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March 2026 ESRFnews

CONTENTS

Number 102 March 2026

Chemistry not quantity : how phosphorus affects the environment , p12

NEWS

6 Young scientists flock to User Meeting

7 Cavitation videos impress audience

8 Reheated glass doesn ’ t forget ;

A crystal ’ s fate is determined before birth

9 X rays capture vitamin B12 sensing light

New method images highly strained

nanocrystals

INSIGHT

11 Grenoble The future of urban innovation

Cover image Algal blooms in the Gulf of Finland Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023 processed by ESA CC BY SA 3 0 IGO

FEATURES

12 The fertiliser problem

16 Pushing the limits of high - pressure science

INDUSTRY

21 Optique Peter : Scintillating tech transfer

EVENTS MOVERS

22 XAS for chemistry and materials science School on high

pressure techniques 35 years of HERCULES G RADNEXT

workshop on radiation hardness testing for semiconductor devices

Structural characterisation of macromolecular complexes

The User Organisation Committee ’ s Célia Romão presents the Young Scientist

Award , p7

USER CORNER

10 Dates for the diary Useful contacts News from the beamlines

How the ESRF is improving high - pressure research , p18

EDITORIAL

5 Shaping the future of science with the ESRF – EBS