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Deadline approaching! #YoungScientistAward If you know an outstanding young scientist who deserves recognition for her/his work at the ESRF — now is the time! Deadline for nominations: 3 November 2026 More info: www.esrf.fr/UM2027/YSA

Scientists from the University of Portsmouth (UK) and the ESRF have revealed that activity at the Earth’s surface could have been influencing the deep mantle much earlier than previously thought. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

Girls, dare to do science! 🔬 For the 2nd year, #ESRF welcomed 64 girls aged 14–15 from 7 middle schools for speed networking with our female scientists, engineers & technicians, plus lab visits. #GirlsInSTEM

The ESRF congratulates the winner of the 2026 @nobelprize.org in physics. Congratulations to Francis Halzen, awarded the #NobelPrize in physics for his outstanding contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and to the discovery of high-energy neutrinos originating from astrophysical sources.

SAVE THE DATE #webinat Friday 18 September 2pm CET Probing Methane Clathrate Hydrates at Its Extremes: Implications for early Titan and ocean-exoplanet interiors

A new form of superionic ice has been observed under extreme planetary conditions! The team used high-brilliance X-rays and advanced laser-heated diamond anvil cell techniques at the ESRF’s ID27 beamline www.esrf.fr/home/news/sp...

Many centuries before modern nanotechnology, 9th-century Abbasid potters created metallic, iridescent ceramics. Scientists at the @upc.edu joined forces with the ESRF to crack the chemistry behind it. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

Researchers from PSI joined forces with the ESRF to demonstrate that an applied electric field can control the handedness of chiral phonons. They used RIXS at @esrf.fr The results are out in Nature Materials www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

#InMemory The ESRF joins the global scientific community in mourning the loss of Professor Ada Yonath, one of the most visionary and inspiring scientists of our time, and a long-standing user, advisor and friend of our facility. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

Back from the summer break and ready for your next challenge? The #NEXTSTEP project is recruiting 3 #PhD candidates! Discover the opportunities below and apply: 🎓 NS26-ESRF02 🔗https://lnkd.in/e2vns9xB 🎓 NS26-FZJ05 🔗https://lnkd.in/eMb_QGeU 🎓 NS26-ESRF09 🔗https://lnkd.in/eVGd9Ar9 @esrf.fr

Great team! Have a good beam time

It’s beam time, baby! #Synchrotron scanning at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) with Sophie Sanchez, Paul Tafforeau, Sifra Bijl, and Bobbi Vakruchev 🩻 🦴 ☢️ @esrf.fr

A tusk with a twist: a team of scientists led by Aarhus University crack the code of the twisted tusk of the narwhal. They used advanced 3D X-ray techniques at @esrf.fr @maxivlaboratory.bsky.social @psi.ch to determine how the tusk obtains its characteristic structure. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

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...

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!

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.

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...

Le 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.

SERI 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.

Un grand merci à nos partenaires suisses 🇨🇭 pour ces rencontres : l’occasion d’étudier comment renforcer toujours plus une collaboration historique et fructueuse.

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.

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...

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!

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

Smarter fungicides: Fighting infection while protecting soil health 🌱🔬 www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

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

A great example of collaboration between @crick.ac.uk and @esrf.fr that should be strengthened with our new bioimaging beamline

A great example of how Open Science contributes to advancing science and medicine english.elpais.com/science-tech...

An international team of scientists & clinicians announced, in Science Advances, the launch of a new open-access 3D portal that allows users to explore intact human organs in unprecedented detail — from the whole organ down to individual cells @uclengineering.bsky.social www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

Bringing cryo-correlative hard X-ray microscopy to life science. Thanks to a new method, scientists have tracked therapeutic nanoparticles as they moved through cancer cells, showing both where the particles went and what happened to them. www.esrf.fr/home/news/ge...

Passionate about #imaging & #neuroscience? The Cryo-ASTRALXEM PhD project is recruiting! Explore the nanoscale organization of astrocyte–synapse interfaces using multimodal #cryogenic imaging. 📅 Apply by 31/03 👉 bit.ly/4sVkCLn @esrf.fr @esrfjobs.bsky.social @ugrenoblealpes.bsky.social @inserm.fr

New anticancer compounds redistribute intracellular copper pools. X-ray fluorescence imaging of hepatic cancer cells at beamline ID21 revealed the intracellular distribution of copper, elucidating the mechanism of action of these compounds. www.esrf.fr/home/news/sp...

X-rays capture vitamin B12 sensing light: a great example of collaboration

The ESRF's annual report is now out! The highlights 2025 showcases the most exciting scientific breakthroughs achieved at the ESRF over the past year, alongside key developments from across the facility. Read read the full report online www.esrf.fr/files/live/s...

Studying the copper distribution in cancer cells with Giulia Veronesi at beam line ID21 @esrf.fr in Grenoble: a really exciting place for science and very cool to see the impact of our synthetic copper ionophores! @lucescostaction.bsky.social #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM