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December 2023 ESRFnews
CONTENTS
Number 95 December 2023
DFXM probes hierarchically structured materials, p12
EDITORIAL
5 A research powerhouse
NEWS
6 Core iron probed
7 X-rays expose trilobite’s last meal;
ESRF featured in Netf lix documentary
8 ID16A exposes fruit-f ly leg sensors;
ID31 explores composite battery electrodes
9 Mona Lisa hides unusual compound
Magnetic alloys take two steps to transition
INSIGHT
10 Hubs of activity
Cover image Tagged human breast cancer cells imaged by ID15A M Strotton
FEATURES
12 Enter the dark side
17 Bioimaging energised
PORTRAIT
21 Stephen Cusack, former head of EMBL
Grenoble
INDUSTRY
20 Fusing expertise
EVENTS
22 Xray spectroscopy of magnetic materials New opportunities
in diffraction microscopy ESRF User Meeting 2024
ID15A turns its high-energy X-rays to bio-imaging, p17
MOVERS SHAKERS
22 Ken Anderson Gianluigi Botton Olof Karis Shoji Asai
Thomas Feurer
USER CORNER
18 Dates for the diary; Useful contacts; News from the
beamlines
Community-access hubs gain momentum, p10