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Are you an industry R&D leader or researcher with an interest in the latest developments within Big Science? On November 3rd 2021 you are welcome to join the online event Virtual Characterisation Day – Big Science, organised by danish company FORCE Technology. Listen to a field of experts – one of them being MAX IV’s
What R&D questions can the metal industry solve by using the tools and techniques available at large-scale infrastructures (synchrotron X-ray and neutron sources?) MetalBeams invites you to the Autumn 2021 online seminar Industrial use of spectroscopy at LSI. Confirmed speakers include representatives from MAX IV, RISE, Lund University, Uppsala University, KTH (The Royal Institute of
Alina Andersson and Buster, the robot dog, during measurements tests done at MicroMAX hutch on Thursday (7/10) MAX IV had a special visitor yesterday (7/10) named Buster; a robot dog produced by Boston Dynamics. It is part of a thesis project between the Survey, Alignment, and Mechanical Stability (SAM) team; led by Alina Andersson, and LTH engineers; Ola Nilsson
The crystal structure of MtMce4A39–140 shows four molecules in asymmetric units. The structure of the substrate-binding mammalian cell entry (Mce)4A protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the disease Tuberculosis, was unknown — until recent research at BioMAX beamline. It showed the unique Mce domain of Mce4A, a part of the cholesterol importing complex of
KTH professor Jinshan Pan by the HIPPIE beamline station at MAX IV. Credit: MAX IV Laboratory To be able to develop more sustainable and durable materials, global tool steel manufacturer Uddeholm is using synchrotron X-rays to study new possible ways to optimise the hardening treatments of advanced tool alloys. How can industrial tools perform better
Scientists combined two nano-imaging techniques that stand at opposite ends of the electromagnetic spectrum to demonstrate the benefits of correlative imaging to examine individual neurons from different perspectives. To showcase this, they studied the molecular structures of amyloid proteins and investigated the role metal ions may play in the development of Alzheimer’s Disease at a
How can more industrial companies make radical innovation and product optimisation through scientific discoveries? One important step is a better connection to intermediary companies. Welcome to Innovation Cohesion: A new approach to support industrial R&D, a public conference of the CAROTS project that will showcase the role of intermediary companies in strengthening ties between industry,
Inhibition of the interaction between Keap1 and Nrf2 proteins can help to prevent and reduce oxidative stress which, when left untreated, can cause neurological diseases, cancer, as well as cell and tissue damage. In a new project, scientists broke down existing compounds that have shown the ability to inhibit the Keap1–Nrf2 protein-protein interaction into fragments
Researchers used an electron beam derived from MAX IV’s electron gun at the MAXPEEM beamline to break borazine molecules into fragments thus enabling the synthesis of amorphous boron nitride onto an otherwise inert graphene film. The results of the experiment indicate that electron beam-induced deposition of borazine actually impacts its boron nitrogen bonds. This effect
A group of researchers have successfully soaked proteins into large protein crystals, marking a hitherto never reported achievement. The X-ray diffraction data, which were collected on MAX IV’s BioMAX beamline, indicate that the guest proteins could follow at least some of the hosts’ structures signifying a so far unparalleled step towards using crystallographic methods to