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Synchrotron light for deciphering Friedreich's Ataxia
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A team from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) in Badalona is performing an experiment at ALBA to obtain for the first time 3D images of cells with this disease. Friedreich's Ataxia affects more than 3,000 people in Spain, causing serious mobility problems and other severe illnesses such as heart disease. Thin-sections, still usefull for future research
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Researchers from the UAB and the ICMAB-CSIC, in collaboration with other institutions, have published two articles in the field of archeology that refute the common perception of thin-sections as an old-fashioned laboratory preparation and they have shown how this sample format conceived in the 19th century can be adapted to the new tools of the 21st century like synchrotron facilities.
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The role of manganese in cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries
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Researchers from ALBA, the ICMAB-CSIC, the University of Bologna and the Helmholtz Institute Ulm have analysed the electronic properties and magnetic configuration evolution of manganese in a lithium-rich cathode material. New method for more efficient solar cells
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Perovskites materials are promising candidates for next generation solar cells. However, their use is still limited by their instability within ambient conditions. An international team of scientists, led by KU Leuven University in Belgium, has developed a new method to stabilize its black form: introducing strain into the perovskite thin film using the glass substrate on which it sits.
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