The AfLS has signed its first partnership document, a Memorandum of Understanding. This is together with LAAAMP. A lamp is of course a light source! So its natural that LAAAMP is an organisation with a basket of major activities that powerfully progress several currently under developed regions towards light source science. Indeed LAAAMP would like… Read More A Powerful Partnership
First Post 3 March 2020 A terrible deathly coronavirus epidemic has gripped many countries, and its tentacles are spreading out to ever more countries. The World Health Organisation has just escalated its terminology to announce that the global risk of the outbreak spreading is “very high”. This is just short of a pandemic. Perhaps by… Read More The Coronavirus: Synchrotrons and Cryo-EM to the rescue- Now with Updates !
Reminder : DEADLINE for the new FAST Team Call for Applications is 15 December 2019. Call for Applications for Faculty-Student Teams to Spend Two (2) Months During Calendar Year 2020 at Participating Advanced Light Sources ICSU has awarded the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr) a… Read More FAST Team Call for Applications
The SA-ESRF-2019 Conference took place on 11-13 November 2019 : Johannesburg. The meeting builds on more than a decade of deep commitment to develop the ESRF User Base in South Africa. The broadness of the current user base already reflects the global nature of science and the ESRF as a leading international facility. The SA-ESRF… Read More SA-ESRF-2019 Conference
The AfLS project was well represent at the National Society of Black Physicist (NSBP) conference in Providence, RI held from Nov 14-17. The NSBP conference program is 30% professional development workshops and 70% technical. The professional development workshops aim to help students and faculty to make the various transitions to becoming active scientists. The NSBP… Read More AfLS at NSBP
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
Setting up new infrastructures would play an important role in preventing best-trained African researchers from emigrating. The physicist Prosper Ngabonziza states that having a synchrotron light source would be very beneficial for the continent as a whole. Read the full article here
One of the reasons – Scientists can develop cures for diseases of particular relevance to Africa, that may not be receiving sufficient research attention. The idea from structural biology is that structural information helps to elucidate protein function and, in particular, the mechanisms of enzymes. This understanding inspires the design of new drugs Synchrotrons are… Read More Why Africa needs a Light Source !
Property owners today face higher expectations than ever. Regulators don’t just want to see equipment installed—they want to see evidence that safety is being actively managed. In many jurisdictions, enforcement has shifted toward accountability: owners must demonstrate that systems are functional, hazards are controlled, and occupants can evacuate safely. That means compliance is no longer… Read More What Regulators Expect From Property Owners Today
The title of the article Q&A: Herman Winick, accelerator physicist and human rights activist in Physics Today, 7 May 2019, is changed slightly in the title above to emphasise Herman’s Winick’s contribution to bringing large scale science infrastructures to the developing world, in particular, his contribution to the African Light Source Project.