Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an ...

Scienta Omicron, a world leader in surface science and photoelectron spectroscopy instrumentation, today announces the launch ...

Researchers at the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, together with CNRS, ENS Lyon and the Institute of Marine Research in ...

The Smithsonian Institution and Synchrotron Soleil of France announced a new partnership between the organizations to use the power of the third-generation synchrotron to study and preserve priceless ...

Researchers are paying close attention to how fertilizers change tiny features within soil where carbon can be stored ...

A Western University team has harnessed the bright light of the Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) to obtain highly detailed images of the structures in the inner ear ...

Scientists discovered a 520-million-year-old fossilized larva with brains and guts intact, offering unprecedented insights ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

An Australian research team has achieved an advanced materials breakthrough that opens the door to a new generation of nanodrug applications. From drug delivery, to diagnostics, to gene editing and ...

Shining light: the Extremely Brilliant Source, or ESRF-EBS, boosts the brilliance and coherence of the X-ray beams at the facility by around a factor of 100 over its predecessor. (Courtesy: ESRF/S ...