A toothy temporal map of Arctic climate change

…terrestrial and oceanic changes occurring in these areas, and how the change affects native wildlife. The described NordForsk project, developed by researchers from Denmark, Greenland and Sweden, seeks to elucidate…

Reaction undercover: boosting the potency of catalysts

…water formation, can promote the intercalation of larger molecules. In the future, it would be interesting to study reactions using the pulse method with such bigger, more relevant molecules, like…

Designing a Model Catalyst for Large-Scale Biofuel Production

…hydrotreatment processes. The result is biofuel (shown on the far right). Credit: Sara Blomberg Catalysts are chemicals that promote reactions. Tackling the question, how can industrial catalysts efficiently transform lignin…

Designing a Model Catalyst for Large-Scale Biofuel Production

…before and after catalytic hydrotreatment processes. The result is biofuel (shown on far right). Credit: Sara Blomberg Catalysts are chemicals which promote reactions. Tackling the question, how can industrial catalysts…

Soft X-ray absorption

…of the X-ray photon absorption, a core electron may be promoted into various unoccupied states; the probability of this promotion is strongly dependent on the photon energy and experimental geometry….

Meet the students

…the groundbreaking work within PRISMAS and at Max IV Laboratory. Email: ouassim.hocine@physics.uu.se Daniel Rainer Uppsala University, Sweden Using NanoMAX to understand Additive manufacturing of rare-earth-free permanent magnets  Back home in…

Safety requirements for contractors

…fire extinguisher Ventilation failure alarm, where appropriate Gas alarm, where appropriate Supervised and controlled areas (radiation safety) Keeping evacuation routes and access to emergency equipment free from obstacles is vital…

Honeycomb borophene: myth or reality?

Borophene is a collective name for quasi-freestanding 2D boron sheets or crystalline atomic monolayers of boron. Typically, such sheets have to contain periodic B vacancies to maintain structural stability, and…

Soft X-ray Laser

…MAX IV strategy to provide Sweden with state-of-the-art research tools. description Download MAX IV SXL Conceptual Design What is a Free Electron Laser? A free-electron laser (FEL) produces extremely brilliant,…