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08-09-2026

Switching chiral phonons with electricity

Scientists have used an electric field to reverse the handedness of atomic vibrations, known as chiral phonons. Chiral phonons link magnetism with atomic motion. They carried out their...

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07-09-2026

Additive manufacturing superalloy revealed in detailed 3D

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04-09-2026

Why hexagonal boron nitride grows differently on liquid and solid copper

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02-09-2026

The ESRF helps to settle decades-old EuO debate

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01-09-2026

In memory of Ada Yonath: a pioneer of structural biology and a lifelong friend of the ESRF

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27-08-2026

Jean-Alexis Hernandez receives 2026 Van Valkenburg Award

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18-08-2026

A tusk with a twist: scientists crack the code of the twisted tusk of the narwhal

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