray data, researchers have mapped the routes CO₂ takes as it travels through the protein, revealing a 'waiting room' where substrate molecules queue up just outside the catalytic centre before being processed. www.esrf.fr/home/news/sp...
Student writing contest: Have a look at our AI guides! The student guide helps students reflect on how to use AI responsibly during the writing process. The teacher guide includes key discussion points and helpful resource links for supporting students. 🖥️ scienceinschool.org/article/2026... #EduSky
Researchers from @cnrs.fr and @univbordeaux.bsky.social used high-resolution synchrotron X-ray fluorescence imaging at the ESRF to map manganese inside neurons with nanoscale precision, revealing key sites where the metal accumulates that are linked to neurotoxicity. www.esrf.fr/home/news/sp...
Un grand merci à nos partenaires suisses 🇨🇭 pour ces rencontres : l’occasion d’étudier comment renforcer toujours plus une collaboration historique et fructueuse.
SBFI SEFRI SERI@sbfi.admin.ch · 3mo agoLe SEFRI accueille les 5 et 6 mai en Suisse une délégation de l' @esrf.fr Au programme: échanges avec le @psi.ch et la communauté des utilisateurs de synchrotrons. La Secrétaire d’État Martina Hirayama a salué les succès de l’ESRF et l’excellente collaboration avec la Suisse.
Thank you to our Swiss 🇨🇭partners for these fruitful exchanges and for this unique opportunity to discuss how to further strengthen our longstanding and successful collaboration.
SBFI SEFRI SERI@sbfi.admin.ch · 3mo agoSERI welcomes a delegation from the @esrf.fr in Switzerland on 5 and 6 May. The programme includes exchanges with @psi.ch and the community of synchrotron users. State Secretary Martina Hirayama praised the ESRF’s achievements and the excellent collaboration with Switzerland.
We have a new #HEASBlog on our website! #HEASVienna member #ThomasBeard writes about the MicroStratDNA Group visit to the ESRF over the Easter break this year. @stahlschmidtmc.bsky.social www.heas.at/activities/b...
The MicroStratDNA Group visits the ESRF - HEAS
By Thomas Beard What is the ESRF?: The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is a circular particle accelerator that is capable of a varied range of radiation-based analyses, which in the E...
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Passionate about precision engineering & metrology? Join ISDD Mechanical Engineering @esrf.fr (Grenoble, France) and work on high-precision positioning systems: metrology, acceptance tests, data analysis, mechatronics. If accuracy drives you—this is for you. 👉 esrf.gestmax.eu/1977/1/measu...
Well done for the hiking to La Bastille: the best place to get a great view over the ESRF!
Prof Claire Corkhill@clairecorkhill.bsky.social · 3mo agoAnother smashing visit to Grenoble and the @esrf.fr for a fun-filled X-ray absorption spectroscopy trip. And this time, j'ai enfin gravi la Bastille! My run was rewarded with some spectacular pre-sunrise views from the top. Nice one, France. À la prochaine! 🇫🇷💯🏰 #trailrunning #synchrotron #adventure
Compensated ferrimagnet persists over broad temperature range ESRF X-rays have helped to characterise a material with internally cancelling magnetism that persists over a broad temperature range. The results are published in Nature Chemistry. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
A new 4D view of battery failure Researchers have used high-speed 4D (3D + time) X-ray imaging at ESRF’s ID19 to investigate how internal damage develops and propagates in real time when lithium-ion batteries fail during thermal runaway www.esrf.fr/home/news/sp...
In our current issue, the ESRF (@esrf.fr), home to extremely powerful X-ray machines, explains how X-rays help us understand why paint in historic paintings starts to fade & crack over time. A great read for showing how physics helps preserve cultural heritage.🎨 scienceinschool.org/article/2026...
First-ever egg of a mammal ancestor discovered Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the ESRF discover the first-ever egg of a mammal ancestor, a 250-million year-old proto-mammal embryo, with the help of the ESRF. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
First-ever egg of a mammal ancestor discovered Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the ESRF discover the first-ever egg of a mammal ancestor, a 250-million year-old proto-mammal embryo, with the help of the ESRF. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...
When you are more tempted to eat the sample than to scan it… Happy Easter! Peer review (taste test) pending! #easteregg #happyeastereveryone
Scientists have uncovered entirely new carbon-nitrogen compounds at ultra-high pressures using single-crystal X-ray diffraction at ESRF beamlines ID15B and ID27. The findings unlock hidden chemistry and offer clues into processes that take place deep inside planets. 🌍🔬 www.esrf.fr/home/news/sp...
The Human Organ Atlas, a new resource for researchers, clinicians, and educators, is an open-access database of 3D imaging of intact human organs. The portal includes donor samples with conditions from congenital disorders to COVID-19. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4btmhQI
The Human Organ Atlas
The Human Organ Atlas provides open access to 3D images of human anatomy spanning whole organs to cellular scale resolution.
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A great example of collaboration between @crick.ac.uk and @esrf.fr that should be strengthened with our new bioimaging beamline
The Francis Crick Institute@crick.ac.uk · 5mo ago“We’re hoping doors will open for researchers to ask questions about how connections are made in the brain in mice and maybe, one day, humans.” - @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social Read about the new NIH-funded program to map brain circuitry using X-rays: www.crick.ac.uk/news/2026-03...
A great example of how Open Science contributes to advancing science and medicine english.elpais.com/science-tech...
A new interactive atlas reveals the human body in unprecedented detail
The tool displays organs in three dimensions and opens new avenues for researching key diseases, such as cancer and diabetes
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