MAX IV Laboratory is a Swedish national laboratory providing scientists with the most brilliant X-rays for research with Lund University as the host university. The facility is funded primarily by Swedish and international research funders, consortia, and 14 Swedish research universities. MAX IV delivers high-quality X-ray light for research in materials and life sciences. The facility was inaugurated 21 June 2016.
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New views of complex biological tissue with fourth generation light
A group of Danish researchers have demonstrated three-dimensional sub-micrometre imaging of a whole, multi-millimetre sized, mantis shrimp eye. The eye was chosen to show the imaging opportunities of highly complex biological tissue at a fourth generation synchrotron.