The study of materials in cultural heritage artifacts and micro-samples benefits from
diagnostic techniques based on intense radiation sources, such as synchrotrons, ion-beam …

X-ray nanoprobes require coherent illumination to achieve optic-limited resolution, and so
will benefit directly from diffraction-limited storage rings. Here, the example of high …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, costing about 1% of the
global economy. Failures of clinical trials targeting amyloid-β protein (Aβ), a key trigger of …

Data Exchange is a simple data model designed to interface, orexchange', data among
different instruments, and to enable sharing of data analysis tools. Data Exchange focuses …

The smaller pixel size and high frame rate of next-generation photon counting pixel
detectors opens new opportunities for the application of X-ray coherent diffractive imaging …

The Nanoscopium 155 m-long beamline of Synchrotron Soleil is dedicated to scanning hard
X-ray nanoprobe techniques. Nanoscopium aims to reach≤ 100 nm resolution in the 5–20 …

Yttrium (Y) has gained importance in high tech applications and, together with the other rare
earth elements (REEs), is also considered to be an emerging environmental pollutant. The …

The preservation and understanding of cultural heritage depends increasingly on in-depth
chemical studies. Rapid technological advances are forging connections between scientists …

Elucidating dynamics in transition-metal distribution and localization under physiological
and pathophysiological conditions is central to our understanding of metal-ion regulation. In …

Illitisation requires potassium incorporation into a smectite precursor, a process akin to
reverse weathering. However, it remains unclear whether microbes facilitate K+ uptake to …