Life Sciences & Biotech
X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy is used for human neoplastic tissues in order to investigate distributions and chemical states of iron. The specimens used in this study were obtained intraoperatively from brain gliomas of different types and various grades of malignancy and from a control subject. An integrated experimental and analytical approach toward topographic and quantitative analysis in thin freeze-dried cryo-sections is presented.
Energy
Synchrotrons like Diamond provide a range of techniques that can assist scientists in their search for new materials and storage strategies that may help us to address the energy challenges facing us at this time. Li-ion batteries are now seen as the best choice to advance the development of hybrid electric cars.
Physics
This study explores at a fundamental level how hydration can drive a conformational transition in a dicarboxylate dianion, what role the hydrogen-bonded network plays and can have important implications for probing the structure in condensed phase as well as for remote sensing applications used, for example, in atmospheric measurements.
Humanities
Infrared (IR) Microspectroscopy is a quantitative analytical and non-destructive technique which has undergone a renaissance since synchrotrons have been used as a highly brilliant source. Here the technique is used to study the alteration of silver foils in medieval paintings on Diamond’s MIRIAM beamline (B22).