The Coronavirus: Synchrotrons and Cryo-EM to the rescue- Now with Updates !
As a deadly coronavirus epidemic gripped country after country in early 2020, the world turned to science for answers. Synchrotron light sources…
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FAST Team Call for Applications
Applications are invited for FAculty-STudent (FAST) teams to spend two months during the 2020 calendar year at participating advanced light sources, learning…
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SA-ESRF-2019 Conference
The SA-ESRF-2019 Conference brought South Africa’s synchrotron user community together with the leadership of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) to chart…
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AfLS at NSBP
The African Light Source (AfLS) project was well represented at the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) conference in Providence, Rhode Island,…
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Deep Training Internships at the ESRF
Congratulations to Fortune Mokoena and Alicia Potgieter, who have been awarded the SA–ESRF Internships — for an MSc and a PhD period…
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The Need for an African Lightsource – Prosper Ngabonziza
Building world-class research infrastructure on the continent could help stem the loss of Africa’s best-trained scientists. Physicist Prosper Ngabonziza argues that a…
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Why Africa needs a Light Source !
A light source would let African scientists develop cures for diseases of particular relevance to Africa — diseases that may not be…
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Herman Winick : Light Source Pioneer and Human Rights Activist
Accelerator physicist Herman Winick has spent a career not only advancing the science of synchrotron light sources, but championing the people and…
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AfLS attends START Launch Event (Mar 2019)
The Roadmap towards the African Light Source received a significant boost on 27 March 2019, when a series of presentations marked the…
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AfLS2 in Accra, Ghana (Feb 2019)
The second African Light Source Conference, AfLS2, took place in Accra, Ghana from 28 January to 3 February 2019, held in parallel…
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