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In the very last days and hours of beam before the inauguration we managed to align a zone plate, order sorting aperture, and central beam stop, to allow us to put a sample in the focal position. We recorded some knife edge scans and collected some first images from a coarse TEM-grid, and a sample
The first diffraction experiment with a protein crystal has been performed at the BioMAX beamline at MAX IV Laboratory. After 5 years of designing, building and commissioning of this new beamline, crystals of the protein thaumatin were exposed to X-rays produced by the new MAX IV 3 GeV storage ring and diffraction patterns have been
The Swedish Government will allocate ten million SEK to KTH for a feasibility study on Formax, a collaboration between industry and academia that will generate forest-based products that fit into a bio-based economy. The purpose is to achieve both the Government’s vision for a carbon-free society by 2050 and maintain Sweden’s unique position