Latest Press Releases

July 26, 2010 - Brookhaven National Laboratory (NSLS)
Nanoparticles Increase Intensity of Quantum Dots' Glow - (NSLS)
Demonstration of precision DNA-based nanoassembly method could lead to advances in solar cells, optoelectronics, and biosensors. By linking individual semiconductor quantum dots with gold nanoparticles, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to enhance the intensity of light emitted by individual quantum dots by up to 20 times.

July 15, 2010 - European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF
New light on Leonardo Da Vinci’s faces - (ESRF)
How did Leonardo Da Vinci manage to paint such perfect faces? For the first time a quantitative chemical analysis has been done on seven paintings.......

June 30, 2010 - European XFEL GmbH( European XFEL) and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Start of tunnel construction for the European XFEL - (European XFEL)
The traditional tunnel and borer christening celebration today marked the start of construction of the tunnel system for the X-ray laser European XFEL. More than 500 guests attended the ceremony.......

June 30, 2010 - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,(SLAC)
Unpeeling Atoms and Molecules from the Inside Out - (SLAC)
The first published scientific results from the world's most powerful hard X-ray laser, located at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, show its unique ability to control the behaviors of individual electrons within simple atoms and molecules by stripping them away, one by one-in some cases creating hollow atoms.

News

July 28, 2010 - Australian Synchrotron News
Think small technologies for commercial success - ((AS))
From mid-2010, Victorian businesses will be able to boost their competitiveness through easier access to Australian Synchrotron capabilities in ‘small technologies’ such as microtechnology, nanotechnology, biotechnology, information and communication technology and advanced engineering technologies.

June 21, 2010 - Argonne News
Murray Gibson to Leave the Laboratory - ((APS))
Murray Gibson will be leaving Argonne, effective Oct. 1, 2010, to accept a newly created position as Dean of Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston.As founding dean.....

June 11, 2010 - BBC Breakfast News
Britain's cutting-edge synchrotron in Oxfordshire - ((Diamond))
Richard Westcott introduces Diamond and its breadth of applications from renewable energy research to its study of engineering materials...

June 10, 2010 - Nature- Technology Feature
Structural biology: Crystal-clear images - ((APS))
Getting proteins to form crystals is only one step for the structural biologist. The next step to sleuthing out a protein's structure involves placing the crystals in an intense beam of X-rays. This radiation bears little resemblance....