We make the invisible visible
Over the last decades, the astonishing properties of carbon nanomaterials have attracted scientific interest and efforts to improve their potential has been made. The unique electrical, optical and mechanical properties have encouraged the continuous research breakthroughs, hence accelerating the commercialisation process. To meet the specific requirements demanded by an application or expand their use to
Greger Hammarin talks about using electric fields to induce protein motion and capturing it with the short X-ray pulses at FemtoMAX. Your body contains a large variety of different proteins. They are big, complex molecules with diverse functions, from transporting oxygen in your blood to making your muscles contract. Many proteins change their shape and
The spring call for proposals for eight beamlines at MAX IV closed 19 March with a total of 228 proposals from 28 countries. The number of applications is on par with proposals received when the former MAX-lab peaked, which shows that the demand from users is high as well as is their confidence in getting excellent tools
A booklet has seen the light! It highlights the first phase beamlines funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg (KAW) foundation which are now is gradually going into operation. The booklet is an attempt to visualise the quite challenging journey from the first ideas discussed more than a decade ago to beamlines that are now
MAX IV has just received the written report from the committee appointed by the Swedish Research Council (VR) to review the Laboratory’s progress on project management on 19 February 2019. The committee recognised the progress made, not only in bringing more beamlines to the commissioning stage and in several cases, close to operation, but also
Clean fresh water is a scarce resource. Areas of the world suffering from drought have to filter the salt out of seawater to make it drinkable. In other areas, the water may instead have a high content of toxic compounds, such as arsenic. If you think about a water filter as a kind of strainer
The samples at BioMAX beamline are very sensitive biomolecule crystals. It could, for example, be one of the many proteins you have in your body. They only last for a short time in the intense X-ray light before being damaged and needs to be placed exactly right before the researchers switch on the beam.
We talk a lot about light at MAX IV and we are very proud of the quality and brightness of the X-rays coming from our accelerator every day. However, the light on its own is not enough. Scientists coming to use MAX IV have lots different requirements when it comes to how their precious
The MX-group of MAX IV has been successfully to be a partner in a large UK doctoral training programme. The funding was announced last month by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the UK which will invest £446 million in skill development as well as partnering with industry for an additional
The intense X-ray light for each of the MAX IV beamlines is generated when fast electrons fly through an array of magnets, placed in a so-called insertion device. In a recent report, our insertion device team present the commissioning results for the first nine of these beamline specific instruments. At synchrotrons like MAX IV, we