In a groundbreaking week, both the ID10-BEATS and the ID11L-HESEB beamlines of SESAME hosted their first group of scientific users.
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The 18th European Powder Diffraction Conference, EPDIC18, is scheduled to take place in Padova (Italy) from August 30th to September 2nd, 2024.
We are glad to announce that it is now possible to apply for proposals to the five operational beamlines of SESAME.
CERN invites young scientists throughout the world from CERN Member States, Associate Member States and non-Member States pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in physics, engineering, computer science, or mathematics to apply to participate in its 2024 Summer Student capacity-building activities.
A recently published article of drug interactions with the human Stratum Corneum (SC), shows the pivotal role of the IR beamline of SESAME in enabling a comprehensive investigation into how certain pharmacologically active drugs, designed for transdermal delivery, interact with the protein components of SC.
The beam commissioning and installation of the multilayer optical elements the BEAmline for Tomography at SESAME were completed in October and November 2023, thanks to the combined efforts of multiple SESAME teams.
The CERN/NASA Open Science Summit "Accelerating the Adoption of Open Science" was held at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 14 July, in the framework of the 2023 Year of Open Science.
Through its Five-Year Strategic Plan (2024-2028) just published, SESAME embarks on the five year’s road ahead. The Plan provides information on the background and structure of the Center and what has been achieved so far. It describes its vision for the next five years. It defines the capital funding that it needs to grow, and reports on the staff levels and operational budgets that will be needed up to 2028.
Introductory lessons on experimental techniques being used at large-scale facilities.
Researchers from the New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany, and the MS/XPD beamline of SESAME have published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) a study of the mechanism used by Athel tamarisk (Tamarix aphylla), a xerophyte tree that grows along watercourses in arid areas, to capture water.