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Jan 24, 2024

PROMISING RESULTS IN CATALYSIS DEMONSTRATE THE POTENTIAL OF THE NEW 3Sbar
BEAMLINE

Researchers from Stockholm University, ALBA, and DESY have determined the
chemical state of ammonia catalyst during the reaction for the first time. These
results, partially ...

Jan 19, 2024

RESEARCHERS UNVEIL THE STRUCTURE OF ONE OF THE CELLULAR MACHINERIES FOR PROTEIN
RECYCLING

A multidisciplinary research team lead by researchers from CIC bioGUNE has
revealed the structure of one of the cellular machineries for protein recycling.
This machinery is ...

Dec 22, 2023

XAIRA GETS ITS FIRST PROTEIN DIFFRACTION DATA SET

Just before the Winter shutdown, XAIRA beamline achieved another key milestone:
the first data set being collected from a protein crystal. A great success that
highlights the ...

Dec 21, 2023

FIRST OPERANDO BATTERY CHARACTERIZATION EXPERIMENT PERFORMED AT MIRAS

A research team lead by the Institut de Ciències de Materials de Barcelona
(ICMAB-CSIC) has published a new study on polyimides, a promising material for
cathodes in ...

Dec 18, 2023

ALBA II SYMPOSIUM: INVITING THE USER COMMUNITY TO TALK ON OUR 4TH GENERATION
LIGHT SOURCE

The ALBA Synchrotron is organizing an event on 18-19th January in Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid aimed at giving ownership to the synchrotron user community
and to promote ...

Dec 14, 2023

MINERVA BEAMLINE IN OPERATION

The ALBA Synchrotron has now 11 operational beamlines, once MINERVA has finished
its commissioning. The new beamline, built in collaboration with the European
Space Agency ...

Dec 05, 2023

RESEARCHERS STUDY THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MERCURY AND SELENIUM ENRICHED WHEAT

Scientists from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the ALBA
Synchrotron published a new paper in the journal Scientific Reports about
mercury speciation in ...

Dec 04, 2023

ALBA HOSTED THE MXCuBE MEETING 2023

On 29th and 30th November the Macromolecular Crystallography Customized Beamline
Environment Meeting was held at the ALBA Synchrotron. Around 70 attendants from
different ...

Dec 04, 2023

THE UPGRADE OF EUROPEAN LIGHTSOURCES PROVIDES OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
INDUSTRY

Last Friday 1st December 2023, the ALBA Synchrotron hosted an event where more
than 70 companies could know beforehand the upgrade plans and future technology
needs of some ...

Dec 02, 2023

STATEMENT

Statement from the ALBA Synchrotron regarding the fire outbreak on December 2,
2023

Nov 30, 2023

ALBA, CHOSEN AS BEST INSTITUTION BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF SABADELL

Caterina Biscari, director of the facility, collected the award in a ceremony
held the 29th of November at Fira Sabadell, with the attendance of companies
from the Vallès ...

Nov 22, 2023

GRAPE POMACE, A WASTE OF VITICULTURE, IS EFFECTIVE FOR NEMATODE PEST CONTROL ON
CROPS

Researchers from Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid and the Institute of Agricultural Sciences – CSIC proved the potential of
wine production ...

Nov 21, 2023

ALBA ORGANISES A BIG SCIENCE SUPPLIER FORUM FOCUSED ON SYNCHROTRON FUTURE
UPGRADES

The event will take place next 1st December 2023 at the ALBA Synchrotron and
will be about the industry opportunities in light source infrastructures, such
us the future ALBA ...

Nov 14, 2023

RESEARCHERS VISUALIZE IN 3D HOW SARS-COV-2 REPLICATES IN CELLS

The use of different microscopy and tomography techniques, including synchrotron
light, unveils how lung cells are modified along the infection in cell culture
models. The ...

Nov 08, 2023

FIRST-EVER WIRELESS DEVICE DEVELOPED TO MAKE MAGNETISM APPEAR IN NON-MAGNETIC
MATERIALS

Researchers at the UAB and ICMAB-CSIC have succeeded in bringing wireless
technology to the fundamental level of magnetic devices. The emergence and
control of magnetic ...

Oct 24, 2023

CSIC-SUPPORTED NEW DEDICATED ALBA LABORATORY OPENS TO DRIVE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
SOLUTIONS

The ALBA Synchrotron Light Source and the Institute of Materials Science of
Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) have opened a new laboratory at ALBA with the aim to
enhance studies in the ...

Oct 11, 2023

CALL FOR INDUSTRIAL EXPERIMENTS TO STUDY MATERIALS FOR RECYCLING

The European research project ReMade@ARI, where the ALBA Synchrotron
participates, has opened a specific call to conduct industrial experiments in
the field of circular ...

