The European Light Source

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), located in Grenoble - France, is a joint facility supported and shared by 19 European countries.

The ESRF operates the most powerful synchrotron radiation source in Europe. Each year several thousand researchers travel to Grenoble where they work in a first-class scientific environment to conduct exciting experiments at the cutting edge of modern science.

At the ESRF, physicists work side by side with chemists and materials scientists. Biologists, medical doctors, meteorologists, geophysicists and archaeologists have become regular users. Industrial applications are also growing, notably in the fields of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, petrochemicals and microelectronics.

For other videos, please see the ESRF YouTube channel: A light for science

Aerial photo of the ESRF (Image credit: A. Petricola, copyright 2008 A. Petricola).

A collection of high-quality images from the ESRF can be found in the image bank of  Lightsources.org