Synchrotron radiation is very intense, highly collimated and tunable, and can be polarized and pulsed, enabling time-resolved measurements. Synchrotron techniques can therefore be used to probe the ...

Andrew Peele works for the Australian Synchrotron on secondment from La Trobe University. He receives funding from the ARC. Nancy Mills works for the Australian Synchrotron. Science is like ...

Traveling at nearly the speed of light, electrons emit intense synchrotron radiation, as explained in this video. Credit: University of Saskatchewan Alexander Moewes is a high-energy physicist.

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 ...

Scientists have revealed thepreserved embryos of a 200-million-year-old dinosaur species. Using a state-of-the-art particle ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Allan, Jordan – SESAME, the Middle East’s first major ...

Single atom X-ray mechanism When X-rays illuminate an atom (red ball at the centre of the molecule), core level electrons are excited. X-ray-excited electrons then tunnel to the detector tip via ...

A new take on sonocrystallization is showing industrial promise thanks to experimental investigations at Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron research facility. Joe McEntee reports ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. The intense beam of X-rays created by a particle ...

SESAME scientific director Giorgio Paolucci points out one of the magnetic devices used to accelerate electrons around the synchrotron’s ring at the facility in Jordan. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) ...