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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