Where bees are, there will be honey (even prehistoric)

Scientists discover first ever record of insect pollination from 100 million-years ago.  … (15-05-2012) Read More…

Instruct hub for structural biology

Pan-European distributed research infrastructure has a base in Grenoble.  … (11-05-2012) Read More…

X-rays create a window on glass formation

First ever visualisation of how powder becomes molten glass could lead to greener manufacture at lower temperatures.  … (16-04-2012) Read More…

Dynamical anisotropy and heterogeneity in a bidimensional gel

The anisotropic dynamics of a 2D gel formed by a Langmuir monolayer were studied in a recent X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy (XPCS) experiment. Researchers determined for the first time, through  … (09-05-2012) Read More…

Phase contrast imaging of lipid membranes in solution

A lipid membrane in solution at its native thickness of less than 5 nm has been imaged for the first time using coherent X-rays. Researchers witnessed the formation of a bilayer from two lipid monolay  … (24-04-2012) Read More…

Submicrometre diffraction in dense arrays of three-dimensional germanium crystals

Germanium grown epitaxially on micrometre-sized silicon pillars forms perfect crystals free of defects. The resulting Ge/Si “virtual substrate” is lighter and tougher than a free-standing Ge subst  … (10-04-2012) Read More…