Oct 04, 2023

BREAKTHROUGH TOWARDS CHEAP AND EFFICIENT SOLAR CELLS

Scientists from EPFL and CSEM have made remarkable progress in the photovoltaics
field, specifically in perovskite-on-silicon tandem solar cells, by achieving an
impressive ...

Sep 15, 2023

HIGH-PRESSURE STUDIES WITH SYNCHROTRON LIGHT REVEAL NEW PROPERTIES OF A
PROMISING ...

Researchers from different universities and research facilities, have unveiled
how a topological semimetal reacts under high pressure. This compound has great
potential in ...

Sep 12, 2023

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR THE 6TH EDITION OF ALBA MISSION

Primary school teachers can sign up their groups of 10-12 years old children for
the sixth edition of ALBA Mission at www.misionalba.es. From its beginning,
59.000 students ...

Sep 08, 2023

SWITCHING THE SPIN STATE OF A MONOLAYER OF COBALT (II) COMPLEXES DIRECTLY LINKED
TO A ...

CNR, University of Florence and ICMol researchers in collaboration with the ALBA
Synchrotron (BOREAS beamline) demonstrated that a spin-crossover (SCO)
phenomenon can be ...

Sep 07, 2023

FIRST STUDY HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE NEW MATERIALS SCIENCE MICROSCOPE AT
JEMCA

Scientists from ICN2 and IREC used the electron microscope dedicated to
materials science at JEMCA to study the atomic structure of catalytic materials
that are crucial for ...

Aug 21, 2023

TOWARDS GREENER CHEMICAL PROCESSES WITH A NEW CATALYST FOR ETHYLENE
HYDROFORMYLATION

A research led by ITQ (UPV-CSIC) has demonstrated the possibility to replace
molecular catalysts in solution for all-solid catalysts based on isolated metal
atoms for ...

Jul 28, 2023

ALBA SCIENTISTS DISCOVER A COMMON DOMAIN IN HUMANS & BACTERIA DNA REGULATORS

ALBA researchers from the XALOC beamline have discovered a common transcription
factor protein domain in bacteria and humans. They named it TetD. This discovery
shows that ...

Jul 21, 2023

MAGNETISM OF METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS INCORPORATING TAILORED COMBINATIONS OF
MULTIPLE ...

A team of international researchers from Spain (ICMAB, EUSS, ICN2, INMA, ICMM,
ALBA) and UK (University of Southampton) have discovered a method to synthesize
carborane-based ...

Jun 29, 2023

ALBA PLANS A 3rd HARMONIC SYSTEM TO INCREASE THE BEAM LIFETIME

The radiofrequency (RF) group of ALBA has designed and built a prototype of a
3rd harmonic cavity. It will significantly increase the beam lifetime at the
Storage Ring and ...

Jun 22, 2023

FIRST PUBLICATION WITH DATA FROM THE CRYO-TEM MICROSCOPE: IMAGING ENZYMES THAT
CONTROL DNA

Scientists from the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas
(CIB-CSIC) have used the electron microscope devoted to structural biology of
the new JEMCA center, ...

Jun 21, 2023

NEW INSIGHTS ABOUT GOLD NANOCLUSTERS CATALYSTS STUDIED AT NOTOS BEAMLINE

Researchers from TU Wien have studied the structural evolution of gold
nanoclusters catalysts during pretreatment and reaction conditions. The results,
published in the ...

Jun 13, 2023

ALBA HOSTS ITS INDUSTRIAL WORKSHOP 2023 DEVOTED TO CHEMISTRY AND RECYCLABLE
MATERIALS

About 45 people from 20 companies visited the ALBA Synchrotron last Friday to
participate in a workshop to learn first-hand how synchrotron techniques are
used to research ...

Jun 08, 2023

MAGNETOTACTIC MICROORGANISMS STUDIED THROUGH MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ADVANCED
IMAGING ...

New insights about the symbiosis between microbial organisms have been revealed.
It is known microorganisms have magnetic properties that allow them to navigate
collectively ...

Jun 06, 2023

DOCFAM+ PHD PROGRAMME OPENS ITS 1ST CALL WITH 13 DOCTORAL POSITIONS

DocFam+ (DOCtoral training programme in Functional Advanced Materials: Towards a
Better Future) is a doctoral programme for the recruitment of 26 excellent
doctoral ...

May 24, 2023

CONCERT IN CELEBRATION OF THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF MIKE OLDFIELD’S “TUBULAR
BELLS” AT THE ...

The Opus One Orchestra, formed by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona lecturers
and alumni, will be presenting their project to the world in a concert recorded
at the ALBA ...

May 23, 2023

GREAT SUCCESS OF ANOTHER ALBA OPEN DAY

The 20th of May 2023, the ALBA Synchrotron opened its doors to the general
public in the first Open Day held after the pandemic. A large number of visitors
could enjoy a day ...

