3December 2022 ESRFnews

CONTENTS

Number 92 December 2022

On the cover: Synthesising functional materials in extreme conditions,p14 The origin of rare-earth elements in deep-sea mud,p19

EDITORIAL 5 We need sustainable science

NEWS 6 French ministers praise EBS; 7 German representative inaugurates BM18; ESRF applauds Nobels; First users at ID29; IndTech in Grenoble 8 HiP-CT uncovers long-COVID damage; New access modes launch; How to tune molecule-based materials 9 RNA degradation unpicked; ID19 exposes oldest heart ; User Meeting back on-site

INSIGHT 11 Cutting the ESRF s carbon footprint

Cover image: Diamond anvil cell. (Max Alexander/Science Photo Library)

FEATURES 14 Extreme synthesis 19 Filthy enriched

PORTRAIT 25 Bold ambition

Long COVID in the spotlight,p8

INDUSTRY 23 Industry asks, ESRF delivers

EVENTS 26 ESRF User Meeting; In situ structural biology: from cryo-EM to multi-scale modelling

MOVERS & SHAKERS 26 Claudine Dargent; Kristina Djinović-Carugo; Chia-Hung Hsu; Stephen Streiffer; In memory of Ulrich Bonse

USER CORNER 12 Dates for the diary; Key contacts; News from the

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