A good question came to us over Twitter. “Is there a timeline on building that synchrotron? (For all the curious young scientists out there you know.)” The short answer is, “Yes.” The African Light Source Foundation (AfLS), which is a legally constituted African NGO, has a defined mandate and roadmap that calls for 10-15 year… Read More When will an African light source be built?
The African Light Source Foundation is committed to a world free of racism, sexism and mysogyny, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, religious bigotry and discrimination on any other basis. An advanced light source for Africa is a large-scale endeavour requiring the combined ambition and effort of many countries working together across borders and cultures, and is envisioned… Read More The African Light Source Foundation supports Black Lives Matter
Congratulations to Fortune Mokoena and Alicia Potgieter who were awarded the SA-ESRF Internships, for an MSc and PhD period respectively. They will study and work with the Engineering Groups at the ESRF-EBS in Upgrade and R&D Development areas. This begins a new era where Science and… Read More Deep Training Internships at the ESRF
Sekazi K. Mtingwa Triangle Science, Education & Economic Development, LLC Massachusetts Institute of Technology African Laser Centre Herman Winick SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Stanford University July 10, 2014 INTRODUCTION Synchrotron radiation has revolutionized basic and applied research in many scientific and technological disciplines, leading to a proliferation of facilities around the world. The website lightsources.org… Read More A Synchrotron Radiation Facility for Africa
News 21 May 2013 : South Africa signed a medium-term agreement with the ESRF at a level of 0.3% and, in doing so, became the 20th country to join the European synchrotron. NRF press release, ESRF press release, M&G atricle. February 2012 : Article by Sekazi Mtingwa “Synchrotron Science on the move in South Africa”… Read More Science at Synchrotrons in SA – Notices and Download pages