May 18, 2023

SYNTHESIZED A NEW CATALYST WITH KEY PROPERTIES TO SOLVE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

A research led by the ITQ-CSIC-UPV has discovered a new catalyst enabling
hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methane with advantages not seen until now.
This new catalyst, ...

May 09, 2023

A PAPER ABOUT QUANTUM MATERIALS, FIRST PUBLICATION WITH DATA OBTAINED AT LOREA

One of the latest beamlines of ALBA, performing ARPES (Angle Resolved
Photo-Emission Spectroscopy) experiments, has been essential for IMDEA
Nanociencia and ICN2 researchers ...

May 05, 2023

NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR SMEs WORKING IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY SECTOR

The ReMAde@ARI project, offers subsidized access to advanced research
infrastructures to small and medium companies in order to help them develop
innovative products, ...

Apr 26, 2023

ALBA HELPS UNVEIL THE SECRET OF ANCIENT MAYA MASONS

Scientists from the University of Granada found out for the first time the
composition of Maya lime mortars and stuccoes. These materials are so durable
and have survived ...

Apr 17, 2023

THE InCAEM PROJECT IS PRESENTED TO THE CATALAN SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

InCAEM, In Situ Correlative Facility for Advanced Energy Materials, is a new
facility now in construction at the ALBA Synchrotron premises that will be open
to all the ...

Apr 12, 2023

TICKETS SOLD OUT FOR THE ALBA OPEN DAY 2023!

From this Wednesday, 12th April, tickets were available for the ALBA Synchrotron
open day, which will take place on 20th May from 09:00 to 19:00 h. Tickets have
been sold out ...

Apr 03, 2023

HERCULES EUROPEAN SCHOOL 2023'S EDITION FINISHES WITH A GREAT SUCCESS

From 20th to 24th March the ALBA Synchrotron hosted the European course
HERCULES, where 20 young researchers from all over the world learned about
synchrotron light science ...

Mar 31, 2023

RESEARCHERS OBSERVE TOPOLOGICAL MAGNETIC MONOPOLES AND DIPOLES IN A
FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL

A scientific collaboration between scientists from Universidad de Oviedo and
ALBA Synchrotron has achieved a detailed description of magnetic singularities
and their ...

Mar 23, 2023

NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANS NATIONAL ACCESS IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY PROJECTS

ReMade@ARI (REcyclable MAterials DEvelopment at Analytical Reserach
Infrastructures) is a hub dedicated to developing new materials for a circular
economy. It provides ...

Mar 16, 2023

RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A NEW MECHANISM ENABLING ULTRAFAST MEMORY ARCHITECTURES

A study published in Advanced Functional Materials and led by researchers in the
United Kingdom, in collaboration with BOREAS beamline at the ALBA Synchrotron,
has proved the ...

Mar 08, 2023

CIÈNCIA EN COLORS CLOSES ITS 2ND EDITION WITH A CONSOLIDATED SUCCESS

More than 280 high school students from 12 to 14 years old have participated in
the second edition of 'Ciència en Colors'. The educational project included a
total of 20 ...

Mar 03, 2023

IMPRESS: PIONEERING THE FUTURE OF TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

IMPRESS is a new EU-funded scientific project coordinated by the Consiglio
Nazionale delle Ricerche (Italy), which aims to revolutionize the field of
transmission electron ...

Feb 24, 2023

NEW ELECTRON MICROSCOPE CENTRE TO ADVANCE IN RESEARCH INTO STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
AND NEW ...

This cutting-edge facility houses two high-end electron microscopes: one to
determine the structure of large protein complexes and another to study
materials at atomic level. ...

Feb 16, 2023

THE KEY ROLE SYNCHROTRON LIGHT PLAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BATTERIES OF THE
FUTURE

A comprehensive perspective study has been published by ICMAB-CSIC and ALBA
researchers where they analyze the usefulness of current synchrotron-based
techniques for the ...

Feb 13, 2023

FUNLAYERS TWINNING EU PROJECT KICKS OFF WITH A WORKSHOP

The Functional Layered Materials for Advanced Applications - FUNLAYERS project
consists of a twinning initiative aimed to propel INL’s research excellence in
the field of ...

Feb 02, 2023

UNDERSTANDING HOW NANOPARTICLES INTERACT IS KEY TO IMPROVE METAL NANOCATALYSTS

Nanocatalysts are key for the future of sustainable chemistry, yet, they
typically suffer from rapid deactivation caused by a process called sintering.
In a recent study led ...

Jan 25, 2023

DESCRIBED THE ADN-BINDING MECHANISM OF A PROTEIN INVOLVED IN EMBRYONIC
DEVELOPMENT AND ...

Researchers at IRB Barcelona managed to carry out a structural analysis of the
FoxH1 protein in unprecedented detail. The study, with data obtained at the
XALOC beamline of ...

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