Over the last 60 years, soil microbiologists have accumulated a wealth of experimental data
showing that the bulk, macroscopic parameters (eg, granulometry, pH, soil organic matter …

X-ray microbeams are an emerging characterization tool with broad implications for science,
ranging from materials structure and dynamics, to geophysics and environmental science, to …

Newly available x-ray nanobeams in synchrotron radiation facilities open new research
avenues in the nanosciences. However, a significant challenge is to efficiently concentrate …

X-ray computed tomography (XCT) is a powerful 3D imaging technique that has been used
to investigate meteorites, mission-returned samples, and other planetary materials of all …

In recent years synchrotron x-ray microprobes and nanoprobes have emerged as key
characterization tools with a remarkable impact for different scientific fields including solid …

The soil microhabitat is a heterogeneous and complex environment where local variations
can modulate phenomena observed at the plot scale. Most of the current methods used to …

Advances in microscopy techniques based on x-rays have opened unprecedented
opportunities in terms of spatial resolution, combined with chemical and morphology …

Heterogeneous catalysis is a term normally used to describe a group of catalytic processes,
yet it could equally be employed to describe the catalytic solid itself. A better understanding …

We report the development of laboratory based hyperspectral X-ray computed tomography
which allows the internal elemental chemistry of an object to be reconstructed and …

The use of synchrotron radiation techniques to study cultural heritage and archaeological
materials has undergone a steep increase over the past 10–15 years. The range of …