We make the invisible visible
Leaves on a Gingko tree growing on the inner yard of MAX IV Laboratory in Lund. By using infrared micro-spectroscopy at beamline D7 situated at the MAX III storage ring (closed December 2015) scientists from Lund University, Vilnius University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm have been able to identify molecular signatures of fossil
Katarina Jacobsson is the new Administrative Director at MAX IV Laboratory. – I really look forward to start my work at MAX IV Laboratory, says Katarina Jacobsson. The science produced here will impact both individuals and the whole society in a positive direction and that is a highly stimulating work environment. My experience from balancing
Mari Helene Farstad, Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway is part of the group doing investigations of palladium alloy surfaces for catalysis and hydrogen technology at the HIPPIE beamline. Since opening 21 June 2016 and up to the summer shutdown MAX IV Laboratory will have received 21 groups of scientists, involved
– We are convinced that further enhancement of our ongoing collaboration will bring more and better science from these two research facilities for many years to come, says John Womersley, Director General at European Spallation Source. The duration of the MoU is ten years, which shows our dedication and seriousness in creating a world-leading
The figure shows top-up operation for a number of hours at the present maximum current. Plotted alongside the current is the product of current and lifetime. Presently we want high current to condition the ring. Conditioning can be thought of as a cleaning process of the inside of the vacuum chambers. This process is slow
Today we welcome our Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC). 14 distinguished scientists from around the world are coming to MAX IV in order to look, listen, and advise. Ten of the members are new and we particularly welcome them. The SAC has an important role because it sense checks what we do and plan. If
David Kroon, Van-Thai Pham, Jörgen Larsson, Amélie Jarnac, Henrik Enquist, Andrius Jurgilaitis The studied sample is an indium antimonide (InSb) coated with 60 nanometres of gold. This type of structure is called photo-acoustic transducer which is a device that can convert the energy in light to a sound wave. The sample is illuminated with
– It is very fascinating to carry out experiments as one of the first users at BioMAX, says Emil Tykesson, postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, LTH and the Department of Experimental Medical Science, Medical Faculty, Lund University. The high-end instrumentation in combination with the great support from the excellent MAX IV staff under leadership of
Credit: P. Uvdal and A. Nyberg. Researchers at Lund University have used MAX IV to produce images that predate the formation of toxic clumps of beta-amyloid, the protein believed to be at the root of Alzheimer’s disease. The unique images appear to contradict a previously unchallenged consensus. Instead of attempting to eliminate beta-amyloid, or so-called
Today, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf and His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada presided over the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Swedish and Canadian national synchrotron light sources. In a ceremony in Lund Christoph Quitmann, Director of MAX IV Laboratory and Robert Lamb, CEO of Canadian