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Stress corrosion cracking studied with grain mapping by diffraction contrast tomography
A new grain mapping technique developed by researchers at the ESRF has been used to study stress corrosion cracking in stainless steels.… (09-09-2008)
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Unusual iron discovered deep inside the Earth
Research performed at the ESRF on the Earth’s most abundant mineral has revealed a dramatic change in iron deep inside the Earth, explaining controversial observations that have puzzled scientists for several years. Iron changes to an unusual electron structure that is apparently stable throughout… (16-09-2008)
Scientists take the sharpest image ever made with light
A team of scientists from the Technische Universität Dresden (Germany) and the ESRF in Grenoble (France) has produced the image of an object at the highest resolution ever achieved with X-ray light. A 100-nanometre gold particle fixed on a substrate was reconstructed with 5 nanometre resolution. Co… (29-08-2008)
ESRF welcomes 19th country to the family of members
The Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia have joined in a consortium to become a new Associate Member of the ESRF. In an informal ceremony at the ESRF on 14 August, representatives of the three countries and the ESRF signed the CENTRALSYNC consortium agreement. CENTRALSYNC has a financial share of 1… (20-08-2008)
New hope for a rare illness causing accelerated ageing
Spanish and French scientists may have open the doors for treatment on progeria, a rare disease that causes accelerated and premature ageing. The ESRF provided the team with an X-rays irradiator to study the response of the DNA damage repair of cells from progeria patients. … (07-08-2008)
The ESRF collaborates in research on Van Gogh's painting
Researchers from the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France have just unveiled a portrait below the painting of a landscape by Vincent van Gogh. The ESRF contributed in this research by analysing some of the pigments in the painting underneath.… (31-07-2008)
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