http://www.esrf.eu Press cuttings, news in brief, ESRF and User's news reported elsewhere. hourly 1 2006-06-22T23:00:02Z http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/InaugurationID24 On 10 November, the ESRF inaugurated the first Upgrade Beamline, ID24, which will soon observe like in a time-lapse film sequence extremely rapid processes, whether laser-heating of iron to 10,000 degrees, charge reactions in new batteries or catalysts cleaning pollutants. 2011-11-16 18:02:07 No publisher habfast 2011-11-16T17:02:07Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/BBCNews-GIANT Successful innovation is increasingly seen as a process involving the close geographic proximity of fundamental science, applied research and hi-tech industry. 2011-10-25 17:44:30 No publisher habfast 2011-10-25T16:45:43Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/guardian-praise An editorial in the UK newspaper The Guardian puts the contributions by the ESRF to recent research on fossils into an overall societal perspective. 2011-09-14 11:19:52 No publisher habfast 2011-09-14T10:19:52Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/Nature-news-GCPRs The study of G-protein-coupled-receptors is one of today's hot topics in structural biology. A news feature in Nature tells why. 2011-09-06 17:07:13 No publisher habfast 2011-09-06T16:07:13Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/Multiferroics The smallest atomic displacements ever were observed in an experiment led by ESRF scientist Helen Walker, published in SCIENCE dated 2 September 2011. 2011-09-05 10:32:59 No publisher habfast 2011-09-05T09:32:59Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/National-Geographic-Sediba The August 2011 issue of National Geographic tells the story of the discovery of Australopithecus Sediba, a new hominid species, by Lee Berger from Witwatersrand University in South Africa. 2011-07-19 13:28:12 No publisher habfast 2011-07-19T12:28:12Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/Sepiolites Sepiolite is a porous clay material that can absorb more liquid than any other known mineral. A Franco-Spanish team of scientists used X-ray and electron single-crystal diffraction to resolve the structure of the tiny sepiolite crystals. The results open the path to their synthesis, and to the design of completely new materials for use in catalysis, energy storage and consumer products. 2011-07-18 12:34:41 No publisher habfast 2011-07-18T11:34:41Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/scanning-chemical-bonds-with-x-rays German public radio Deutsche Welle reports on a new synchrotron technique developed at the ESRF which is sensitive to chemical bonds deep inside the bulk of materials. 2011-06-01 13:45:49 No publisher habfast 2011-06-03T10:49:28Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/frozen-monolayers Molecules forming extremely thin films can remain frozen at a temperature where the bulk material is already molten. Science Centric tells the story of this discovery with applications extending from organic solar cells to biosensors. 2011-04-07 08:47:35 No publisher habfast 2011-04-12T11:56:32Z News Item http://www.esrf.eu/news/media/Van-Gogh X-rays reveal why van Gogh paintings loose their shine - this joint press release by the ESRF with five partners attracted global media coverage, generating several hundred articles worldwide, along with radio and TV coverage. 2011-02-16 17:02:48 No publisher habfast 2011-02-16T16:02:48Z News Item