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Welcome to the joint MAX IV – ESS Colloquium! What: The quantum phenomenon of superconductivity has intrigued scientists for decades, raising fundamental questions on the nature of matter. With a seemingly inexhaustible supply of new discoveries, this research has tremendous application potential, spanning from energy economy to medical diagnostics. Who: Professor Johan Chang, University of
The process of recruiting a new Director for MAX IV Laboratory is now completed and Ian McNulty, former Physical Sciences Director, is in office since 1 September. Ian has been with MAX IV since March 2018. Read more about Ian here. The recruitment of a new Physical Sciences Director has started and during this
Award recipients (from left): Xiaocui Wang with MAX IV Science Officer Ana Labrador Garcia and Life Science Director Marjolein Thunnissen. Susanna Hammarberg with Lund University Pro Vice-Chancellor Stacey Sörensen. Congratulations to this year’s award selectees at the 31st MAX IV User Meeting. MAX IV Student Poster Award 2019: Susanna Hammarberg, Nano Lund. “Strain
PhD students at the 31st MAX IV User Meeting (from left:) Susanna Hammarberg, Pierre Munier, Virginia Boix, Evanthia Chatzigeorgiou, Giulio D Acunto, Greger Hammarin, Xiaocui Wang, and Smita Omkarnath Ganguly. The 31st MAX IV User Meeting took place 23-25 September at the Scandic Star hotel in Lund. Joining other participants, the PhD students presented
For the first time, researchers at the University of Copenhagen have mapped how bacterial cells trigger their defence against outside attacks. This could affect how diseases are fought in the future. With the aid of highly advanced microscopes and synchrotron sources, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have gained critical insight into how bacteria function
Controlling the rate of processes of electronically excited states of organic molecules is key to obtain efficient and stable organic-electronic devices. The insights gained from the last century of research within the fields of energy and electron transfer has been conveyed into organic electronic devices recently. However, a key parameter which still not completely resolved in
The APXPS-2019 workshop is hosted by the MAX IV laboratory and brings together scientists from different fields including catalysis, electrochemistry, and environmental science in Lund, Sweden, to focus on the latest developments in the application of Ambient Pressure XPS. The workshop features plenary and invited speakers by experts in various fields, contributed oral presentations, and sponsored
Ionic liquids are basically molten salts. Furthermore, unlike many room temperature liquids, ionic liquids do not vaporize easily and are stable at high temperatures, along with other useful properties that make them unique and well suited for numerous applications. One of the most powerful applications of ionic liquids is in supercapacitors, which have very high
What: How do we inhibit a cancer metastasis-promoting enzyme? In the era of smart medicine and individualized drug regiments, we need to understand how drugs work on a molecular level. This talk focusses on the enzyme Carbonic Anhydrase IX which promotes cancer metastasis, and how it can be inhibited by small molecules. X-ray and neutron
photo: B. Libberton We may have state-of-the-art detectors, the worlds most modern synchrotron facility and an intense X-ray beam shining at our sample through a carefully put together beamline – but if we can’t measure the properties of that beam, the data we from the sample will not be possible to interpret correctly. In a