Middle East synchrotron wins approval

By: Quirin Schiermeier

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<p>The scientific commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has formally endorsed the creation of a synchrotron radiation facility in Jordan.<BR><BR>Basic researchers from many disciplines use synchrotrons — which produce high-quality X-rays by circulating electrons around a ring at high speed — to study the molecular structure of matter.<BR><BR>The UNESCO agreement to set up such a facility in Jordan is a big step forward in a project — involving Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Authority and Turkey — that began in 1999 when Germany offered to donate its dismantled BESSY I synchrotron to the Middle East. <BR><BR><a href="http://www.nature.com/login/scidev_login.taf?ref=/nature/journal/v414/n6859/full/414007b0_fs.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to full text</A> <BR><BR>Reference: <em>Nature</em> 414, 7 (2001)</p>

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The scientific commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has formally endorsed the creation of a synchrotron radiation facility in Jordan.

Basic researchers from many disciplines use synchrotrons — which produce high-quality X-rays by circulating electrons around a ring at high speed — to study the molecular structure of matter.

The UNESCO agreement to set up such a facility in Jordan is a big step forward in a project — involving Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Authority and Turkey — that began in 1999 when Germany offered to donate its dismantled BESSY I synchrotron to the Middle East.

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Reference: Nature 414, 7 (2001)