First-ever egg of a mammal ancestor discovered
Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the ESRF discover the first-ever egg of a mammal ancestor, a 250-million year-old proto-mammal embryo, with the help of the ESRF.
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First-ever egg of a mammal ancestor discovered
Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the ESRF discover the first-ever egg of a mammal ancestor, a 250-million year-old proto-mammal embryo, with the help of the ESRF.
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When you are more tempted to eat the sample than to scan it… Happy Easter!
Peer review (taste test) pending!
#easteregg #happyeastereveryone
Smarter fungicides: Fighting infection while protecting soil health 🌱🔬
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Scientists have uncovered entirely new carbon-nitrogen compounds at ultra-high pressures using single-crystal X-ray diffraction at ESRF beamlines ID15B and ID27.
The findings unlock hidden chemistry and offer clues into processes that take place deep inside planets. 🌍🔬
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The Human Organ Atlas, a new resource for researchers, clinicians, and educators, is an open-access database of 3D imaging of intact human organs.
The portal includes donor samples with conditions from congenital disorders to COVID-19.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4btmhQI
A great example of collaboration between @crick.ac.uk and @esrf.fr that should be strengthened with our new bioimaging beamline
A great example of how Open Science contributes to advancing science and medicine
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An international team of scientists & clinicians announced, in Science Advances, the launch of a new open-access 3D portal that allows users to explore intact human organs in unprecedented detail — from the whole organ down to individual cells @uclengineering.bsky.social
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Bringing cryo-correlative hard X-ray microscopy to life science.
Thanks to a new method, scientists have tracked therapeutic nanoparticles as they moved through cancer cells, showing both where the particles went and what happened to them.
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Passionate about #imaging & #neuroscience?
The Cryo-ASTRALXEM PhD project is recruiting! Explore the nanoscale organization of astrocyte–synapse interfaces using multimodal #cryogenic imaging.
📅 Apply by 31/03
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New anticancer compounds redistribute intracellular copper pools.
X-ray fluorescence imaging of hepatic cancer cells at beamline ID21 revealed the intracellular distribution of copper, elucidating the mechanism of action of these compounds.
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X-rays capture vitamin B12 sensing light: a great example of collaboration
The ESRF's annual report is now out!
The highlights 2025 showcases the most exciting scientific breakthroughs achieved at the ESRF over the past year, alongside key developments from across the facility.
Read read the full report online www.esrf.fr/files/live/s...
Studying the copper distribution in cancer cells with Giulia Veronesi at beam line ID21 @esrf.fr in Grenoble: a really exciting place for science and very cool to see the impact of our synthetic copper ionophores! @lucescostaction.bsky.social
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInSTEM
Congratulations 🙌🙌
Outi Supponen, assistant professor in mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich, is the recipient of this year’s ESRF Young Scientist Award. #UM2026
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Yes it’s the day!
It’s the first day of our user Meeting!
Welcome to our users on site.
Our 2025 Foundation Future Leaders are making their final field trip this week to the @esrf.fr and @cern.bsky.social. Here are a few snaps from their adventures so far!
Digitally segmented skull of SAM-PK-K7710a (holotype) as preserved, with skull bones shown in distinct colors. Figured in mirrored right lateral (A), occipital (B), dorsal (C), and ventral (D) views. Scale bar = 5 mm.
Digitally segmented skull of SAM-PK-K7710c (referred) as preserved, with skull bones shown in distinct colors. Figured in mirrored right lateral (A), occipital (B), dorsal (C), and ventral (D) views. Scale bar = 5 mm.
Using high-resolution synchrotron μCT scans from the @esrf.fr, we were able to digitally segment each bone of the skulls (shown here in different colors), allowing their full anatomy to be studied in detail. (3/6)
Scientists from the University of Groningen and the ESRF have demonstrated how a protective polymer coating can overcome obstacles that make high-energy-density #batteries not available commercially yet.
Their results are out now.
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First snowfall of 2026 at the European Synchrotron
Happy new year from all of us at the European Synchrotron #ESRF
High-pressure science reaches new heights at the ESRF
Two ERC Consolidator Grants awarded this week rely on high-pressure experiments at the ESRF, highlighting its role as a key enabler of frontier research.
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Researchers find hints of a multilayered centre of the Earth: High-pressure and -temperature X-ray diffraction experiments at #DESY indicate that seismic anomalies in the Earth's core could be due to chemical layering @springernature.com @esrf.fr @univlille.bsky.social
Scientists have demonstrated - for the first time - a molecular magnet that remains magnetic well above room temperature.
They used cutting-edge X-ray dichroism at ESRF beamline ID12.
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The December issue of the ESRFnews is out!
This edition, we’re back with a fossil-fuelled look at the isle of Skye’s ancient mammals and reptiles. We also explore the next five years of ESRF-EBS possibilities.
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Researchers at the Crick, @psich.bsky.social and @esrf.fr have developed a new way to look deeper into brain cell connections by using a particle accelerator and a kind of resin borrowed from the aerospace industry.
www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-11...
New for the ESRF User Meeting 2026: early-career travel grants will be available to selected PhD students and post-docs.
Apply now until 7 December!
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Running in situ isothermal crystallisation studies of #zeolites (165°C, 40 bar) at BM01@SNBL @esrf.fr, simultaneously monitoring conductivity, T and P in situ, using our newest sample environment.
Iridium keeps its crystal structure intact under extreme conditions found in planetary interiors, scientists have discovered using synchrotron x-ray diffraction at the ESRF.
The results are out now in Communications materials.
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