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June 2026 ESRFnews

CONTENTS

Number 103 June 2026

Metallic glasses under an ESRF lens , p17

NEWS

6 Engineered voids stabilise fusion

7 Vine - protecting nanoparticles activated

by fungal spores ; AI boosts XRF imaging

8 Compensated ferrimagnet persists above

room temperature ; X - rays map chemistry

in frozen cells ; 3D - printed lattice for stronger ,

lightweight materials

9 Egg laying revealed in early mammal

ancestors Smallest X ray interferometer built

INSIGHT

10 Structural biology hots up

Cover A human brain scanned at the ESRF Reconstructed from 16 terabytes of data it is one of the most detailed images in the Human Organ Atlas to date Credit Paul Tafforeau ESRF

FEATURES

12 Expanding the atlas

17 Shattering insights

INDUSTRY

21 NASA and the ESRF working towards safer

batteries

EVENTS

22 Explore ESRF beamlines ID01 BM07 FIP2 BM18 ID15B

Take - off for safer batteries , p21

USER CORNER

16 Dates for the diary ; Useful contacts ; News from the beamlines

All eyes on the Human Organ Atlas , p12

EDITORIAL

5 Serving society