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International Year of Crystallography 2014
On 3 July 2012 the 66th General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution to make 2014 the International Year of Crystallography (IYCr 2014), marking 100 years since the award of the Nobel Prize to Max von Laue. Small-angle scatte…
Materials Science Engineering (MSE 2012)
The biannual international conference “Materials Science Engineering (MSE 2012)” organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde will take place in Darmstadt from 25 – 27 September 2012. With more than 1000 presentations from 48 na…
Sylvia McLain Awarded the B.T.M. Willis Prize for Neutron Scattering
Dr Sylvia McLain of the University of Oxford was awarded the prestigious B.T.M. Willis Prize for neutron scattering in recognition of her studies of a wide range of biological molecules and their interactions at the atomic and molecular lev…
Suspension Process & Suspension Engineering Rheology
A forum for sharing new results and ideas in experimental and theoretical suspension mechanics, with an emphasis on the physical properties and processing behaviour of colloidal suspensions; upon work aimed at changing the way we approach p…
Polymeric and Self-Asembled Hydrogels
This 2-day conference aims to bring together academics as well as industrialists with interest in hydrogels research, including their structure, properties and applications, either from polymeric networks - of synthetic or biological origin…
Polymer Networks 2012
Polymer Networks 2012 Conference. This meeting will encompass a wide range of topics, including but not limited to Biomaterials, Reversible Networks, Fundamental Formation-Structure-Property Relationships, Composite Networks, Smart and Resp…
27th European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM 27)
We welcome to Bergen all crystallographers and scientist related to crystallography and crystal growth to share with us scientific views on the new achievements of crystallography and crystal growth on its many facets. This is also an excel…
canSAS-2012
Workshop focused on data format, standardisation, and portal development. Reports published in Neutron News and Synchrotron Radiation News.
American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting
2012 Annual Meeting of the American Crystallographic Association, July 28 - Aug. 1, in Boston, MA, at the Westin Waterfront Hotel. Scientific and poster sessions, workshops, as well as the largest crystallographic exhibit show in North Ame…
Australian Synchrotron Answers Century-Old Scientific Question
Researchers at Monash University used X-ray beams at the Australian Synchrotron to discover how enzymes work to dissolve blood clots and clean up damaged tissue — a finding with potential implications for reducing heart disease-related deat…
UK Scientists Produce World's First Magnetic Soap
A Bristol University team dissolved iron in a liquid surfactant to create a soap that can be controlled by magnets. The discovery, published in Angewandte Chemie, could lead to cleaning products that can be removed after application and use…
SAS-2012 (15th International Conference on Small-Angle Scattering)
The proceedings are freely available: http://www.sas2012.com/Program.htmFull reference: Proceedings of the 15th International Small-Angle Scattering Conference, Sydney, Australia, 18–23 November 2012, editors Duncan J. McGillivray, Jill Tre…
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