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European XFEL has laid the groundwork for its eighth scientific instrument. During the recent Long Installation and Maintenance Period, around 500 metres of steel vacuum tubes were installed in one of the facility’s underground tunnels. These tubes terminate at the new High Energy X-ray Scattering (HXS) instrument.  Once operational, the new instrument will be the …

Last week, Lightsources.org had an inspiring few days interacting with delegates at the Bay Area Light Sources Joint Users’ Meeting at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Our Science Communication Workshop and Facility Upgrade Panel Discussion were attended by delegates looking to improve their communication skills when talking about their work to non specialists and those kee...

Experiments reveal exceptionally water-rich solids stable under pressure–temperature conditions that overlap the deep-mantle geotherm. The experiments took place on three different beamlines at the ESRF. The results are out in Nature Geoscience. Scientists have synthesized two previously unknown iron oxyhydroxides that remain stable at the immense pressures and temperatures of E...

The new resource gives the global scientific community free access to advanced battery imaging data, helping to support further research into battery materials, performance and the development of next-generation technologies, while providing valuable datasets for the development of AI and new approaches to image analysis. Scientists from Diamond Light Source and the ISIS Neutron...

A team of researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN), Jagiellonian University, and AGH University of Kraków has developed a switchable composite material that combines the remarkable properties of molecular magnets with the mechanical robustness and flexibility of polymer fibers. The paper was published in the journal …