Understand carbon-carbon bonds simulating liquid fuels production Metallic cobalt nanoparticles are used as catalyst in the Fischer-Tropsch reaction. This chemical process is used on a commercial scale to convert synthesis gas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, into liquid transportation fuels and other long chain hydrocarbons. Synthesis gas is…

The European project CALIPSOplus brings together 19 partners offering access to 14 synchrotrons and 8 Free-electron Lasers (FELs) in Europe and the Middle East. In particular, the project is funding industry (SMEs) trans-national access to light sources. The 5th call for proposals is now open for SMEs. CALIPSOplus is aimed…

The 3rd CALIPSOplis Annual Meeting will be hosted by CLIO, the Centre Laser Infrarouge d’Orsay, operating a free-electron laser emitting in the infrared region. CLIO is part of the University Paris-Saclay and financed by the CNRS. The meeting will be take place, May 5th-6th 2020 in the premises of the…

In the frame of the European project PaNOSC  – The Photon and Neutron Open Science Cloud – Jean-François Perrin (Head of IT at ILL – Institut Laue-Langevin), Christos Kanellopoulos (Senior and Identity Manager at GÉANT), Mirjam van Daalen (Chief of Staff of the Photon Science Division at the Paul Scherrer…

Welcome to the HZDR Summer Student Program 2020. The HZDR is now inviting international advanced undergraduate and master students in natural sciences and related areas to join our research teams during the time between July and September 2020. Summer students will work and research in one of our institutes, being…

The National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) is the Italian research agency dedicated to the study of the fundamental constituents of matter, that operates, at the Frascati National Laboratories (LNF), the DAFNE-Light and the SPARC_LAB facilities. The Frascati National Laboratories (LNF), founded in 1954, are the oldest and largest laboratories…

The CALIPSOplus brochure 2017-2019 is now available online. The aim of this brochure is to provide a kaleidoscope of glimpses of the multiple activities, successes, and achievements which constitute the CALIPSOplus project. Enjoy reading or flicking through! We wish all CALIPSOplus friends and their families Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and…

Facility Description ALBA is a synchrotron light facility located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona (Spain). Managed by the Consortium for the Construction, Equipping and Exploitation of the Synchrotron Light Source (CELLS), it is funded in equal parts by the Spanish and the Catalonian Administration. ALBA currently has eight operational state-of-the-art beamlines,…

BESSY II @ HZB As a multi-disciplinary multi-user facility, the research portfolio at BESSY II includes physics (e.g., quantum physics in solids, superconductivity, magnetism, topological insulators, clusters, and disordered systems), chemistry (e.g., catalysis and artificial photosynthesis, real-time investigations of charge transfer), energy research (e.g., materials for energy conversion and storage,…