Prof. dr. Moniek Tromp, chair @Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, built a tabletop version of a huge X-ray facility.🔋
Curious how this battery of the future looks? Check out the article via👇
https://www.rug.nl/news/2025/03/a-tabletop-version-of-a-huge-x-ray-facility
🧪 #ScienceNewsroom #SciComm #UGMakers #Synchotron #GreenEnergy #Materials #Chemistry @universityofgroningen
Photos by Reyer Boxem
Consumer Reports found that several brands of ground cinnamon contain #lead . It begs the question of: what about other ground spices? Many places around the world don't follow good food safety standards. They're not tested at the border when imported. A great project for someone with the equipment would be to test various spices from various places. Maybe other common contaminants too. It would be a great study. Let me know if you do -- happy to write about it.
And, what about spices in #Canada? Many come from the same sources.
ADDENDUM: Another thought. Maybe some of those long-term, large population studies could test for lead, etc. in some of the blood samples they collect. Could be a good indicator.
#epidemiology #food #foodsafety #chemistry #synchotron #masspec #mass_spectrometry
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/high-lead-levels-in-cinnamon-powders-and-spice-mixtures-a4542246475/
📅 Save the date! PDI Colloquium Series ✅
We're looking forward to hosting Lucia Aballe from ALBA Synchrotron at our 2D Magnetic Materials and Heterostructures Colloquium series on January 22nd, at 11:00 CET.
The title of Lucia's talk is 'Synchrotron magnetic microscopies for 2D materials: much more than images.'
Learn more about this event via the link below.
Science Newsroom - FSE - UG
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